Years active: 1990-present.
Known for: Socialite, author, and party hostess.
Net worth: millions.
Born in 1969 in Baghdad, Rena Kirdar Sindi spent much of her childhood in the Middle East. Her father was billionaire Nemir A. Kirdar, who founded Investrocp, the merchant bank, in the 1980s. He later acquired Gucci, Tiffany & Company, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Rena earned a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University but also enjoyed throwing some lavish and unforgettable parties.
She’s had a few marriages and has published “Be My Guest”, a detailed photographic diary of her most successful events, with tips on invitations, table settings, recipes, cocktails, decorations, and music.
Daphne Guinness
Years active: 1980-present.
Known for: Socialite and fashion designer.
Net worth: $100 million.
The Honorable Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness is a descendant of famous brewer Arthur Guinness, who is responsible for all that wonderful Irish stout. Daphne herself is a model, fashion designer, and philanthropist.
She's been in fashion with Isabella Blow, Karl Lagerfeld, Garth Pugh, Philip Treacy, and more, both contributing to designs and modeling for them. She's produced and edited short films, starred in a few films, recorded music videos, and enjoys collecting art. She's a modern renaissance woman who is clearly much more than a pretty face.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Years active: 1995-2014.
Known for: Socialite, TV personality, model, charity patron.
Net worth: $20 million.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's father Charles represented Great Britain as a skier in the 1964 winter Olympics, and Tara herself would go on to become one of Britain's biggest It Girls during the nineties. She began contributing a weekly column in The Sunday Times, which was actually ghostwritten based on Tara's description of events. Similar articles from Tara began appearing in other publications.
She made numerous television appearances, mostly focusing on her social status and celebrity, including "Top Gear", and "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" Tara died in 2017 due to a perforated ulcer and peritonitis.
Sally Albemarle
Years active: 1980-present.
Known for: Sculptor, marriage to Earl of Albemarle.
Net worth: millions.
Nothing makes you an It Girl faster than getting in good with royalty or landed gentry. Sally Claire Tadayon found that out when she married Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle. Sally is an accomplished sculptor of Danish and Persian ancestry, and when the two were married in 2001 the wedding was featured in "Town & Country", catapulting her into high society.
While the marriage didn't last, Sally's beauty certainly has, and she continues to make waves whenever she steps out of her studio in a new, fashionable outfit.
Lauren Santo Domingo
Years active: 1990s-present.
Known for: Entrepreneur, magazine editor, and socialite.
Net worth: $5 billion.
Lauren Santo Domingo got her start as a model in her teens and in television commercials before getting a degree in history at the University of Southern California. She went to work at Vogue as a fashion assistant and worked her way up to Sittings Editor of the American designer market.
She's been married to Andrés Santo Domingo since 2008 after the two met in 1998. After that, Lauren went on to create Moda Operandi, which allows women to shop from complete designer collections – a benefit usually only offered to editors or stylists.