It’s that time of year again boys and girls, time to see how many celebs, socialites and Royal members have squeezed their way into the Vanity Fair Best Dressed list 2008. The epitome of style, to be ‘crowned’ (hint hint) at the top spot is to cement your standing in the fashion world. Of course on the flip side, to be removed from the list can be social suicide. To some this is a very big deal.

There are a few surprises in this years list and of course a few obvious choices, with the womens top ten saturated with the likes of model/actress/first lady of France Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, New York heiress and socialite Ivanka Trump, fashion pariah Sarah Jessica Parker, quirky Brit actress Tilda Swinton and potential US first lady Michelle Obama.

The elusive top spot may surprise you when it comes in the form of HRH Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium - but simply imagine her wardrobe, European Royalty surely have it the best?

As for the men, the British contingent are doing us proud with a rather stylish Mr Beckham snagging the top spot (I wonder what Mrs Beckham will have to say about this), with Mr Daniel Craig filling up the second spot and Zac Goldsmith squeezing into the top ten too. Fellow list-ees include Europeans, Count Manfredi della Gherardesca (uhuh i knew who he was too) and H.S.H. Prince Heinrich von und zu Fürstenberg.

Maybe a surprising addition to this years top ten includes music industry mogul Kanye West, but maybe this is not so surprising as Mr West has declared himself for years as ‘the Louis Vuitton don’ - enough said.

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We all know how we would ‘like’ our men to dress, but the chances are they are more likely to grott around in their jeans and sloppy tee-shirts then a super stylish Giorgio Armani or Lyle and Scott piece.

Well, with the GQ ‘Best Dressed Man’ list 08 being published this month, it may give your man a much required kick start to his fashion sense. So here are the big runners, past and present, in this interesting / ever inspiring list of best-dressed men, this side of mars:

2002/03/04 – David Beckham of Armani and “apparently” football fame (This boy wonder scored a double with the confusing status of 6th best and 9th worst in the 2008 listings).

2005 - Rio Ferdinand – Not too sure about this wild card, but with earnings of over £100k a week, you would think he can afford some style, maybe?

2006 - Clive Owen – There’s a stylish aura about this man, that Lancome and Tag Heuer have also noticed.

2007 - Daniel Craig – 007 in 2007 – Sorry couldn’t help myself!

2008

No. 3 – James McAvoy – it appears starring alongside the luminous Miss Knightley and being spotted in oodles of Gucci and Armani is a sure fire way to get you noticed in the fashion stakes.

No. 2 – Daniel Day Lewis – Spotted in Paul Smith when he picked up his Best Actor Oscar this year, this seasoned thespian keeps ahead of the crowd.

No.1 - Daniel Craig – Reclaiming his 2007 ‘Best Dressed’ crown, this 007 slickster can’t seem to help himself when it comes to looking good. Having been spotted in Dunhill for the Baftas and Tom Ford on set – it’s obviously down to the clothing!

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