Shortlist: Joe Zee's Favorite Things

Photo by: Rebecca Greenfield
ELLE's Style Guru-
To his tens of thousands of fans on Twitter, he is "mrjoezee-creative director of Elle magazine, stylist, fashion loudmouth, backup dancer." He is now also a television star: His Sundance Channel reality show, All on the Line, in which he comes to the rescue of struggling fashion designers, returns for its second season next month. Though comfortable in the world of boas and bows, Zee himself leans toward "simple, clean lines" and basic black. "At home I like a modern sensibility," he says, "but not too precious or cold." A versatile cook, Zee loves hosting dinner parties. "I like to outdo myself," he says, adding that his fashionable friends "complain I'm trying to fatten them up."

Here, see what he can't live without. less