| Pro | | | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| | Edison | Cheng | Managing director
- Leichtenburg Group Asia. Aka: Eddie. |
| | Fiona | Tung Cheng | Edison's wife. |
| | Alexandra | Young | Edison's mother. Aka: Alix. |
| | Bao | Shaoyen | Edison's client. |
| | Bao | Gaoliang | One of Beijing's top politicians. |
| | Carlton | Bao | Bao Shaoyen's son. |
| | Peter | Ashley | The top reconstructive plastic surgeon. |
| | Mr. | Tin | Head of security for the Bao's family. |
| | Nigel | Tomlinson | Edison's Bank Asia Chief officer. |
| | Jimmy | Choo | Malaysian fashion designer. |
| | Eleanor | Young | Edison's aunt. |
| | Lorena | Lim | One of Eleanor's friends. |
| | Nadine | Shaw | One of Eleanor's friends. |
| | Daisy | Foo | One of Eleanor's friends. |
| | Nicholas | | Eleanor's son. Aka: Nick; Nicky. |
| | Francesca | | Nadine's daughter. |
| | Ronald | Shaw | Nadine's father-in-law. |
| | Roderick | Liang | Owner of Liangs Finance Group Liangs. |
| | Lauren | Lee | Roderick Liang's wife. |
| | Lee | Yong Chien | Laura's grandmother. |
| | Cassandra | Shang | Nick's relative. Aka: Radio of Asia. |
| | Philip | Young | Eleanor's husband. |
| | Peter | D'Abo | Eleanor's private banker. |
| | Q.T. | Foo | Daisy's husband. |
| | Malcolm | Cheng | World-famous heart surgeon. |
| | Catherine | Young | Edison's aunt. |
| | Robert | Clergerie | French shoe designer. |
| | Ronald | Abram | Owns a prestigious jewelry store in HongKong. |
| | Rachel | Chu | Nicholas' girlfriend. |
| | | | Part One |
| 1 | | | The Mandarin |
| | Yuan | Jiang | Chinese landscape painter. |
| | Johannes | Vermeer | Dutch Painter. |
| | Andre | Francois | French cartoonist. |
| | Corinna | Ko-Tung | A social consultant. |
| | Lester | Liu | A businessman. |
| | Valerie | Liu | Lester's wife. |
| | J. | Mendell | A designer. |
| | Lady | Ko-Tung | Corinna's grandmother. |
| | Colin | Khoo | Nick's best friend. |
| | Araminta | Khoo | Colin's wife. Aka: Minty. |
| | Giorgio | Armani | Italian fashion designer. |
| | Oliver | T'sien | Nick's cousin. |
| | Carol | Tai | A widow of Tai Toh Lui. |
| | Tai | Toh Lui | A Dato. |
| | Bernard | | Dato's son. |
| | Kitty | Pong | A soap-opera star. |
| | Sunny | Choy | A reporter. |
| | Qi | Baishi | Chinese painter. |
| | Christiane | | A reporter. |
| | Chris | Ofili | British painter. |
| | Dita | von Tesse | American model, costume designer. |
| | Astrid | Leong | Oliver T'sien's cousin. |
| | Cassian | | Astrid's son. |
| | Choi | Ling | Astrid's acquaintance. |
| 2 | | | Cupertino, California |
| | Jason | | Samantha's brother. Aka: Jase. |
| | Samantha | Chu | Rachel's cousin. |
| | Walt | | Rachel's uncle. |
| | Jin | | Walt's wife. |
| | Louise | | Samantha's great-aunt. |
| | Flora | | One of Samantha's aunt. |
| | Kerry | Chu | Rachel's mother. |
| | Ray | | Walt's brother. |
| | Belinda | | Ray's wife. |
| | Joel | | Astrid's friend. |
| | Vivian | | One of Rachel's cousins. |
| | Dave | | One of Rachel's cousins. |
| | Penny | Shi | Jin's acquaintance. |
| | Henry | | Rachel's cousin. |
| 3 | | | Scott's Road |
| | Ahmad | | Eleanor's driver. |
| | Mr. | Wong | A private investigator. |
| 4 | | | Ridout Road |
| | Alex | | Astrid's brother. |
| | Salimah | | Alex's wife. |
| | Kerry | Hill | Australian architect. |
| | Peter | Zumthor | Swiss architect. |
| | Delphine | | Charlie Wu's youngest daughter. |
| | Chloe | | Charlie Wu's older daughter. |
| | Adam 1 | | A chef. |
| | Ann | Demeulemeester | A fashion designer. |
| | Sophie | | Astrid's cousin. |
| 5 | | | Tyersall Park |
| | Lillian May | Tan | The matriarch of the Tan's family. |
