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Briefly exiled after onetime client Nicole Richie dubbed her a "raisin face," Zoe's been welcomed back with open arms. With a plum role overseeing the relaunch of Halston's '70s-glam collection, she's sagely steered away from the underage DUIers who made her a success. In 2007, she stepped up her media assault by publishing the requisite book and landing herself in millions of homes via an ad campaign for cell phones. The Zoe-thon appears to have worked: Both W and the Times Magazine have tripped over themselves with fawning articles dubbing her fashion's queen bee. Expect the fluff to keep flowing: The last thing a magazine wants to do is alienate the woman who just might pull out her Samsung and score them their next cover.

Why wade through blow-job editorials on the power of pleats when you can get fresher content for free—and save trees! The Web's preeminent indie fashion hub, refinery29.com susses out new trends so routinely that many fashion monthlies unabashedly lift their news directly from the site. As one fashionista puts it with a hint of awe: "They covered the liquid-leather/latex/shiny black trend before anyone else, and were the first to write about fishing vests!" Philippe's a tall, blond German; Piera's a former photo editor from City magazine who manages to pull off cloche hats with aplomb. And they're married, which is so gosh-darn dorky, it's cool.