the new creative establishment - the 50 most influential creative forces working in fashion today

1. mert alas & marcus piggott

2. phoebe philo

3. nicolas ghesquiere

4. central saint martins

5. miuccia prada

6. tom ford

7. nicola formichetti

8. riccardo tisci

9. the french vogue gang

10. joe mckenna

industrie magazine editors jens grede & erik torstensson have created their list of the "new" creative establishment. read more at business of fashion.

the full list of 50 is:

1.   mert alas & marcus piggott

2.   phoebe philo

3.   nicolas ghesqiere

4.   central saint martins

5.   miuccia prada

6.   tom ford

7.   nicola formichetti

8.   riccardo tisci

9.   the french vogue gang

10. joe mckenna

11. marc jacobs

12. karl lagerfeld

13. fabien baron

14. katie grand

15. inez van lamsweerde & vinoodh matadin

16. rei kawakubo & adrian joffe

17. etienne russo (show producer)

18. karl templer

19. rick owens

20. guido palau & pat mcgrath

21. steven meisel

22. alexander wang

23. stefano tonchi

24. nicholas kirkwood

25. m/m paris

26. joerg koch (editor 032c)

27. kate & laura mulleavy/rodarte

28. olivier rizzo & willy vanderperre

29. pascal dangin (retoucher/box studios)

30. peter phillips (creative director/chanel make-up)

31. burberry online

32. david sims (still love, love, love him!)

33. alber elbaz

34. net-a-porter

35. cathy horyn

36. christopher kane

37. jenna lyons (president & executive creative director/j.crew)

38. raf simons

39. panos yiapanis

40. gainsbury & whiting (fashion producers)

41. sally singer

42. jop van bennekom & gert jonkers (editors/fantastic man-butt magazine)

43. terry richardson

44. opening ceremony

45. peter marino (architect)

46. olivier zahm (editor/purple magazine)

47. kate lanphear

48. jonathan newhouse (chairman condé nast intl.)

49. simon doonan

50. luis venegas (editor/candy magazine)