Meet the sultans of style

From Paris catwalks to coffee table magazines, these maestros create the images that are the beating, fleeting heart of fashion. Clockwise from left: Karl Templer has styled ads for Gap and is Interview's creative director, while master photo retoucher Pascal Dangin makes supermodels look even more super. Stefan Beckman designs the sets on Marc Jacobs's fashion shows and the backdrops for Estée Lauder ads, and adman Doug Lloyd has created sexy and sleek campaigns for Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger (remember the one with David Bowie and Iman in 2004?)

Besides crafting runway looks, makeup guru Pat McGrath helps develop Procter & Gamble's cosmetics lines as the company's global creative design director. Photographer Craig McDean, who shoots ads for Dior and pictorials for W, rounds out the power posse along with model Raquel Zimmerman, who is the fresh face gracing ads for Valentino and Vogue covers. Photographed at Milk Studios in New York City

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