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How to Wear It: A versatile dress to wear from summer to fall, year after year. Look at Kate Moss in Prada for fit and flare inspiration!

Kate Moss in Prada
I'll Have What She"s Having:  Do you want a versatile dress that goes from summer to fall with a few styling tweaks?  Kate Moss is wearing a gorgeous Prada one for some styling inspiration. I know it's late in the season and you may not want to buy another summer item, especially if the sale isn't too great. I get it. Me too. But, what if you found a versatile dress (maybe even in your own closet), that happens to be a LBD to make life easier, and always looks chic AND is transitional into the next season? The perfect fit and flare little black dress is it! Just look at Kate Moss in Prada, above, and ask no more.

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See: The Perfect Little Black Dress in Paris… all here!

Little Black Dress Exhibit, Mona Bismarck American Center
Everyone  wants a perfect Little Black Dress, or two or three in their wardrobe. But imagine when not "little" but MAJOR black dresses are curated into one exhibition, and that's in Paris…. ohh la la, it's drool city. Take an inspirational tour of  the Little Black Dress Exhibit at the Mona Bismarck American Center Paris with Richard Nahem as your guide and tell me which LBD is tops on your wish list?   Oh, yes, and Richard met his fashion idol, let's see who… -S.H. >> WATCH: How to accessorize a little black dress Yesterday was one of those surprising days where I had an unexpected pleasure bestowed upon me when I went to see the Little Black Dress exhibit at the Mona Bismarck American Center. I was about

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Wear It Now – The Ladylike Summer LBD – Preen Resort 2013 Highlights

The Summer LBD... it's kinda a fast-forward, roll back... Call it a bonus that the 2013 Resort collections are happening just as the summer season kick's off -with plenty of notes for you to take inspiration from. Consider Preen's ultra-femme black cut-out dress the ultimate little-black-dress to be on the out look for this season, long before it reaches stores! Its unadorned surfaces, classic silhouette and retro inclinations are sure to make it a year-round staple that you can wear many a ways. We like the simplicity suggested here with white shoes to punctuate the ladylike elegance of the piece's shape. >>Resort Highlights from the 2013 Collections Yet one can also imagine it with accessories of all sort from statement

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Best of Red Carpet Fashion- Screen Actor’s Guild Awards

Zoe Saldana in Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci
Another Sunday, another awards show. The Screen Actor's Guide Awards is a bit different from the rest because attending actors don't try to ridiculously outdo on another as with the Oscars, or add the extra zing as with the Golden Globes. The SAG Awards is as low-key as a red carpet can get, and with that comes some of the most elegant, prettiest dresses that don't 'wear' the wearer... in other words, more class, less schmaltz. MORE: Red Carpet We've highlighted some of the best dressed from last night's awards as an inspiration board of trends for you to think about the next time you REALLY need to go formal. This isn't about fantasy, or novelty, but  about pretty, chic dresses with actresses looking modern,

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Celebrity Watch- Cate Blanchett in Givenchy

Actress Cate Blanchett radiated a confident sense of easy glamour in black sculptural Givenchy while in Geneva this week at the IWC Top Gun Gala and made a case for one of fashion's eternally-chic trends as of late -the peplum. >>More on how to: Get Peplums Right Although her L-B-D has a rather complex pattern she managed to work in a chunky gold bracelet to give the eye something else to focus on while not distracting from the beauty of Ricardo Ticsi's sublime peplum number for Givenchy. -- Naveed Hussain RELATED: How to accessorize a LBD video Posts on little black dresses Take a cue from Blanchett's Sculptural Givenchy with these finds:  More Halston...

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How to Look Sexy and Modern? Try some well-placed slits like Eva Green in Alexander McQueen

Eva Green an AW11 black split sleeve dress and Pre AW11 leopard print peep toe shoes by Alexander McQueen to the ‘The Rum Diary’ London
I'll Have What She's Having: Streamlined and bold slits in just the right places There's something about actress Eva Green's smart sexiness that reminds us of  the raw style of Italian actresses back in the 1950's via Veneto days. It's a control over non-fussiness and an emphasis on dynamic sex appeal and sultriness, best mastered in sleek, non revealing lines. Case in point: Eva's on trend, but not trendy, double-slit & slit sleeve Alexander McQueen LBD from AW11. Oh, and those luscious leopard print peep toe shoes also by Alexander McQueen.  WATCH: How to Accessorize a LBD and more LBD posts Smoldering liner and red lips keep the look graphic, clean and bold We saw the sexy open back slit on Amber

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Dedicated to the Little Black Dress, Fashion Designer Elizabeth Emanuel is Back

