| Hardy | Amies | English fashion designer. |
| Mr. | Atlee | Mr. Harnell's acquaintance. |
| Josephine | Baker | American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. |
| Mr. | Booth | Ann's acquaintance. |
| Sandro | Botticelli | One of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance. |
| Winston | Churchill | Former British Prime Minister. |
| Mrs. | Cole | A laundry woman. |
| Charles | Creed | British fashion designer. |
| Miriam | Dassin | An embroiderer. aka: Mimi. |
| Germaine | Davide | Mr. Hartnell's senior staff. |
| Jules-Élie | Delaunay | French painter. |
| Marianne | Dessin | Real name of Miriam. |
| Christian | Dior | A French fashion designer. aka: Tian. |
| Miss | Duley | Head of the embroidery workrooms. |
| Edward | Elgar | English composer. |
| Princess | Elizabeth | The third daughter of King George III. |
| Daniel | Friedman | A historian. |
| Clark | Gable | American actor. |
| Norman | Hartnell | A leading British fashion designer. |
| Audrey | Hepburn | British actress and humanitarian |
| Miss | Holliday | Mr. Hartnell's employee. |
| Ann | Hughes | An embroiderer. |
| Miss | Ireland | One of the machinists. |
| Martha | Jackson | Heather's neighbor. |
| Mr. | Joliffe | A shop owner. |
| Walter | Kaczmarek | Miriam's friend. |
| Danny | Kaye | American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. |
| Adolphe | Leblanc | A local policeman. |
| Dr. | Lovell | Ann's physician. |
| Miss | MacDonald | Mr. Hartnell's acquaintance. |
| Heather | McKenzie | A journalist. |
| Alexander | McQueen | British fashion designer and couturier. |
| Felix | Mendelssohn | German composer, pianist, organist and conductor. |
| Captain | Mitchison | One who managed the business side of things for Mr. Hartnell. |
| Stefan Basil | Molyneux | Irish-born Canadian white nationalist and white podcaster. |
| Digby | Morton | Irish fashion designer based in London. |
| Bianca | Mosca | London-based fashion designer of 1940s. |
| Lt. Philip | Mountbatten | Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth's husband. |
| Dr. | Nguyen | Nan's physician. |
| Marie-Laure | Noailles | French art collector. |
| Marcel | Normand | Mam'selle's friend. |
| Laurence | Olivier | British actor, director and producer. |
| Wilfred | Owen | English poet and soldier. |
| Betty | Pearce | One of the seamstresses. |
| Mrs. | Price | Mrs. Hartnell's secretary. |
| Maison | Rebe | Monsieur Dior's preferred atelier de broderie. |
| Django | Reinhardt | Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer. |
| Major | Ruislip | One of the gentlemen ushers. |
| Peter | Russell | British fashion designer. |
| Michael | Sherard | British fashion designer, later fashion academic. |
| Victor | Stiebel | British fashion designer. |
| Harry | Stinton | One of the best artists of the last hundred years. |
| Ruby | Sutton | Bennett's wife. |
| Robert | Thibault | Miriam's fiancé. |
| Jeremy | Thickett-Milne | Ann's new acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Tilley | Ann's acquaintance. |
| Mrs. | Turner | Ann's neighbor. |
| Ava | | Nathalie's best friend. |
| Belinda | | A boutique manager. |
| Ben | | Daniel's brother. |
| Bennett | | Walter's friend. |
| Billy | | Ann's acquaintance. |
| Brett | | One of the staff writers of Bay Street magazine. |
| Carmen | | One of the Hartnell house models. |
| Catherine | | Miriam's friend. |
| Catherine | | Prince William's wife. aka: Princess Kate. |
| Dan | | One of Milly's brothers. |
| David | | One of Sarah's brothers. |
| Dermot | | A hotel receptionist. |
| Des | | One of Milly's brothers. |
| Doris | | One of Ann's co-workers. |
| Dorothy | | One of the seamstresses. |
| Dougal | | One of Bennett's dogs. |
| Edith | | One of Ann's co-workers. |
| Ethel | | One of Ann's co-workers. |
| Flora | | Miss MacDonald's acquaintance. |
| Frank | | Milly's husband. |
| George | | Jeremy's acquaintance. |
| Gregor | | One of the staff writers of Bay Street magazine. |
| Hannah | | Daniel's niece. |
| Isaac | | One of Sarah's brothers. |
| Jessie | | One of Mr. Hartnell's employees. |
| Jim | | Heather's father. |
| Jimmy | | Ann's acquaintance. |
| Joe | | Doris' boyfriend. |
| Joey | | One of Bennett's dogs. |
| Kendra | | An HR officer. |
| Kim | | A receptionist. |
| Lauren | | Ben's wife. |
| Louie | | Mr. Hartnell's employee. |
| Margaret Rose | | Younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. |
| Margie | | Nan's friend, |
| Mary | | Walter's loved ones. |
| Mary of Teck | | Queen consort of the United Kingdom Empress of India. |
| Micheline | | A boutique owner. |
| Michelle | | One of Heather's friends. |
| Milly | | Ann's sister-in-law. |
| Miss Yvonne | | The princess's personal vendeuse. |
| Moira | | One of the staff writers of Bay Street magazine. |
| Nan | | Heather's grandmother. |
| Nathalie | | Miriam's granddaughter. |
| Nathan | | Daniel's father. |
| Nigel | | Editor of The Examiner magazine. |
| Pamela | | A maid. |
| Prince Andrew | | The 3rd child and 2nd son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. |
| Prince William | | Duke of Cambridge. |
| Princess Alexandra | | The Queen's cousin and a working member of the Royal Family. |
| Princess Andrew | | Former Princess Alice of Battenberg. |
| Princess Diana | | Princess of Wales. First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. |
| Reggie | | A hairdresser. |
| Richard | | Editor-in-chief of Bay Street magazine. |
| Rosie | | Miriam's helper. |
| Ruthie | | One of Ann's co-workers. |
| Sarah | | Daniel's mother. |
| Seymour | | Heather's cat. |
| Shirley | | Heather's new acquaintance. |
| Sunita | | One of Heather's friends. |
| Tanya | | Heather's friend. |
| Victoria | | Ruby's daughter. |
| Zahra | | A receptionist at the museum. |
