Jenna Lyons
7. Jenna Lyons, creative director of J. Crew, is named Woman of the Year by Glamour. She began as a fashion assistant at J. Crew in 1990 and became the creative director in 2007. Fashion critic Robin Givhan described Lyons to Glamour,
“She transformed J.Crew from an inexpensive preppy brand into a brand that really gets at the heart of how American women want to dress…. Her greatest skill is that she can dress both mothers and daughters with equal style. And she proves that it can be done at a fair price.”[Refinery29]