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The New York Observer's Power 150 list is chock-full of fashion and retail people. Even once you remove all the fashion-obsessed celebrities like SJP and Kanye West, the round-up still includes Lincoln Center fashion director Stephanie Winston Winkoff, Tory Burch, Gilt Groupe CEO Susan Lyne, Diane von Furstenberg, Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren, Estée Lauder founders Leonard and Ron Lauder, Anna Wintour, Gilt co-founder Kevin Ryan, and Ralph Lauren. [NYO]