Duffy
You now you’ve made it when everyone refers to you by one name. With his long ginger hair and beard, British hair stylist and Vidal Sassoon Global Ambassador, Duffy, is a fashion giant. This English gent has worked with the best including Annie Leibovitz, Vogue and Scarlett Johansson.
Joseph La Piana
A darling of the art, fashion and design worlds and a favourite investment of each of these industries, Joseph La Piana recently undertook his most ambitious project by installing a version of his much-fêted “Tension” work on Park Avenue.
Kadir López-Nieves
Born in Las Tunas in southeast Cuba to a maths teacher mother and economist father, López-Nieves studied visual arts from the age of 13. At 16 he enrolled in the Academy of Arts in Camagüey before graduating in 1990 when he moved to the Higher Institute of Arts (ISA) in Havana.
Kathy Connell
Ask anyone in the movie industry who Kathy Connell is and a broad smile will appear across their face. Hollywood royalty, Kathy Connell has produced the Screen Actors Guild Awards — a ceremony of accolades for actors voted for by their peers — since its inception in 1995.
Andrew Lister
Andrew Lister has been an integral part of the global lifestyle agency PURPLE for over 11 years. Having earned his stripes within the media landscape in the UK, Andrew re-located to the US to be part of the launch of the team in New York and following, Los Angeles.
Jack Lenor Larsen
At 91, Jack Lenor Larsen is as spry and wry as can be. He is renowned across the globe in art and design circles for his keen eye and boundless talent. As a textile designer he is synonymous with the Modernist movement, designing fabrics for furniture makers such as Florence Knoll and the airline interiors for Pan American and Braniff.