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Are stars tired of their Skrillex-inspired haircuts? Avril Lavigne is the third celebrity in a week, following Rihanna and Ke$ha, to switch up her partially shaved style. The newly engaged singer debuted a bedazzled version of her ‘do — complete with pink- and green- dyed strands and studs, naturally (left) — on Sept. 10 while in N.Y.C. to show her spring 2013 Abbey Dawn collection.

A few days earlier at the MTV Video Music Awards, both Rihanna and Ke$ha, who had experimented with this edgy look, emerged having kicked it to the curb. While Rihanna is back to a sexy, textured pixie, Ke$ha appears to have added extensions to her asymmetrical cut, making her hair surprisingly plain-Jane.

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She’s rocked head-to-toe black — not to mention a rainbow of hair hues — but when Avril Lavigne makes her way down the aisle to wed fiancé Chad Kroeger, she’ll be all dressed in white.

Or something like that.

“I have my idea of what I want,” she tells PEOPLE. “It might be something that I buy a few different dresses and rip them up and put them all together and dye them, or maybe I’ll kind of do a collaboration with another designer.”

Lavigne, who presented her four-year-old Abbey Dawn line Monday at New York Fashion Week‘s STYLE 360, says it’s too early to get specific, and she hasn’t started the shopping process just yet. She hasn’t ruled out creating her own wedding look, either.

But she already has the right accessory for her big day: her 14-carat engagement ring.

“I can’t take it off. I sleep with it on,” she says of the diamond stunner. “It goes with every outfit.”

She jokes, “Get engaged. It’s the perfect accessory for every outfit. I did it. You should, too.”

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No awkwardness here! Though she split from Brody Jenner — and recently became engaged to Chad Kroeger — Avril Lavigne has invited Brody’s half-sis Kylie Jenner to return to the catwalk in her Abbey Dawn fashion show at New York Fashion Week next month. (It’s complicated, we know.) The teen model made a splash when she hit the runway (and brought lots of her siblings) during last year’s show.

Lavigne confirmed the news to PEOPLE this week at the MAGIC fashion trade show in Las Vegas, where she was presenting the latest from her line.

“This is where the buyers are,” she explained. “It’s business, but I’m excited to be here. After seeing everything on paper, everything is finally here. I’m trying to function, but it feels like we’re in a candy store.”

The four-year-old line “is a lot better,” than when it launched in 2008, the singer said. “When I started, it was a cheaper price point and geared toward a younger audience.” Now, “it’s a little hipper, good quality. It appeals to everyone. It’s really great.”

Admitting that she loves dressing her mom and sister — “I do their hair, too,” she shared — Lavigne said she most enjoys dressing up her guy friends. Chad, you’ve been warned! Tell us: Are you interested in seeing the newest offerings from Lavigne’s line? 

–Reporting by Mark Gray

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When it comes to Avril Lavigne‘s engagement ring, it’s not so complicated — it’s huge!

Her new fiancé, Nickelback singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger, 37, chose a stunning sparkler for his Aug. 8 proposal.

“We helped Chad custom create Avril’s dream ring: a platinum-set pear-shape diamond with half moons totaling 14 carats from XIVKARATS in Beverly Hills,” designer Caryn Alpert tells PEOPLE exclusively. “What a perfect pair/pear!”

The bride-to-be, 27, “is glowing,” a family source tells PEOPLE. Adds a friend: “Just looking at them, you can see how much he adores her.”

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What’s the buzz? Avril Lavigne debuted a new — and, ahem, questionable — hairstyle on Saturday while in Paris.

She kept the color and length (for the most part) the same; it’s the partially shaved side that’s the big shocker.

While this look isn’t all that original — Rihanna and Lourdes Leon recently rocked the half-shaved do — it’s definitely a departure from her signature long strands.

Lavigne, who has a clothing label and a line of nail polish strips, recently said she’d like to launch a hair color collection. Perhaps we’ll see her sporting some crazy hair hues next. Tell us: What do you think of her new look? Would you ever try it?

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We’ve heard many complaints about women painting nails on airplanes (blech), but Avril Lavigne has her very own solution: self-designed Sally Hansen nail polish strips.

“It’s real nail polish,” she explains to PEOPLE. “But I don’t have the time or patience to sit down and get my nails done. These take me like five minutes to put on. In the car, I’m always doing it, on the plane putting them on. And you can take them off with nail polish remover. It’s easy.”

Lavigne teamed up with the beauty brand to create 12 bold options, each with a rocker-themed name like “Crowd Surfer” or “In the SPOT-light.” “These patterns are reflective of my style — my favorite colors and patterns,” Lavigne says, singling out the skull-and-crossbones-adorned “Headbanger” and leopard-print “Purr-fect Harmony.” “They’re rock ‘n’ roll.”

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