Showcasing the "international cream of 2012's fashionable crop," the full list appears in the September 2012 Vanity Fair Style Issue.

Praised by the fashion world for championing British labels such as Jenny Packham and Alexander McQueen as well as high street retailers including Zara and LK Bennett, it comes as no surprise that Britain's Duchess of Cambridge took the top spot.

The magazine's 73rd list also includes actresses Jessica Chastain and Léa Seydoux in second and fourth place respectively, while royals including Britain's Prince Harry and Monaco's Charlotte Casiraghi also made the compilation.

An array of fashion industry insiders also made the list, such as Carlos Souza, worldwide brand ambassador for Valentino, and Erika Bearman, senior vice president of global communications at Oscar de la Renta. The latter is better known for her Twitter handle OscarPRGirl and took to the social network to tease that making her debut appearance on the compilation made her feel "royal".

Here are the trendsetters that made the top ten on the 73rd Vanity Fair international best-dressed list:

Catherine Middleton, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge
Jessica Chastain, US actress
Bill Cunningham, US fashion photographer
Léa Seydoux, French actress
Jay-Z, US rapper
Colin and Livia Firth, British actor and his Italian producer wife
Tom Brady, American football quarterback
Alicia Keys, US singer
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
Morley Safer, Canadian reporter