Marisa Noel Brown
ACCESSORY: In 2008, started jewelry line TRE with fellow socialites Ulrica Lanaro and Lilliam Stern.
LINEAGE: Daughter of Walter Noel, founder of hedge fund Fairfield Greenwich Group and prominent Bernie Madoff investor.
NUGGETS: Aside from that whole Madoff thing, the socialite’s jewelry company was recently sued for copying baubles from rival Dinosaur Designs.
Jennifer Creel
ACCESSORY: Launched sunglasses with Modo, her own jewelry line, and also this year, an accessories collection with Christine Mack called Creel + Mack.
LINEAGE: Ex-wife of Colgate-Palmolive heir Larry Creel, Jennifer Creel, a former Polo Ralph Lauren designer, has also appeared on various television shows.
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NUGGETS: Ugly divorce in 2008 including rumors about her ex’s fling with fellow socialite-turned-(very well known)-fashion-designer.
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Petra Ecclestone
ACCESSORY: Started Stark, a luxury handbag line early this fall. It follows her men’s wear collection, which shuttered last year.
LINEAGE: The 22-year-old is the youngest daughter of Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire chief executive officer of Formula One racing.
NUGGETS: The newly wed heiress recently bought the late Aaron Spelling’s 100-room mansion for a reported $85 million.
Cornelia Guest
ACCESSORY: Launched a collection of vegan handbags and small leather-free goods for fall. Guest also runs a catering business and a vegan cookie company.
LINEAGE: Daughter of Winston Frederick Churchill, heir to the Phipps steel fortune and a second cousin of Winston Churchill. Her mother, socialite C.Z. Guest, was a fashion designer, gardening columnist and equestrian.
NUGGETS: Known as “Deb of the Decade” in the Eighties. In 1986, she penned “The Debutante’s Guide to Life,” and is working on a book about the vegan lifestyle.
Zani Gugelmann
ACCESSORY: Owner of Filgrana by Zani, a luxe jewelry brand inspired by the craftsmanship of Peruvian artisans.
LINEAGE: Dubbed an “It” girl by just about every social mag, the accessories designer is the daughter of Logistec Corp. board member George Gugelmann.
NUGGETS: A former event planner and occasional model, Gugelmann was an All-American lacrosse player and studied at Bowdoin College.
Nicky Hilton
ACCESSORY: The younger Hilton sister has dabbled in designing handbags, clothing and, most recently, costume jewelry.
LINEAGE: Great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and sister of Paris Hilton, who needs no introduction.
NUGGETS: Barring relationship speculation, Nicky, aka the less controversial Hilton sister, tends to keep her name out of the tabloids.
Genevieve Jones
ACCESSORY: Namesake handbag and jewelry line launched in 2006.
LINEAGE: From Baton Rouge, La., Jones doesn’t have the typical social story. She sprung on the scene in the late Nineties, trading digits with models, socialites and notably, designer Zac Posen.
NUGGETS: Has been dubbed the “black Paris Hilton” and called a “social climber” in the same breath. No matter, in 2006, Vogue crowned her the “Girl of the Moment,” and while that moment may have passed, Jones is still out there doing her thing.
Lauren Bush
ACCESSORY: Started FEED Projects, a line of reusable bags that she began designing in 2006 to benefit the United Nations World Food Program’s School Feeding operations. She also launched her own fashion brand in 2008 called Lauren Pierce.
LINEAGE: Granddaughter of former President George H.W. Bush and niece of former President George W. Bush. Her father is Texas businessman Neil Bush.
NUGGETS: The ex-model and philanthropist married Ralph Lauren’s youngest son, David Lauren, in September.
Tinsley Mortimer
ACCESSORY: Has had a handbag collection with Japanese fast-fashion firm Samantha Thavasa since 2006, as well as Riccimie, a Japanese clothing line.
LINEAGE: Grandfather founded Richmond-based Mercer Rug Cleansing Co.
NUGGETS: The family’s 75-year-old rug company filed for bankruptcy reorganization in April. After a cameo on “Gossip Girl,” Mortimer was given her own reality show called “High Society,” which was canceled after eight episodes last year.
Ivanka Trump
ACCESSORY: Fine jewelry collection launched in 2007. Footwear and handbag line launched in 2010. Apparel collection to hit stores in 2012.
LINEAGE: Daughter of Donald Trump and his ex-wife, Ivana Trump.
NUGGETS: Married Jared Kushner in 2009 and gave birth to their first child this summer. Trump serves as a judge on her father’s reality show “The Apprentice,” and is the executive vice president of development and acquisitions at his company, The Trump Organization.