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The Creatives
The image is never one person. Makeup, hair, styling and photography — sourced profiles, with season finish links where the desk uses them as AW26 face-language authorities.
- London
Makeup Artist
Pat McGrath
Widely described by Vogue and others as the most influential make-up artist in the world.
- London
Makeup Artist
Charlotte Tilbury
Founder of the global Charlotte Tilbury beauty brand and a contributing beauty editor for British Vogue.
- London
Hair Stylist
Sam McKnight
Decades of runway hair for Chanel, Fendi, Balmain and Burberry.
- London
Stylist
Katie Grand
Stylist and creative director behind two influential fashion magazines.
- London
Stylist
Edward Enninful
Former editor-in-chief of British Vogue.
- New York
Stylist
Carine Roitfeld
Former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris; founder of CR Fashion Book.
- London
Photographer
Nick Knight
Founder of SHOWstudio, an early pioneer of fashion film and online image-making.
- New York
Photographer
Mario Sorrenti
Best known for his editorial spreads in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
- Paris
Photographer
Paolo Roversi
Decades of atmospheric, painterly fashion photography from his Paris studio.
- Mumbai
Stylist
Anaita Shroff Adajania
A defining Indian fashion stylist — Vogue India’s long-running fashion director and Deepika Padukone’s red-carpet stylist.
- Mumbai
Makeup Artist
Namrata Soni
One of India’s leading celebrity makeup artists, long associated with Sonam Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.
- Mumbai
Photographer
Rohan Shrestha
A leading Indian celebrity photographer whose subjects span Bollywood and global names from Messi to Ryan Reynolds.
- Mumbai
Makeup Artist
Mickey Contractor
A three-decade Bollywood makeup authority and M·A·C India’s director of makeup artistry.
- Karachi
Photographer
Tapu Javeri
A defining figure in Pakistani fashion photography, also a jeweller and broadcaster.
- Karachi
Hair Stylist
Tariq Amin
A pioneer of the Pakistani fashion-styling industry, active since the early 1980s.
- Karachi
Makeup Artist
Nabila Maqsood
Pakistan’s most prominent hair-and-makeup entrepreneur, working under the single name Nabila.
- Karachi
Creative Director
Frieha Altaf
The producer and choreographer behind many of Pakistan’s major fashion weeks and awards shows.
- London
Photographer
Mert Alas
Half of Mert and Marcus, among the most influential fashion-photography duos of the past three decades.
- London
Photographer
Cüneyt Akeroğlu
A Turkish fashion photographer working across the international Vogue editions from London.
- Manila
Stylist
Pam Quiñones
A leading Philippine fashion stylist and Vogue Philippines’ fashion director.
- Manila
Photographer
Shaira Luna
A Philippine fashion and advertising photographer who shoots Vogue Philippines covers and fashion-week coverage.
- Dubai
Makeup Artist
Mau Piodena IV
A Filipino hair-and-makeup artist who has worked Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks.
- Beirut
Makeup Artist
Bassam Fattouh
A pioneering Lebanese makeup artist and the first Middle Eastern spokesperson for Clarins.
- Beirut
Photographer
Aly Saab
A Beirut fashion photographer known for un-staged, intimate imagery.
- Seoul
Makeup Artist
Jung Saem Mool
Profiled by Korea’s official culture webzine as “The Makeup Maven”, the artist behind the faces of Song Hye-kyo, Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Hyori.
- Seoul
Makeup Artist
Pony
Forbes described her in 2017 as one of the top-viewed beauty YouTubers from Korea.
- Seoul
Stylist
Yun-Kee Jeong
Korea JoongAng Daily reported in 2012 that he was known in the industry as the “top stylist of Korea”.
- Seoul
Photographer
Cho Gi-seok
Fotografiska New York calls him one of Asia’s most interesting fashion photographers and visual artists.
- New York
Makeup Artist
Kanako Takase
A Tokyo-trained, New York-based artist who has keyed runway beauty for Saint Laurent, Hermès and Bottega Veneta.
- Tokyo
Hair Stylist
Katsuya Kamo
Remembered for sculptural headpieces that the MIMOCA museum describes as having “a universal, sculptural beauty”.
- New York
Photographer
Takay
Known for black-and-white fashion portraiture, including Fluence, his book-length tribute to Yohji Yamamoto.
- Tokyo
Photographer
Mika Ninagawa
Known for brightly coloured photographs of flowers, goldfish and landscapes, and for directing the feature films Sakuran and Helter Skelter.
- Bangkok
Makeup Artist
JibbieRubie
Vogue Singapore calls her Bangkok’s red-carpet “maestro”.
- Thailand
Photographer
Nat Prakobsantisuk
THE STANDARD described him in 2017 as one of Thailand’s leading fashion photographers.
- Jakarta
Makeup Artist
Bubah Alfian
A Jember-born makeup artist who went from the Jember Fashion Carnaval to Jakarta’s magazine-cover and celebrity circuit.
- Jakarta
Makeup Artist
Ryan Ogilvy
A celebrity makeup artist whose natural, flawless finish The Jakarta Post singled out as his trademark.
- Jakarta
Photographer
Nicoline Patricia Malina
A Jakarta fashion photographer and educator whose work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE and Cosmopolitan.
- Jakarta
Stylist
Yoland Handoko
The stylist Fimela credits with the glamorous, diva-style stage looks of singers Raisa and Rossa.
- Taipei
Photographer
Zhong Lin
A self-taught Malaysian photographer known for surreal, colour-saturated imagery and her year-long Project 365.
- Malaysia
Makeup Artist
Sheng Saw
A Malaysian makeup artist whose looks run from soft and natural to edgy, shaped by work across several cultures.
- Malaysia
Stylist
Min Luna
A celebrity stylist The Star profiled in 2019 on what it takes to dress Malaysia’s biggest stars.
- Mexico City
Makeup Artist
Ana G de V
A Mexico City editorial makeup artist whose work runs in Vogue México, ELLE México and the FT’s HTSI.
- New York
Makeup Artist
Mayela Vazquez
A Mexican makeup artist in New York specialising in conceptual looks for editorial and campaign shoots.
- Italy
Photographer
Jvdas Berra
A Mexican-born fashion photographer whose clients, by his own account, include Ferragamo, Givenchy and Jean Paul Gaultier.
- São Paulo
Hair Stylist
Celso Kamura
A São Paulo hair and beauty veteran, widely known in Brazil for restyling former president Dilma Rousseff.
- São Paulo
Photographer
Bob Wolfenson
Described in his official biography as one of Brazil’s leading portrait and fashion photographers, working for more than five decades.
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Answers
About the creatives
Who are some of the most influential fashion makeup artists?
- The Cast Index profiles real, notable makeup artists including Pat McGrath, Charlotte Tilbury, Namrata Soni, Mickey Contractor, Nabila Maqsood, Mau Piodena IV, Bassam Fattouh, Jung Saem Mool, Pony, Kanako Takase, JibbieRubie, Bubah Alfian, Ryan Ogilvy, Sheng Saw, Ana G de V, Mayela Vazquez, with sourced biographies and freely-licensed photography.
What is a casting director in fashion?
- A casting director selects the models who walk a runway show or appear in a campaign, shaping the line-up, diversity, and overall mood of the presentation. The Cast Index does not yet profile individual casting directors — public, sourceable biographical detail for this role is limited, and we only publish real, verified profiles.
Does The Cast Index cover stylists and photographers?
- Yes. The Creatives directory currently covers 8 stylists and 17 photographers, alongside makeup artists and hair stylists. Casting direction, creative direction, and nail artistry will be added once we can source real, verifiable profiles for them.