Fashion Myths Busted

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Britney Spears at the VMA’s

Britney Spears

Red Carpet Arrivals

Taylor Swift

Rihanna

Lady Gaga

Fergie

Beyonce

Stars Love... Gucci

Kate Winslet

Jennifer Garner

Jessica Alba

Celebrity Style: Stars Sparkle on New Year's Eve

Leighton Meester in Nina Ricci

Stars dazzled this New Year's Eve in sparkling confections. Sequined minis proved to be the nights most popular choice with celebs like Fergie, Mariah Carey, Nicole Richie and Eva Longoria Parker showing some major leg; J.Lo made a statement of her own in a bold body suit. Her are some stand out looks from the night's festivities.

Leighton Meester in Nina Ricci
It was a whirlwind week for Meester who performed in Chicago and jetted to Miami and Vegas for some New Year's revelry. Teh Gossip Girl star wore this sunny confection to party at Tao in the Venetian Hotel.

Celebrity Fashion Smackdown. Who Wore It Better?

Rebecca Gayheart vs. Eva Longoria in Monique Lhuillier

Winner: Tie. A rematch has been scheduled since these two women look virtually identical and are even wearing the same (or very similar) shoes. They are indistinguishable.

Rachel Bilson vs. Vanessa Simmons in Abaete

Winner: Clearly Rachel Bilson. First her shoe choice is much better. We just hate white shoes and they just don't look right with this dress. The length to which the dress is hemmed is also much more flattering on Bilson. With the sweetheart neckline Simmon's necklace is overkill.

Hayden Panettiere vs. Dita Von Teese in Monique Lhuillier

Winner: Dita Von Teese. Ouch, that's got to hurt. This was a very close match. The color of the dress is better suited for Von Teese's skintone, not to mention the fit is better. The dress is pulling on Panettiere. She's busting out all over. However, bare legs are preferable with this dress, but Von Teese always looks amazing. Doesn't she?

Catherine Zeta-Jones vs. Victoria Silvstedt in Hervé Légér

Winner: Catherine Zeta-Jones. Even if I were a Playmate, I still wouldn't want to get into the fashion ring with Zeta-Jones. Granted, only 2% of the human population can wear Hervé Légér and about a third of that actually look good in it so kudos to both women. However, Zeta-Jones wins for her minimal choice of accessories. With a dress like this, you don't need many! Silvstedt's coat just doesn't go withthe dress and neither do her shoes and bag.

Carrie Underwood vs. Heidi Klum in Olsen Twin line, Elizabeth and James

Winner: I can't believe this upset, but the winner is Carrie Underwood. She is much more pulled together than Klum. But in all fairness, Klum is probably running around shopping and Underwood is most likely going somewhere...camera worthy. Klum always looks amazing, so we will not hold this against her. These are two totally different interpretations.

Emmy Rossum v. Miley Cyrus in Notte by Marchesa

Winner: Emmy Rossum. TKO. Suede boots with chiffon really makes us cranky, not to mention black suede boots with this light as air frock is just a big, overpowering no! Then again, Cyrus is only 15 so she has time to learn. At least she is dressing more age appropriate here then she has been recently.

Victoria Beckham tops Blackwell's 2007 worst-dressed list

While 2007 may have appeared like the year for Victoria Beckham to flex her fashion muscle, Mr Blackwell doesn't agree. The fashion critic has named the Spice Girl as the worst-dressed star of 2007 in his annual round-up of celebrity fashion victims. "In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty 'Posh' can really wreck-em," Blackwell said of Beckham.

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Designer Dinners for Gucci, Marchesa, and Celine

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Allure Event at El Museo del Barrio

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Celebrity Fashion

Celebrity Fashion

By definition, celebrities are under constant scrutiny from the media and the fans that adore or hate them. For a public figure, looks is extremely important and contributes to the growth or drop in popularity.
Celebrity fashion is a perfect occasion for media coverage and a source of profit for designers and other fashion oriented industries. Attaching a famous (popular) face to a line of clothing, perfumes or accessories will boost or ruin sales. Some of these celebrities have unique fashion touches that can become easily identifiable and adopted by the masses. Celebrity fashion is so influential because it springs from the fans’ adulation of the fame status.
The person asserts himself/herself as a fashion icon through little details: Nicole Kidman through her vintage brooches, Dita von Teese through her classic ‘50s dresses and pale skin, Jackie Kennedy through her chic fawn coats and pillbox hats, Jennifer Aniston through her silky hair, Jennifer Lopez through her furs and oversized hats, Beyonce through her sparkly, asymmetrically small outfits. Each of them inspires a certain style that will be adopted by those who enjoy it.

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In the last years celebrity fashion took a step further, increasing in popularity and availability. Stars have created their personal lines of clothing, reflecting their personal style. Such are Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, supermodel Kate Moss, singer Gwen Stefani, Victoria Beckham and many others. Each has more or less accessible fashion items. For example Victoria Beckham designed jeans from very luxurious Japanese denim that retail at $280. At the other end, Sarah Jessica Parker’s line, called “Bitten”, is specifically made to be widely accessible, with items that do not cross $20 and come in sizes from 0 to 22.
Realizing the importance of a famous face attached to a product, important companies like Coca-Cola, Nike, Apple or L’Oreal convinced stars to endorse their products - because celebrities vouching for the quality of an item will influence the customer’s behavior.
It all adds up to the phenomenon of celebrity fashion that directly affects the public’s choices. By association with the beauty, artistic talents, fame and social impact celebrities and personalities have, people will tend to imitate and adopt.