| | Eric | Tan | Nicholas' cousin. |
| | Evie | | Eric's new wife. |
| | Geraldine | | Lillian's daughter. |
| | Tan | Wah Wee | Young's third cousin. |
| | Monica | Lee | Geraldine's acquaintance. |
| | Parker | Yeo | Monica's niece. |
| | Teddy | Lim | Parker Yeo's acquaintance. |
| | Xu | Zhimo | Chinese poet. |
| | James | Young | Su Yi's husband. |
| | Felicity | | One of Su Yi's daughters. |
| | Victoria | | One of Su Yi's daughters. |
| | Eileen | Fisher | Americanhing designer. |
| | Marcus | Sim | Young's pastry chef. |
| | Ah | Lian | T'sien's long-time cook. |
| | Ah | Ching | The chef at Tyersall Park. |
| | See | Bei Sien | A bishop. |
| | Ludivine | | A nanny. |
| | Jun | Takahashi | Japanese fashion designer. |
| 6 | | | Morton Street |
| | Ling | Cheh | Head housemaid. |
| | Alistair | | Astrid's cousin. |
| | James | Turrell | American artist. |
| | Jacqueline | Ling | Nick's family friend. |
| | Espen | Oeino | A naval architect. |
| | Teddy | | Jacqueline's son. |
| | Alfred | | Nick's great-uncle. |
| | Lin | Yen Chao | Jacqueline's grandfather. |
| | Sven | | A steward. |
| | Marius | | A chef. |
| 7 | | | Belmont Road |
| | Gayatri | Singh | Eleanor's acquaintance. |
| | Sarita | | Mrs. Singh's daughter-in-law. |
| | Tone | Vigeland | Norweigian silversmith. |
| | Austin | Cooper | An artist. |
| | Anderson | Cooper | American journalist. |
| | Harry | Winston | American jeweler. |
| 8 | | | Diamond Ballroom, Ritz Carlton Hotel |
| | Connie | Ming | The first wife of Ming Ka-Ching. |
| | Ming | Ka-Ching | Hong Kong's second richest man. |
| | Tracy | Kuan | Legendary songstress. |
| | Oscar | Liang | A chef. |
| | Oscar | de la Renta | American Dominican fashion designer. |
| | Ada | Poon | Sir Francis Poon's wife. |
| | Elie | Saab | Lebanese fashion designer. |
| | Pan | TingTing | China's biggest star. |
| | Alexander | McQueen | British fashion designer. |
| | Michael | Teo | Astrid's husband. |
| | Francis | Poon | A man who got the Philanthropic Pinnacle Award. |
| | Guo | Pei | A Chinese designer. |
| | Leonardo | Lai | A writer. |
| | Cecilia | Cheng | Astrid's cousin. |
| | Johnny | | A pilot. |
| | Jacky | Cheung | One of the Cantopop stars. |
| | Aaron | Kwok | One of the Cantopop stars. |
| | Leonardo | Lai | One of the Cantopop stars. |
| | Andy | Lau | One of the Cantopop stars. |
| 9 | | | The Locke Club |
| | Sammi | Hui | Kitty's acquaintance. |
| | Leo | Ming | Edison's best friend. |
| | Pedro Paulo | de Ayala | One of the richest man in the Philippines. |
| | Evangeline | de Ayala | Pedro Paulo's wife. |
| | Giambattista | Valli | Italian fashion designer. |
| | Rosie | Ho | One of Ada Poon's friends. |
| | Lainey | Lui | One of Ada Poon's friends. |
| | Tessa | Chen | One of Ada Poon's friends. |
| | Mrs. | Ladoorie | Alexandra Cheng's acquaintance. |
| | Pascal | Pang | Isabel Wu's friend. |
| | Sonny | Chin | Pascal Pang's acquaintance. |
| | Dr. | Chan | A dentist. |
| 10 | | | Arcadia |
| | Peik | Lin | Rachel's best friend. |
| | Sylvia | Wong Swartz | Rachel's friend. |
| | Alice | Temperley | English fashion designer. |
| | Mhemet | Sabanci | Nick's friend. |
| | Ollie | | Rachel's cousin. |
| | Kao | Wei | Rachel's father. |
| 11 | | | Four Seasons Biltmore |
| | Dr. | Chia | A therapist. |
| 12 | | | Arcadia |
| | Aaron | Copland | American composer. |
| | Toni | Chi | A Methodist pastor. |
| | Carol | Lombard | American film actress. |
| | Gaultier | | French fashion designer. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 1 | | | Ko-Tung Consulting Group Social Impact Assessment |
