Frédéric Fekkai (born 1958) is a French master stylist, an entrepreneur in the luxury hair care market and a style arbiter.

Boots' was the rebel yell for a generation, and it worked," said George Wayne, a Vanity Fair columnist and style arbiter.

Even style arbiters like Jeffrey Kalinsky, the founder of the Manhattan hipster boutique Jeffrey, said he will not be sporting a pair any day soon.

Especially steamed are those small and mid-size upscale fashion boutiques, which feel that personal shoppers are usurping their role as style arbiters.

LEAD: The Right Thing in Brooklyn The Right Thing in Brooklyn Spike Lee, the film writer-director-actor, is on his way to becoming Brooklyn's best-known style arbiter.

Almost every style arbiter worth his or her ganache is getting into the bonbon business, either by selling or consuming chocolates.

Because if it started with the words language maven , that would be construed as a title, and the style arbiters of the best publications have long said it's bad form to throw false titles around.

But he thinks his dictatorial role of style arbiter is educational, too.

By putting up a courageous front, fashionable businesses and institutions - even a single style arbiter - can provide a service during tough times.

Legendary magazine editors and style arbiters such as Diana Vreeland, Eleanor Lambert and Eugenia Sheppard became fans, ensuring that he would become a household name within months.