| 1 | Rose | McCarthy | The legendary editor-in-chief of Mode Magazine. |
| | Wallace | McCarthy | American banker. |
| | Jen | Morgan | Rose's assistant. |
| | Charity | Bennett | Most hard-edged senior stylist. |
| | Pascale | Solon | A young movie star. |
| | Nicolas | Bateau | A writer. |
| | Michaela | Lim | A new young star. |
| | Olivia | | Rose's third daughter. aka: Ollie. |
| | Harley | Foster | A federal court judge. Olivia's husband. |
| | Will | | Olivia's fourteen-year-old son. |
| | Athena | | Rose's oldest daughter. |
| | Joe | Tyler | Athena's partner. |
| | Venetia | Wade | Rose's second daughter. |
| | Ben | Wade | Venetia's venture capitalist husband. |
| | Jack | | One of Venetia's sons. |
| | Seth | | One of Venetia's sons. |
| | India | | Venetia's daughter. |
| | Nadia | McCarthy | Rose's youngest daughter. aka: Naddie. |
| | Sylvie | | One of Nadia's daughters. |
| | Laure | | One of Nadia's daughters. |
| | Stanley | | Athena's dog. |
| 4 | Betty | | Charity's assistant. |
| | Serge | Lutens | French photographer and fashion designer. |
| 5 | Marie-Claire | | Sylvie's friend. |
| | Bernie | | Olivia's associate. |
| 7 | Hugo | | One of Athena's dogs. |
| | Juanita | | One of Athena's dogs. |
| | Chiquita | | One of Athena's dogs. |
| | Barbara | Jaffe | A writer. |
| 8 | Madame | Martin | The guardian's wife. |
| 10 | Agnes | | Nadia's assistant. |
| | Mrs. | Archer | Nadia's client. |
| | Gregory | Holland | Nadia's new client. aka: Greg. |
| | Mark | Rothko | American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent. |
| | Jackson | Pollock | American painter. |
| | Andy | Warhol | American artist. |
| | Pablo | Picasso | Spanish artist. |
| 11 | Benoit | | Pascale and Nicolas' son. |
| | Sharon | | Greg's ex-wife. |
| 13 | Isabelle | Solon | Pascale's mother. |
| 14 | Valencia | | Venetia's daughter. |
| 15 | Fred | Leighton | The jeweler in New York. |
