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Dec 31 2011 10:00 AM ET

Make Yourself a Star on People.com

PEOPLE Magazine

Hoping to really start the new year with a bang? Get yourself on the cover of PEOPLE magazine, and you just might! Nope, you don’t have to be sharing baby photos, flashing an engagement ring or opening up about your troubled past; you can just put a photo of yourself on one of our cool “Make Me a Star” cover templates, then feel famous — just like a celebrity! Why not take your most stylish New Year’s Eve photo (we know you’re getting dolled up!) and add it to a cover on Jan. 1? It’s easy: just visit people.com, upload a photo from your computer or from Facebook, and get started. We expect to see a slew of new stars when we return to work on Tuesday. Happy New Year!

Dec 30 2011 05:30 PM ET

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WATCH: Victoria’s Secret Models Make New Year’s Resolutions

Sure, they’re out-of-this-world gorgeous, but Victoria’s Secret models can be like us: they’re making New Year’s resolutions, too! The Angels come together in another fun video from the lingerie brand to share their hopes for 2011 — and of course, the color panties they’ll be wearing Saturday when the clock strikes 12.

Adriana Lima takes the award for most resolutions: she wants to learn to play piano, do more boxing, get a driver’s license, meet the Dalai Lama … but her chances of keeping those promises? Pretty slim, if her track record holds.

Dec 30 2011 03:00 PM ET

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Chic Clicks: The Most Controversial Ads of the Year, Ann Curry’s Morning Style

Dakota Fanning Oh, Lola
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Some stylish stories for your Friday afternoon …

–Which fashion ads caused the most controversy in 2011? [FashionEtc]

–See vintage photos of France’s First Lady, Carla Bruni, in her modeling days [Stylelist]

–Today‘s Ann Curry is apparently changing the face of morning-show fashion [New York Times]

–Look back on the biggest beauty stories of the year [BellaSugar]

–WhoWhatWear names its 10 haute style stars of 2011 [WhoWhatWear]

Dec 30 2011 12:30 PM ET

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Emma Watson’s Latest Lancôme Ad Revealed

Emma Watson Lancôme Courtesy Lancome

She made magic in her campaign for Trésor Midnight Rose perfume, but Emma Watson‘s newest ad for Lancôme really turns up the heat. The photo, shot by Mario Testino, touts the brand’s new Rogue in Love lipstick and Vernis in Love nail polish, and will officially appear online beginning in February.

“The idea is to make this young generation — that has been a gloss fan — come back to using lipsticks,” Youcef Nabi, president of Lancôme International, tells WWD. “We worked with Emma on the shade range.”

Dec 30 2011 10:00 AM ET

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Elle Fanning: Calling My Style Weird Is ‘a Compliment’

Lo Bosworth Gives 'Elle Fanning Young Hollywood Awards
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“If people say something [I wear] is sort of weird, I’m like, Oh, that’s a great compliment,” Elle Fanning chirps in the latest issue of Teen Vogue. The 13-year-old, who’s starred in campaigns for Marc Jacobs, went to Paris with Karl Lagerfeld and recently modeled Rodarte, spends her free time on style.com and street-style blogs, saving her favorite looks on her computer.

“She’s the go-to fashion person in the family,” big sis Dakota tells the magazine. “Elle knows every single model, every single collection, every single piece from every collection. She has a real passion. She genuinely appreciates the workmanship and creativity.”

Elle, who has a bulletin board in her bedroom covered with magazine tear sheets, even offers style tips to family. “I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what,” she says. “I was like, My big sister is asking me?” “It’s funny, ’cause when you’re an older sister, you try to be the leader and example,” Dakota adds. “I’ve recently had to accept that we’re equals.”

Dec 29 2011 06:00 PM ET

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Rihanna’s Armani Ad Voted Sexiest of the Year

Rihanna for Armani Courtesy Emporio Armani

Is it hot in here … or is it just Rihanna? The singer’s sultry ad for Emporio Armani Underwear was voted sexiest of the year in a poll of advertising industry executives in trade magazine AdAge, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports.

“It’s Rihanna at her sexiest,” the magazine writes. “She’s never looked this good. She’s in amazing shape and the pictures are stunning.”

The star, named the face of the brand’s Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear campaigns in July, was the focus of multiple print and video spots, and is currently designing a capsule collection of her own for Armani.

Dec 29 2011 04:00 PM ET

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Brad Goreski Lands Another Fashionable Gig

Brad Goreski
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During a phone call with reporters recently, Brad Goreski said he had a designer collaboration coming up “in the near future.” Well, the cat’s out of the bag: today, the celebrity stylist was named Kate Spade New York’s exclusive brand stylist.

According to WWD, the reality star will “elevate brand awareness surrounding the company’s ready-to-wear category” and work with creative director Deborah Lloyd to style press events, fashion presentations, ad campaigns and e-commerce shoots.

“The brand is known for its accessories, and their ready-to-wear is fairly new and [it's] Deb’s baby,” Goreski tells WWD. “We see so many people carrying the bags and the accessories. It’s my hope to get the ready-to-wear out there and see it more on the streets and see people playing with it and making it their own.”