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NAOMI CAMPBELL

A fixture of the 90s supermodel craze, Naomi Campbell has been a fashion queen for over 15 years. The hot-headed and gorgeous model is a Brit, but comes from Jamaican and Chinese descent. She started her career when she was only seven years old as an extra in Bob Marley's video for Is this Love? She then was cast in Culture Club's I'll Tumble 4 Ya. Her video career didn't stop there. She starred in George Michael's music video Freedom! '90, where she lip-synched to his song along with fellow supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz.

As a model, she's done work for Ralph Lauren, Lee Jeans, The Olympus Corp., Francois Nars, among many others. She was also the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue Paris and Vogue UK.

She's known to be a "diva" having had several complaints lodged against her for beating people with blackberries and assaulting a police officer in Heathrow, which got her banned from British Airways for life . We just love her for her mean sense of style.

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HEIDI KLUM

Heidi Klum has been modeling for sixteen years. The German-born model has graced the covers of most big-time fashion mags, including Vogue, Elle, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is also well-known for her extensive work with Victoria Secret.

These days, the thirty-five year old beauty and mother of three (which she's raising with hubby, Seal) is the face of Project Runway. She also has launched a gorgeous jewelry line as well as a skin care line. I recently saw her on a TV show and realized why I like her so much. She has beauty that radiates from within. When she smiles, she means it. She's a genuinely beautiful person. She also has the best legs on the planet. As Tim Gunn would say, she "make[s] it work."

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TORI AMOS

I've been following the Cornflake Girl's career since 1992 and have always found her outfits to be interesting and often inspiring. She dressed the part of big-haired rocker chick back in the 80s but then switched over to a more refined look. She started wearing the Boho look long before Sienna Miller put the look on the fashion map. Diaphanous shirts and dresses, flared jeans. And the shoes. It's all about the shoes with Tori.

She wears shoes that make me dream of having a walk-in closet just for heels. She's even designed and marketed her own shoe line. Two years ago, she told the British paper, Mail Online:
"Shoes are my passion: Pollini, Kurt Geiger, sleek boots by Sergio Rossi. Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes."

Through the past almost 20 years she's kept one thing relatively the same - her hair. That long, red curly hair is her signature. In addition, her piano is her most constant accessory. Now at 44 years old, the rocking redhead is still a heavyweight fashionista.

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JULIE CHRISTIE

Julie Christie made Omar Sharif swoon in Dr. Zhivago and had her hair done by Warren Betty (who she became romantically involved with ) in Shampoo. Born in 1941, the British beauty (originally born in India) was a style chameleon.

She has embodied the blonde bomb shell, but was just as convincingly a brunette and redhead. She has sported every hairstyle imaginable from curls and ironed-straight tresses to bouffants and short cropped hair. It's hard not to imagine her without the Cossack hat she wore in Dr. Zhivago or as a sun-kissed glamour puss.

In the 60s, she embraced the swinging-London trends and was one of the first celebrities to bring the mini skirt into the limelight. French director François Truffaut, who directed her in Fahrenheit 451 in 1966 has said "Julie's was the first miniskirt I laid eyes on. It wasn't common at the time. I thought she was a bit crazy... In fact, she was merely ahead of the times."

Despite her influence on fashion, she has been a reluctant style icon, saying that her beautiful face has gotten in the way of more important things (she temporarily retired from Hollywood in the 70s to live on a farm in Wales and got involved in political activism). Surprisingly, she was reportedly very nervous and awkward in person and was never happy with her looks. Now looking back she has said, "I think I'm probably so vain it's quite impossible. But I look back now and I see photos and I think, "Coo! Phwoar!" And I think, wouldn't it have been nice to have had that knowledge when you were walking into a room?"

Now 66 years old, Julie has returned to acting, most recently winning a Golden Globe for Away from Her. She's still as gorgeous and stylish as ever, challenging what it means to look like a "senior citizen."

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TWIGGY: HIGH FASHION SUPERHERO!

This week's Hump Day Fashion Icon is inspired by a dream I had a couple nights ago. In my dream, I was looking in the mirror over my vanity. As I frosted the rims of my eyes in thick black eyeliner and drew on big bottom lashes, I realized I was looking back at Twiggy.

No surprise that I would dream of seeing Twiggy as she's one of my all-time favorite fashion icons. After being discovered by an agent at sixteen, the skinny girl born in London was advised to change her name from Lesley Hornby to her childhood nickname, "Twiggy."

Soon after, she became one of the first "supermodels" and the "Face of '66" in Britain. Her mod look was heavily inspired by Mary Quaint and "swinging London." Now 59 years old, the former supermodel has been a guest judge on America's Next Top Model and proves she's still got style and glamour to boot.

She was never one to toot her own horn, however. Looking back she says, "At sixteen, I was funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad." Not mad at all, actually. Tall, androgynous, with big doe eyes and a kicking bob, Twiggy is a fashion superhero!

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J. ALEXANDER

Today, we celebrate J. Alexander, also known as "Ms. Jay" on America's Next Top Model. The "runway coach and diva extraordinare" used to work as a model himself, stomping down the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier.

He has since been the go-to guy/gal for the likes of Bill Blass, Valentino, and Alexander McQueen when they want a model groomed for the runway. On ANTM he's gentle and patient with the models he trains while still maintaining his sharp sense of humor.

He has legs for miles and can work a pair of heels better than most women. He has said he dislikes celebrity and avoids the red carpet whenever he can. But that doesn't mean he avoids fashion. During his career, he's sported some wild outfits. Here are just a few. . .

HUMP DAY FASHION ICON: GWEN STEFANI
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Gwen Stefani has been playing with her look since she began fronting No Doubt. Like most fashionistas, Gwen started out by displaying her versatility, sporting looks that have included rockabilly tough chick, sporty southern Cali girl, and white-blonde bombshell (waaayyy before Christina Aguillera). She even went as far as creating her own fashion label - L.A.M.B. , which stands for Love Angel Music Baby. In addition, this Orange County girl has brought Japanese street fashion to the forefront of the mainstream.

Now with a perfume under her belt (L by L.A.M.B.), Gwen has established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the beauty business. She's even topped the list of best dressers in Harpers & Queen. Whether her hair is pink, blue, or platinum blonde, this L.A. girl is a true fashion maven.