Meet The Luxury's Most Influential

Businessmen, stylists, editors, influencers, celebrities and creators each of them is a vital cog in the luxury machinery: With India being one of the world's fastest growing luxury markets, today, names from the country play an influential role in the trade. Digging deep into this industry, Sujata Assomull brings 15 of the most powerful you names in the regal realm of high fashion for HELLO!

- Sujata Assomull

1 BELLA HADID

The supermodel with an Arab lineage has been at the forefront of conversations on diversity in fashion. Bella Hadid walked in over 35 ramp shows this year, including at Paris Fashion Week for Coperni, where the French label spray painted a dress on her. It became one of fashion's most viewed videos on the internet not to mention one of its most defining moments. Off the ramp, whatever Bella wears becomes a sellout, be it Ugg boots or the Prada Re-Nylon bag. The model was named 'Power Dresser of the Year' in Lyst's Year in Fashion 2022 Round-Up. She can also be credited for ensuring that the 'weird girl aesthetic' was one of the biggest TikTok trends of the year.

2 BERNARD ARNAULT

He's the man behind the mammoth LVMH group, the world's largest luxury conglomerate that owns some of the industry's most influential names, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Sephora. Last year, Bernard Arnault bought over Tiffany & Co. and is now working on the first Louis Vuitton Hotel in Paris. With all five of the billionaire's children now working within the group, this is a company whose succession plan is firmly in place. For a while in 2021, he was also the world's richest man, trumping both Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. An early investor in Netflix, there's no question that Arnault is a businessman who has a pulse on the industry. His company can make or break the career of creators and recently bought stake in American streetwear brand Aimé Leon Dore.

3 KIM KARDASHIAN