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Fashionistas anxiously await the announcement every year, and we’ve got a look at this year’s Vanity Fair’s 69th annual International Best-Dressed List. Some of the highlights on the Best Dressed Women’s list include a mix of Hollywood — Sarah Jessica Parker, Angelina Jolie, Tilda Swinton — and political significant others — French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama. Stylish men who made the cut include David Beckham, Daniel Craig, Kanye West and Matt Lauer. Click over to Vanity Fair.com to read the full list and tell us: Who makes your best dressed list? Do you agree with Vanity Fair’s?

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By now most Sex and the City fans have seen the movie at least once, and still no one can stop talking about all the fabulous fashion. From Carrie’s over-the-top Vivienne Westwood gown to her simple street style, our heads were spinning throughout the two-hour-plus film. Of course, all SJP’s on-set style was couture — and well beyond our budget — but we definitely wouldn’t mind finding it all for less. British shopping site asos.com was so sure Carrie fans everywhere would covet her big-screen wardrobe that they have recreated almost every look from head-to-toe — at budget-friendly prices. From her Burberry studded belt to her Dior sandals, it’s all there. Take a virtual tour through her 5th Avenue penthouse closet and shop Carrie’s most memorable looks — flower power dress anyone? — at asos.com’s Sex and the City Shop. Tell us: Would you shop these knock-off Carrie looks? Which is your favorite?

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Sarah Jessica Parker caused a stir when she strolled the red carpet for the New York premiere of Sex and the City in a dazzling metallic Nina Ricci gown. But it turns out it wasn’t the first time the dress had made a red-carpet run — something that was revealed to the star after the fact and is sending ripples through the fashion world. The actress tells the New York Times that although she was assured by the gown’s designer, Olivier Theyskens, that the dress had never been worn, it had in fact been photographed on socialite Lauren Santo Domingo at the Met ball gala less than a month earlier — with Theyskens himself as her escort. Most upsetting to Parker was the deception she feels was involved. “In the big picture, this is not important. But there is a relationship between the entertainment industry and fashion,” she explains of the unwritten code between stars and their designers. “Look, my affection for the dress hasn’t changed,” she says, “but what they did was so short-sighted. It’s just unethical and disappointing that they would allow the dress to be worn again. I just wish it had been handled differently and they had been straight about it.” Mario Grauso, the president of fashion for Puig (the parent company of Nina Ricci), tells the Times, “I’m upset that she’s upset.” Tell us: How would you feel if you were in SJP’s situation?

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What was premier milliner Philip Treacy thinking when he designed that love-it-or-hate-it hat Sarah Jessica Parker wore to Monday night’s world premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie? “Well, his mother kept chickens and geese, so he loves feathers and manipulating feathers,” Treacy’s spokeswoman Nina Farnell-Watson explains to PEOPLE. Treacy was approached last week about making the hat — not, says Farnell-Watson, by film stylist Patricia Field but “by someone else.” He received photos of her Alexander McQueen dress and then met with the actress at her London hotel Sunday for about an hour. She tried on some different hat shapes and “found the one she loved,” says Farnell-Watson. Treacy then worked for two days straight and “very late into the night” trimming it with peacock feathers he got from McQueen. (They’re the same plumage used to trim her dress.) Parker — who had no idea what Treacy was planning — first saw the finished hat about two hours before the premiere. “Quite brave of her,” notes Farnell-Watson. “It’s the most beautiful crazy hat and it’s so great that she wore a hat to a British premiere. The hat is such a quintessentially English idea, but it was done in such a Carrie Bradshaw way.” And yes, Parker gets to keep it.

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The Sex and the City movie is the cinematic fashion event of the summer — a rumored 81 costume changes for Sarah Jessica Parker alone! And from the looks of the world premiere in London today, the fashions are going to be just as over-the-top on the red carpet as on the big screen. Parker arrived in a full-skirted Alexander McQueen confection and Fred Leighton diamonds with an amazing Phillip Treacy hat, complete with green roses and yellow butterflies. Only SJP — and her celluloid alter-ego Carrie Bradshaw — could even contemplate pulling off a look that involves winged insects and feather trim. We’re more thrilled than ever to see the movie! Tell us: Are you more excited to see the movie or the girls’ premiere outfits?

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As if we weren’t already excited enough about the upcoming “Sex and the City” movie, one of our fave e-retailers, bagborroworsteal.com, has decided to get in on the action. From now until May 9, you can visit the site for a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to N.Y.C. for you and a friend to walk the red carpet and attend the premiere. Just submit a YouTube video of yourself that explains which Sex character’s style most resembles your own. Camera shy? You can also enter by taking Bag Borrow or Steal’s Purse-onality Quiz or by “borrowing” as much arm candy as you can during the promotion period. You’re this close to donning Manolo’s and drinking Cosmos in the Big Apple.

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Slouchy knit beanies continue to be the look favored by celebs who want to cozy up with effortless, boho-chic style on these chilly February days. Stars like Jessica Alba, Sarah Jessica Parker, Drew Barrymore and Olivia Wilde picked up Hurley’s Benny Beanie, $26, at Sundance. Jessica’s such a fan, she even owns them in three colors. Click here to get one for yourself. And if you’re still looking for more stylish ways to keep warm, check out our Winter’s Coolest Coats gallery, and take a cue from your favorite stars.