The entertainment industry will anoint actresses, actors, directors, singers, composers and costume designers, among others during Awards Season. The stakes are high, as well, for designers who will dress the elite gliding down the red carpet and retailers seeking to bask in the glow.

The linchpins are the stylists who pick the gowns and accessories and the hair and makeup professionals who concoct just the right look.


Here's the WWD Top Stylists List for Spring 2008:

BRITT BARDO
Agency: Magnet
1777 North Vine, Suite 502, Los Angeles, CA 90028
323-463-0100; www.magnetla.com
270 Lafayette St. # 901, New York, NY 10012
212-352-3223; www.magnetny.com
Clients: Kate Hudson, Eva Mendes, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

NICOLE CHAVEZ
Agency: Urban Siren
Clients: Rachel Bilson, Jamie King, Kristen Bell.

PENNY LOVELL
Agency: Cloutier
1026 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-394-8813; www.cloutieragency.com
Clients: Ginnifer Goodwin, Chris Klein, Josh Duhamel.

ANNIE JAGGER
Agency: Margaret Maldonado
8422 Melrose Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90069
323-556-3455; www.margaretmaldonado.com
Clients: Brittany Murphy, Ashlee Simpson, Natasha Bedingfield, Emmy Rossum.

TARA SWENNEN
Agency: Margaret Maldonado
8422 Melrose Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90069
323-556-3455; www.margaretmaldonado.com
Clients: Lisa Marie Presley, Nicollette Sheridan, Lauren Graham, Rebecca Gayheart.

LEE HARRIS
Agency: Bardeen
661 North Harper Ave.,#201, Los Angeles, CA 900448
323-655-9000; www.bardeenagency.com
Clients: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu.