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Red Carpet Your Way: Try these celebrity style accents at home!

I'll Have What She's Having: Red carpet your way style inspiration a la Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Claire Danes at the S.A.G. Awards It's so easy to dismiss what you see on the red carpet as a fantasy that will never fit into your real life. But, use what you see as an inspirational launch point to punch up your personal style.  As I tell the ladies in the C'est Chic Crash Course, the nuance is in the details, so let's get to it! Feminine Spin On A Tuxedo   I love a spin on tuxedo dressing as a super feminine way to dress. Yes, menswear on a woman can be very sexy. We saw Emma Stone's tuxedo look last week, and Julia Roberts

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French Chic at a Certain Age: Man-Tailored Jackets in the way Ines de la Fressange works them

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 - Chanel
Oh la la... I'm shooting another segment for the C'es Chic Crash Course and so much is going on here on FoS. It's a triple threat for this week's Summer Spotlight of Ageless Style + highlights  from FocusOnStyle's Best of 15th Anniversary online, PLUS, Day Three of the three-part FoS series Ageless, Age-Appropriate French Chic At A Certain Age. Master this style: How to pull off classic man-tailored  jacket like Ines de la Fressange's tuxedo and school boy looks Wearing a jacket can get a bit tricky. If you're busty, you end up looking boxy (wear it open). If the jacket is too conservative, you just added 10 years to your appearance and, worse, the aura of being inflexible and boring (avoid anything

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Rev up a classic skirt suit for a night out like Julia Roberts

I'll Have What She's Having: A simple way to update what you own and turn it into a party outfit We thought you might like a last-minute holiday outfit idea that you can probably pull from your closet right now! In a classic skirt suit (hers is by Givenchy) , Julia Roberts pulls off an easy to do recipe for updating your go-to number for a night out… While a quintessential black skirt suit is often saved for days at the office, Julia Roberts made one simple choice to stir things up -her cut-out heels. That's quite a realistic and dramatic approach to take and one that deserves some consideration next time you go out. Besides adding a crisp face framing edge to

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Tuxedo Tips- Guys, here’s the ONE time you can all look (sort of) like George Clooney!

Men's Style Advice: Can I ditch the cummerbund and pleated tuxedo shirt and go more modern?  Dear Sharon: I saw your site “Focus on Style,” I'm not sure if you answer men's questions but here goes. I have a standard, two-button, notch lapel black tuxedo that I wear to weddings (I'm 27 so I go to at least one wedding a month these days) with an eight-pleat shirt and cummerbund/bow tie. Pretty much your standard tux. However, I hate the fit of the shirt and the feel of a cummerbund. I would like to get a new formal shirt without pleats, and just a formal necktie (black or pewter or something like that). My question is - do I need to

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What to wear to a New Year’s Eve house party?

How many dressy pieces do you really need to own? Not many when they are the right classic ones. Let's help this reader discover what to wear to a New Year's eve house party with some timeless stylist advice from our fashion archives… As much as I love a good party, I always get flustered when it comes to what to wear for a New Year's party, especially if it is in someone's house and not a formal restaurant. I'm in my 30's, married and we don't go to clubs or fancy events that much anymore so I really don't want to invest in a sparkly outfit that won't get much other use. Don't get me wrong; I do have

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Agyness Deyn blinks some wiggy go-go eyes

Blink Me: Agyness Deyn channels Peggy Moffitt Here's a makeup trick that we don't recommend you try at home: Crazy long false lower lashes. The eyelashes gone mad look, a la the Lashisse video parody, below, was spotted on the spring runways and looks fab in a wild theatrical way. But in real life, maybe not so much. Except, if you are model Agyness Deyn who was most definitely channeling 60's mod mannequin Peggy Moffitt- you know, of the Rudi Gernreich topless bathing suit fame -- when she collected the Brand of the Year Award at the ACE Awards on behalf of Burberry, last night. Her Burberry satin tux with cropped pants keep the rest of her look rockin' hard.

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