| | Ricky | Tseung | A hairdresser. |
| | Francis | Liu | One of Ricky Tseung's customers. |
| | Marion | Hsu | One of Ricky Tseung's customers. |
| | Jin | Soon | A manicurist. |
| | Jeannette | Sang | One of Kitty's acquaintances. |
| | Helen | Hou-Tin | One of Kitty's acquaintances. |
| | Roberto | Cavalli | Italian fashion designer. |
| | Coco | Chanel | French fashion designer. |
| | Edward | Chiu | A jade jewelry designer. |
| | Kaspar | von Morgenlatte | Interior designer and decorator. |
| | Liza | Yuskavage | American artist. |
| | Thomas | Struth | German photographer. |
| | Candida | Hofer | A Cologne, Germany-based photographer. |
| | Bernd | Eichinger | German film producer. |
| | Hilla | Becher | German photographer. |
| | Dries | Van Noten | Belgian fashion designer. |
| | Jordana | Chiu | Ada Poon's acquaintance. |
| | Sheryl | Samberg | Chief operating officer of Facebook. |
| | Anthony | Trollope | A novelist. |
| | Julian | Fellowes | English actor. |
| | Janice J.K. | Lee | American author. |
| | Domenick | Dunn | American writer. |
| | Annette | Tapert | An author. |
| | Diana | Edkins | An author. |
| | Nicholas | Coleridge | A writer. |
| | Sterling | Seagrave | American historian. |
| | Jonathan | Franzen | American novelist and essayist. |
| 2 | | | Rachel and Nick |
| | Koo | | Gaoliang's uncle. |
| 3 | | | Astrid |
| | Domiella | Finzi-Contini | Astrid's friend. |
| | Anish | Kapoor | British sculptor. |
| | Mariano | Fortuny | Spanish fashion designer. |
| | Henriette | | Fortuny's wife. |
| | Andreas | Gurksky | German photographer. |
| | Gregoire | L'Herme-Pierre | Astrid's friend. |
| | Christian | Dior | French fashion designer. |
| | Michele | Oka Doner | American artist. |
| 4 | | | The Baos |
| | Ava | Gardner | American actress. |
| | Colette | Bing | China's foremost fashion icon. |
| | Roxanne | Ma | Colette's personal assistant. |
| | Fletcher | | A housemaster. |
| | Baptista | | A wine steward. |
| 5 | | | Charlie |
| | Alice | | Charlie Wu's executive assistant. |
| | Freddie | | One of Domiella's acquaintances. |
| | Xan | | One of Domiella's acquaintances. |
| | Aaron | Shek | Charlie's chief financial officer. |
| | Wu | Hao Lian | Charlie's father. |
| | Jeremy | Lai | Isabel's father. |
| 6 | | | Carlton and Colette |
| | Fang | Ai Lan | Shaoyen's acquaintance. |
| | Ryan | Fang | Carlton's acquaintance. |
| | Bonnie | Hui | Ryan Fang's wife. |
| | Ai | Mei | A housekeeper. |
| 7 | | | Nick and Rachel |
| | Chlamydia | | Colette's friend. |
| | Erica | Tanov | A veteran designer. |
| 8 | | | Colette |
| | Jack | Bing | Colette's father. |
| | James | Perse | A designer. |
| | Wolseley | | A butler. |
| | Wu | Boli | A priest. |
| | Jiro | | A Japanese chef. |
| | Kate | | One of Colette's Italian greyhounds. |
| | Pippa | | One of Colette's Italian greyhounds. |
| | Wills | | One of Colette's Tibetan mastiffs. |
| | Harry | | One of Colette's Tibetan mastiffs. |
| | Andy | Warhol | American artist. |
| | Pablo | Picasso | Spanish painter. |
| | Paul | Gauguin | French artist. |
| | Bridget | Riley | Fine art artist. |
| | Jean-Michael | Basquiat | American artist. |
| | Mona | Kuhn | A photographer. |
| | Ping | Gao | A cook. |
| 9 | | | Michael and Astrid |
| | Joseph | Altuzarra | A luxury women's ready-to-wear clothing designer. |
| | Tabitha | Simmons | A shoe designer. |
| | Matilda | Leong | Astrid's great-aunt. |
| | Busby | Berkeley | American film director. |
| | Azzedine | Alaia | Tunisian couturier and shoe designer. |
| | Yousef | | A driver. |
| | Miss | Seong | Astrid's family friend. |
