Celebrity Designer

Why Selena Gomez Dresses for Her Fans

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Selena Gomez has a fragrance on the way and a clothing line to maintain, but the starlet says that her next project won’t be style-related. When asked what’s in the pipeline, she tells PEOPLE simply, “movies. I’m just kind of working on that for a bit.”

However, she’s not shifting away from fashion and beauty entirely. Aside from the mid-May launch of her perfume, the summer offerings from her clothing line, Dream Out Loud, are set to hit Kmart stores this week. “I am really excited for [that],” she shares. “It’s really cute!”

For her part, Gomez tries to dress “cute” when making public appearances — almost always keeping her rabid fans in mind. “Obviously sometimes I’m going to dress for me,” she says of super-fancy red carpet events. “I wouldn’t specifically want younger kids wearing a gown or a top that I wear. But most of the time I do wear things that are appropriate for everybody.”

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Chic Clicks: Jessica Simpson’s Shoe Scandal, Snooki’s Cozy New Venture

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–Did Jessica Simpson plagiarize a Christian Louboutin shoe design? [Cellar Paper]

–Mom-to-be Snooki is creating a line of kids’ slippers, which will retail for $15 [The Cut]

–Miranda Kerr and son Flynn pose together for a sweet magazine cover [PEOPLE]

–Five surprising ways to wear a basic gray sweatshirt this spring [Stylelist]

–OPI is launching a Minnie Mouse-inspired line of nail polishes for summer [InStyle]

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Nicole Richie: I Don’t Feel Competitive with Other Celebrity Designers

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With a rocker husband and pop-legend father, it’s not surprising to hear that Nicole Richie finds design inspiration in music.

“I went on tour with my husband, [Good Charlotte's Joel Madden], and I really wanted to focus on rock ‘n’ roll,” she tells Footwear News of her fall shoe collection. “I did that mostly through the color palette and beading. There are also some subtle skulls. It was important for me to keep the collection delicate looking, but with a little bit of an edge.”

In the interview, Richie says she’s thinking of growing her House of Harlow 1960 line into home furnishings, and possibly even footwear for kids. But “we are not expanding right now,” she insists. “It’s important for me to focus on every [existing] collection and make it the best version of itself.”

The reality star-turned-designer says she doesn’t put her name on her Winter Kate clothing and House of Harlow 1960 accessories because “it’s not about me,” she explains. “I want the product to speak for itself and have a customer go after it or stay away from it based on the product, not the name. That’s very important to me.”

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Ivanka Trump’s First Fashion Show: Classic Cuts, Bold Hues and … the Donald

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What do you get when you mix a socialite-cum-businesswoman, a collection of colorful work wear and Donald and Ivana Trump? Ivanka Trump’s first-ever fashion show, a celebration of her new namesake clothing collection, held at New York’s Lord & Taylor department store Wednesday night.

“It felt great,” she told PEOPLE after the show. “This is … one of these fun things that every child dreams about, so it’s a great honor for me.”

Though Trump didn’t grow up wanting to design — “I obviously love fashion, and I was exposed to it throughout my childhood,” she shared — in adulthood she saw a need for her ideas in the women’s wear world. “I felt there was a void for people like myself who are working, and want to dress in a way that’s feminine, that’s powerful, that’s elegant, and want to do so in a conscientious manner when it comes to budget,” she explained. “So that’s what we try to do with this collection.”

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Victoria Beckham Reveals the Celebrity She’s Most ‘Obsessed With’

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There’s another member of the Tilda Swinton fan club: one Victoria Beckham. “I’m quite obsessed with [her],” she tells Harper’s Bazaar U.K. “I find her intriguing, very stylish, she clearly understands fashion.”

Opening up about her clothing line and design process, Beckham — who recently cut her hair — reveals her designer crush, too: Miuccia Prada. “I’m absolutely blown away,” she shares. “Everything she does is genius. I’ve never met her, but everything she does — not just the hair, the makeup, the shows — everything about the brand impresses me.”

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