Archive: June 23rd, 2008

Limelight; Abbot/Daniel/INF

What to wear on a summer date with a hot guy? Well, according to Blake Lively and Cameron Diaz, it’s Rag & Bone’s Peasant dress. The Gossip Girl star stepped out for dinner with her costar boyfriend Penn Badgley in her blue and white dress last week in N.Y.C., while the California girl hit the streets of West Hollywood with her new guy, British model Paul Sculfor. Both blondes look totally breezy and cool in their blue dresses — why not nab one for yourself on sale? Get it at eluxury.com now for $229, reduced from $325. Tell us: who wears their Rag & Bone dress better? Blake or Cameron?

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Call it a summer kick-off with style! Nestled into trendy Beverly Drive, Switch Boutique held a low-key barbecue on last week in Beverly Hills, celebrating summer with the latest and greatest from cult favorites like Alice + Olivia, Loeffler Randall, Elizabeth and James, Joie and Hussy. Fashionistas like Sophia Bush, Audrina Patridge and Tamara Mowry sipped on champagne and nibbled on cocktail burgers from Ruth’s Chris Steak House while perusing the extensive collection of clothing, shoes and jewelry and rocking out to tunes spun by none other than DJ AM. “I’ve been plunking my credit card down here since the day they opened,” confessed Bush, who hosted the soiree, to PEOPLE. Mowry, however, was a more recent convert. “I live right around the corner and I had no idea it existed and now I’m in love, and in trouble, because this is totally my style — it’s funky.” Our favorite? The Pour la Victoire platform sandals adorning the feet of several sales girls. Buy yours online at switchboutique.com. –Shruti Dhalwala

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Hayden Panettiere may keep mum on certain things — like her relationship with costar Milo Ventimiglia — but she was happy to chat with PEOPLE at the Ford Flex Rally in L.A. this weekend about her sassy new bob. The eighteen-year old actress tells PEOPLE, “With extensions and stuff because my hair is down to here still on the show, it’s like every other day it’s a bob. And then it’s dark, and then it’s blonde and long, so it’s kind of nice not to have to wake up in the morning and have your hair sticking out to one side.” And the besides being able to change up her style, what’s the best part of her short new do? “It’s like, oh my gosh, it’s so easy! I can run out the door.” As for the dark hair that Hayden’s been sporting on set, she confides that “I play two different Claires,” one of which will be evil. Tell us: What do you think of Hayden’s new bob?