| | Cesari | Attolini | A designer of a luxury men's clothing. |
| | Wendy | | Michael's acquaintance. |
| | Gizmo | | A dog. |
| 10 | | | The Bings |
| | Richie | Yang | Colette's suitor. |
| | Errol | Flynn | Australian-born American actor. |
| | Lai | Di Bing | Colette's mother. |
| | Mei | Ching | A maid. |
| | Richard | T'sien | Nick's uncle. Aka: Dickie. |
| | Mark | T'sien | An ophthalmologist. |
| | Charles | Shang | A hematologist. |
| | Peter | Leong | A neurologist. |
| | Glady | | Peter Leong's wife. |
| | Harry | Leong | Nick's uncle. |
| | Christian | Liaigre | A designer. |
| 11 | | | Corinna and Kitty |
| | Carolina | Herrera | A Venezuelan fashion designer. |
| | Hubert | de Givenchy | French fashion designer. |
| | Ileana | Makri | A Greek jeweler. |
| | Daphne | Guinness | An English socialite and fashion designer. |
| | Katherine | Tai | Kitty Pong's new name. |
| | Helen | Mok-Asprey | Corinna's acquaintance. |
| | Justina | Wei | Corinna's niece. |
| | Wei | Ra Men | Justina's grandfather. |
| | Stephen | Tai | Justina's acquaintance. |
| | Quek | | Helen Mok's ex-husband. |
| | Harold | Asprey | Helen Mok's husband. |
| | Norma | | One of Helen's maids. |
| | Natty | | One of Helen's maids. |
| | Narciso | Rodriguez | American fashion designer. |
| 12 | | | Astrid |
| | Adam 2 | | One of Astrid's Thai cousins. |
| | Piya | | One of Astrid's Thai cousins. |
| | Mark | Zuckerberg | Chief Executive Officer of Facebook. |
| | Silas | Teoh | Michael's acquaintance. |
| | Carmen | Loh | A realtor. |
| 13 | | | Save The Seamstress Fashion Show |
| | Du | Juan | Chinese fashion model. |
| | Liu | Wen | Chinese model. |
| | Rene | Lalique | French designer. |
| | Christian | Lacroix | French fashion designer. |
| | Perrineum | Wang | One of Colette's friends. |
| | Stephen | Jones | A British milliner. |
| | Stephanie | Shi | One of Colette's friends. |
| | Tiffany | Yap | One of Colette's friends. |
| | Virginie | de Bassinet | Founder of Pret-a-Couture. |
| | Ricky | Owens | American fashion designer. |
| | Alfonso | Cuaron | Mexican film director. |
| | Michaelangelo | | Italian sculptor. |
| | Russel | Wing | A photographer. |
| | Adele | Deng | One of Colette's friends. |
| | Wendy | Pi Fang | One of Colette's friends. |
| | Ivan | Koon | Pi Fang's acquaintance. |
| | Zhang | Yimou | Chinese film director. |
| | Yves | Klein | French artist. |
| | Serge | Gainsbourg | French singer songwriter. |
| | Oscar | Huang | Fashion show's director. |
| | Gareth | Pugh | English fashion designer. |
| | Hussein | Chalayan | Turkish fashion designer. |
| | Mary | Xie | Mrs. Bing's acquaintance. |
| | Roger | Vivier | French fashion designer. |
| | Nainai | | Colette's grandmother. |
| | Pan | Di | Colette's aunt. |
| 14 | | | Trenta |
| | Fernando | | The chief purser. |
| | Frederic | Malle | Founder of the luxury French perfume. |
| 15 | | | Cluny Park Road |
| | Geik | Choo | Carmen Loh's cousin. |
| | C.K. | Wong | Carmen Loh's uncle. |
| | Ken | Lien | Carmen Loh's friend. |
| | Paula | | Ken's acquaintance. |
| | Owen | Kwee | Carmen's boss. |
| | Frank | Brewer | One of Singapore's most prominent architect. |
| | Quentin | Wong | Frank Brewer's eldest son. |
| | Willie | Sin | Owen's acquaintance. |
| | Charles Rennie | MacKintosh | Scottish architect. |
| | Geoffrey | Bennison | Master decorator. |
| 16 | | | Paris |
| | Bouchra | Jarrar | French fashion designer. |
| | Alexis | Mabille | French fashion designer. |
| | Gerard | Mulot | A pastry chef and chocolate maker in Paris. |
| | Mrs. | Shi | Stephanie's mother. |
| | Franz | Kraemer | Canadian radio producer. |
