Lisa and Danny Keough

It is with an odd tug at the heart that we look at the face of this 20-year-old. She is, after all, the same age as her famous father when, with a whip of his hips and a twist of his lips, he first rocked America. Lisa Marie, or Lisa, as she prefers to be called, is heir to more than Elvis' looks. In 10 years the singer's child also comes into a fortune that will reportedly be as much as $100 million. Until she turned 18, not only Lisa's money but also her daily life was managed by her mother.

Priscilla Beaulieu met Elvis when she was 14, moved in with him at 16, married him at 22, bore his...

The social lives of iconic fashion designers often involve relationships with pop stars, photographers, and supermodels—relationships which usually manifest after the designer has made it to the top of the industry. But Anna Sui’s close bonds with the likes of Madonna, Steven Meisel, Linda Evangelista, and Naomi Campbell existed long before she ever sent a dress down the runway—which she finally did in 1991, thanks in part to the encouragement of the four aforementioned figures.

Sui, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and came to New York to study fashion at Parsons, lives and breathes...