Marci Beaucoup

Outspoken Marci Klein—a sexy, girlish double of her father, Calvin—may seem like a loose cannon, but she's really her designing dad's secret weapon. "He says I inspired the CK label and his new perfume, One—and I do wear them," she allows. But family fashion muse is hardly Marci's idea of a job. After studying writing and theater at Brown, she landed at Saturday Night Live as an assistant. Now, with the show in its 20th season, Marci has vaulted to the post of talent coordinator and spends her time "sitting around brainstorming about who would be a good host or a great band to book. I can't believe I do this for a living! I am so lucky that I didn't turn out to be lost, like so many celebrities' kids. I was from that same group that knew Robert Chambers! But I've done O.K., I'm not a drug addict—just another neurotic New York Jew."

Though Calvin pulled a few silken strings to get Marci into television—"I admit my interviews came through Sandy Gall in and David Geffen"—she shunned the more flagrantly nepotistic route of fashion. "That's the last thing I wanted to do! Can you imagine growing up with a father who knows clothes better than anyone? First I tried to rebel—I shaved off half of my head. Of course, he was right when he told me I looked terrible. So we've met each other halfway. My only complaint about having a father in fashion is that every time I'm about to go to bed with a guy I have to look at my dad's name all over his underwear!"

A.F.C.