| | David | Lynch | American film maker. |
| | Mrs. | Wen | Pi Fang's mother. |
| | Stephane | Rolland | French fashion designer. |
| | Sean | | Carlton's acquaintance. |
| | Anthony | | Sean's brother. |
| 17 | | | The Mandarin Oriental |
| | Richard | Plumper | Richie's friend. |
| | Harry W. | Davies | Carlton's acquaintance. |
| | Charlotte | Gainsbourg | English-French artist. |
| | Ilias | Lalaounis | A Greek goldsmith. |
| | Josep | Font | Fashion designer. |
| | Joseph | Dirand | French architect. |
| 18 | | | The Shangri-La |
| | John | Legend | American singer songwriter. |
| | Gordon | Ramsey | British chef. |
| | Marion | Batali | American chef. |
| | Honey | Chai | A columnist. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 1 | | | Shek O |
| | Jenny | Packham | British fashion designer. |
| | P.J. | Whitney | A writer. |
| 2 | | | Changi Airport |
| | Brunello | Cucinelli | Michael's acquaintance. |
| | Calvin | Klein | American fashion designer. |
| | Dick | Teo | Michael's former commanding officer. |
| | Naveen | Sinha | Michael's acquaintance. |
| | Richard | Avedon | Fashion photographer. |
| | S.W. | Leong | Astrid's great-grandfather |
| | Sergey | Brin | American computer scientist. |
| | Renzo | Piano | An architect. |
| | Jean | Nouvel | An architect. |
| | Angelica | Chio Lee | Michael's publicist. |
| 4 | | | Riverside Victory Towers |
| | Marc | Newson | Industrial designer. |
| | Emperor | Qianlong | Emperor of China. |
| | Stefano | Ricci | Founder of the finest luxury men's wear. |
| | Eric | Ripert | French chef. |
| 5 | | | Palau Club |
| | Krystal | | Michael's executive assistant. |
| | Miss | Chua | Harry Leong's secretary. |
| | Hu Lee Shan | | Harry's friend. |
| 6 | | | Imperial Treasure Restaurant |
| | Gianni | Versace | Italian fashion designer. |
| 7 | | | The West Lake |
| | Marco | Polo | Italian merchant. |
| 8 | | | National Library |
| | Ming | Kah Ching | Leo's father. |
| | Dr. | Jacobson | Rachel's doctor. |
| | Parker | Posey | American actress. |
| 9 | | | Ridout Road |
| | Rosie | | A cook. |
| 10 | | | Queen Mary Hospital |
| | Tim | Walker | British fashion photographer. |
| | Giuseppe | Zanotti | Italian fashion designer. |
| 11 | | | Bukit Brown Cemetery |
| | Alfred | Shang | Su Yi's brother. |
| | Rosemary | T'sien | Astrid's great-aunt. |
| | Shang | Loo Ma | Su Yi's father. |
| | Wang | Lan Yin | Shang Loo Ma's wife. |
| | Peter | Abelard | French philosopher. |
| | Heloise | | Fulbert's niece. |
| | Canon | Fulbert | One of the clergy of the Cathedral of Paris. |
| 12 | | | Mar Vista |
| | Bruce | Wayne | Batman's secret identity. |
| | Christian | Bale | A good actor. |
| | Kristen | Bell | American actress. |
| | Gisele | | Kitty Pong's daughter. |
| | Dr. | Brenner | Bernard Tai's doctor. |
| | Jay | Leno | American comedian. |
| | Dr. | Goldberg | Bernard Tai's doctor. |
| 13 | | | Triumph Towers |
| | Laarni | | A maid. |
| | Bebel | Gilberto | American-Brazilian singer. |
| | Astrud | Gilberto | Brazilian singer. |
| | Li | Jing | One of the maids. |
| | Charity | | One of the maids. |
| | Commander | Kwok | Gaoliang's acquaintance. |
| | Inspector | Zhang | A detective. |
| 14 | | | Central Police Station |
| | Ai | WeiWei | Chinese contemporary artist and activist. |
| 15 | | | Ridout Road |
| | Arne | Jacobsen | Danish architect. |
| 16 | | | 188 Taiyuan Road |
| | Dame Helen | Mirren | English actor. |
| 17 | | | Newspapers Around The World |
| | Linda | Scout | A reporter. |
| | Milla | Lignel | Tai's personal chef. |
| | Scot | Ishihara | Officer in the airplane. |
