Years active: 1948-2007.
Known for: Charity work, wife of William F. Buckley.
Net worth: $100 million.
While Patricia Buckley might not have been a famous actress or model, her life was still quite charmed. She not only inherited a large fortune from her father – Austin Cotterell Taylor, a lumber and mining magnate – but she also ended up marrying William F. Buckley, the brother of her college roommate.
Pat and her husband, an intellectual and author, split their time between Stanford and Manhattan, but also holidayed in places like Sweden and entertained people like Ted Kennedy. Pat was quite the style icon and entered the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame in 1975.
Peggy Guggenheim
Years active: 1930-1979.
Known for: Art collector, Guggenheim heir.
Net Worth: $50 million.
Thanks to the mining industry, the Guggenheim family has been one of the wealthiest families in America for a long time. But Peggy was interested in more genteel things, such as art. When Peggy's father died aboard the Titanic, Peggy was left with millions, and began acquiring an enviable art collection.
Peggy spent plenty of time with the Bohemian writing and artist elite and sought out the best pieces of art ever. The collection is still on display at a dedicated Venice museum and includes Picasso, Dali, Ernst, and many more.
Annette Reed de la Renta
Years active: 1960-present.
Known for: Oscar de la Renta's widow, philanthropist, socialite.
Net worth: $26 million.
As the fashion power couple of the nineties, Annette Reed de la Renta and husband Oscar ruled the social scene. They, along with their four children, hosted the biggest parties with the biggest names, including Amal Clooney and Lady Gaga.
Oscar passed in 2014, and Annette inherited most of his estate. Annette might not be a jet-setter, but her philanthropic pursuits keep her in the public's eye in a tasteful, respectable manner. In addition, she still has a big impact on her social circles and the fashion industry.
Nan Kempner
Years active: 1950-1980.
Known for: Philanthropy, contributing editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, consultant for Tiffany & Co.
Net worth: $102 million.
While Nan's family was rich, Mr. Kempner was a wise, harsh, father, telling his daughter: “You'll never make it on your face, so you better be interesting.” Nan took the advice to heart and began writing and editing, moving to New York with her husband, a banker named Carl M. Loeb.
She rose to prominence in the fifties and soon became a bigger name than even she expected – and ended up modeling a little, even. Her couture clothing collection caught plenty of eyes, and she became part of the fashion industry for good with her writing and editing skills. Nan passed away in 2005 at the age of seventy-four.
Babe Paley
Years active: 1950-1960.
Known for: Fashion editor at Vogue, married the founder of CBS.
Net worth: $500 million.
Opulence came second-nature to Babe Paley, who became the epitome of classy style during the fifties and sixties, but she wasn't the only one of the family who caught the camera eye. She and her two sisters were dubbed the “fabulous Cushing sisters.”
Their father was a well-respected and well-earning professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Yale. Babe's glamour and style led her to marry twice. The first to oil heir Stanley Grafton, and the second time to CBS founder William Paley.