Anna Wintour

In Manhattan's cavernous Park Avenue Armory, the thrum of the Rolling Stones’ "Sympathy for the Devil" blared as Mick Jagger's 22-year-old supermodel daughter, Georgia, sashayed down the catwalk. Vogue's Anna Wintour was in the front row. So were the daughters of rock royalty like Keith Richards, Simon Le Bon and Annie Lennox, firing off shots on Instagram (#tommyspring15). Kendall Jenner of clan Kardashian closed out the show strutting in a sheer, braless dress. The message of Tommy Hilfiger's New York Fashion Week show was as transparent as Jenner's top: After a long and painful fall, he's back.

It's surprising, though comforting, to find out that Lyons is humanly imperfect. Since her coronation as creative head of J.Crew in 2008, the company once known for its preppy Nantucket ancestry has become a force in fashion, with Lyons at the center of its evolution. She has created a high-low look that reflects her own boy-girl style--androgyny with some sequins and a dash of nerdy glasses. Along with annual revenue that has more than tripled to $2.2 billion since 2003, the cult of J.Crew has

Earlier this month, Topshop unveiled one of its most digitally ambitious fashion shows to date, The Future of the Fashion Show. The fast-fashion retailer partnered with Google on a multiplatform experience that promised consumers a seat at the catwalk to rival Anna Wintour's. Online viewers could take in the London Fashion Week show from various points of view, from that of the model on the runway — or the handbag on her arm. They could buy featured products instantly and even chat with the show's stars on Google+.