Runway Review: The Art of Being is the new label for Elizabeth Emanuel and is is Be-Utiful! Julie Anne Rhodes interviews the designer. FocusOnStyle asked Julie Anne Rhodes, the former model, actress, award-winning personal chef, and author of the blog “Jewels” from The Roving Stove (from VIP entrances in Versace to service entrances in my apron) to interview her longtime friend, fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel. Here, Julie Anne shares her chat with the designer famously knwn for for creating Princess Diana's, well very Princess-like, wedding dress.-- S.H. Designer Elizabeth Emanuel and model backstage at her Spring 2011 fashion show in London     After ten years away from the catwalk, Elizabeth Emanuel's spring/summer 2011 collection dedicated to the Little Black

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Sex and the City 2 Movie Fashion Oops Promotion Junkets Start

Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis > WATCH How to Accessorize a Little Black Dress We're loving Kristin Davis in Oscar de la Renta Just because a dress is pretty, it doesn't mean it's right on you... As for Sarah Jessica Parker, we know how she pushes the fashion envelope as much as she can for the red carpet . Her frou-frou dress is cute but perhaps it would work better if it was either a tad longer or a bit less fussy; no matter how buff her body is, we feel the combination of a bare leg and super short frou-frou dress is simply too girly on a grown woman. Less is more, but... Cynthia Nixon looks timeless

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Fifty Dresses That Changed the World

Yes, really. These 50 dresses are the best of what we wear today There is no doubt that certain iconic dresses form a lasting visual memory. The dress and its wearer become our personal muse in helping to define our own individual style, or its unique design represents a breakthrough in fashion from that point forward. Then again, we may have simply fallen in love with the style. And love can have no explanation. >> Visit our Best Dress Shopping Guide Topless Dresses- Rudy Gernreich 1970 Consider The Goddess Dress by Madeline Vionnet in 1931. Derivatives of its floaty draping are still grazing the red carpet today. A new era of defiance, resilience, and hope was seen in the full

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I’ll Have What She’s Having: Anne Fontaine and Audrey Tautou

French chic at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Coco Before Chanel’ The fashion would have to be amazing. Anything with Chanel in the title must be genius. But what’s more genius and relevant to updating your look is the very simple and understated glamour of director Anne Fontaine and star Audrey Tautou worn at the Los Angeles premier of “Coco Before Chanel”. Both woman have mastered basic black that is anything but boring in a timeless style that is gorgeous on a woman of any age. While every wannabe fashionista has been having sleepless nights as what she should wear for Fashion Week, some know that it’s the easiest to be simple, smart, and chic. Style that comes naturally to

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How to Accessorize a Little Black Dress and Get More Mileage out of Your Cocktail LBD- Video Tips

How to Accessorize a Cocktail Little Black Dress with Sharon Haver from the About.com at Barney’s New York Style Video Series… This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Sharon Haver for About.com Video Series Everyone loves a great LBD but sometimes we get a bit stymied on how to best accessorize it. Please look at my latest style video for About.com and learn some great tips to accessorize a little black dress and put more mileage in your very fashionable wardrobe! How to Accessorize a Little Black Dress: Transcript: How to Accessorize a Little Black Dress with Sharon Haver Hello, I’m Sharon Haver. I’m the founder of focus on style.com. We’re here today at Barney’s New York for

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How to accessorize a little black dress… Styling tips to dress-up a strapless party outfit

How to accessorize a little black dress... Styling tips to dress-up a strapless party outfit   How to accessorize a little black dress... Styling tips to dress-up a strapless party outfit I have a semi-formal party to attend and plan to wear a black strapless party dress. Although it's a little black dress, I'm not sure what accessories to wear with it. I intend to wear black suede heels with it. Please advise me on how I can complete my look. (Las Vegas, NV) Sassy, sexy, stylish, and sensational, the little black strapless dress is! However, on one hand a little black dress is so basic and party chic that you almost can't go wrong with what you wear with

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The Little Black Dress that Could…

Get You Through the Season in High Style The Little Black Dress that Could... Get You Through the Season in High StyleStylething. Follow the lead of the all the pretty young things in SoHo-- a curvy knee-length LBD and a fab pair of flipflops, or even some laced gladiator sandals. If it's hot right now, it's a Style Thing from Focus On Style magazine. What to do when your bohemian inspiration makes you one chick short of a love-fest and all that flounce makes you wanna ruffle your way into a mariachi band? Get a dose of eternal chic! Forget free spirit and start to consider Fellini's Rome. It's all about scooters and a little black dress. Follow the trend

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