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Nov 10 2011 06:00 PM ET

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Top Vogue’s Best Dressed List

Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen Vogue Cover
Courtesy Vogue

Covering this year’s Vogue‘s Best Dressed issue, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen join other stylish celebrity sibs to prove that in fashion, it’s so much friendlier with two.

But what delineates The Row designers from pairings including Kate and Pippa Middleton, Dakota and Elle Fanning, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles and Rooney and Kate Mara to handily win Vogue readers’ stamp of approval? Perhaps it’s the sisters’ keen understanding of not only the business of fashion, but also what makes the other tick.

Oct 18 2011 03:00 PM ET

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Pour Moi? Miss Piggy Poses in Prabal

Miss Piggy InStyle Courtesy InStyle

If she can’t have Kermie, at least she can have haute couture. Miss Piggy smiles for the camera in a spread in November’s InStyle, wearing custom looks from a myriad of hot designers like Jason Wu, Brian Atwood and Prabal Gurung.

“I didn’t want to dress Miss Piggy in anything that would take away from her bold personality so I went with a simple, classic dress and neutral color,” Gurung tells WWD of his belted white duchesse silk dress. “The Empire waist really complements her figure.”

Piggy agrees. “Simply beautiful, yet deliciously exotic and enticingly romantic. Yes, I’m talking about myself — as well as this fabulous frock designed by my new BFF Prabal Gurung,” she jokes to InStyle.

In the issue, which celebrates her upcoming Muppets movie, out Nov. 23 (she plays a French Vogue editor in the film), Piggy also talks about finding your own sense of fashion. “Style is about expressing your inner self, capturing your personal ethos,” she shares, “and, most importantly, spending someone else’s money.”

Oct 17 2011 01:30 PM ET

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Gwen Stefani on Her Trademark Look and Sons’ ‘Horrifying’ Fashion Choices

Lo Bosworth Gives 'The Lo Down' on New Shopping Site
Courtesy InStyle

Gwen Stefani admits it: It’s not easy to look like her.

“The makeup goes on every day,” she confesses in the November issue of InStyle. “Even if I’m not going anywhere.”

The Old Hollywood look is inspired by a mix of muses including Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe — “I do my roots as often as [she] did hers” — as well as figuring out what worked at an early age. “When I was 17, my grandmother got me a gift pack with all these different colored lipsticks, and one of them was burgundy,” she tells the mag. “I tried it on and looked in the rear-view mirror and said, ‘That looks good.’ I’ve worn it ever since.”

Being married to a rock star is an added incentive; she often dresses to impress hubby Gavin Rossdale. “It was like my own runway. I thought, ‘You are being such an idiot!’” she admits of trying on five outfits before leaving the house for a date. Apparently, Rossdale is a hard act to follow: “He looks good in everything.”

Oct 10 2011 10:00 AM ET

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Kelly Rowland, Melissa George Showcase Fall’s Latest Looks in ‘O’

Oprah Magazine Kelly Rowland
Courtesy O, The Oprah Magazine

Need a little fashion inspiration in your life? Look no further than the November issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, which not only showcases six fall trends, but shows them on six inspiring women.

“The theme of our issue is really about finding your true calling, and really discovering who you’re meant to be as a woman,” O creative director Adam Glassman tells PEOPLE. “I wanted to showcase six very accomplished women who have found their passion. And their wardrobing and their clothing is very reflective of who they are and what they do.”

Sep 23 2011 03:30 PM ET

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Emma Watson, Claudia Schiffer Share Their Understated Style Obsessions

Emma Watson and Claudia Schiffer Harry Crowder for Harper’s Bazaar

As fashion icons, Emma Watson and Claudia Schiffer have access to all the lavish jewelry and couture clothing they could ever want. But not surprisingly, the subtle stars both think less is more.

“Jean Cocteau said, ‘Style is a very simple way of saying complicated things,’” Watson muses in the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar. So the Lancôme beauty goes for a simple fashion trademark: “If I get it right, a kind of drama whilst looking understated. If I get it right!”

You won’t find Watson dripping in diamonds and extravagant handbags most of the time, either; the actress still carries an “old-school” satchel and claims lipstick as her favorite accessory. “I don’t like to accessorize too much because I want people to see me first and my clothes second,” she explains.

Sep 20 2011 10:00 AM ET

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Katy Perry: ‘I’ve Adopted the Beyoncé Leg’

Katy Perry Courtesy InStyle

She’s rocked everything from pink hair to candy-coated costumes, but lately, fashion-forward singer Katy Perry has looked to fellow style star Beyoncé for some trend-setting inspiration.

“I’ve adopted the Beyoncé leg,” she says in the October issue of InStyle, in which she flaunts her lavender locks. “When I saw her on tour, she had these glowing legs.” So Perry decided to get to the bottom of those glimmering gams, ASAP. The secret? “They’re Wolford neon 40 tights,” she reveals. “I put them on first, and then over them I wear a Capezio fishnet that has been bedazzled. I do lots of layers. I’m like an artichoke.”

Though the singer, who is inspired by the pin-up girls of the ’40s and ’50s, dons some pretty elaborate frocks, she says it’s ensembles with corsets that are the least comfortable of all her costume choices. “I love how they look, but they cut off my main instrument while I’m trying to get sound out. It can be … interesting,” she shares.

Sep 12 2011 10:30 AM ET

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Rachel Bilson Once Gave a Dress a ‘Fashion Funeral’

Rachel Bilson, Women's Health Courtesy Women’s Health

What’s Rachel Bilson‘s secret to landing atop so many best-dressed lists? Taking funky finds and giving them her own twist.

“I don’t like things that look too pulled together,” she tells Women’s Health magazine. “I like the casual touch on a dressy outfit. A vintage dress with designer shoes is always a safe bet. Or a vintage blouse with a pair of jean shorts.”

The avid eBay shopper, who also has a home line, constantly updates her collection by visiting antique shops and vintage stores every time she finds herself in a new city. But sometimes modifying her outfits comes with a bit of a risk. “I cut a vintage dress recently, and it was not a good result,” she says. “I cut it way too short. We had a funeral — there were tears.”

And though the stylish star has a passion for all things fashion, there are certain accessories that really make her drool: shoes. “I’m obsessed,” she says of her fetish for footwear, which involves designs by Charlotte Olympia. “I love her colors and textures. I have these emerald-green ones and a cool yellow raffia pair by her. They’re pumps, but I love wedges too …” For more with Bilson, pick up the October issue of Women’s Health, on newsstands Tuesday.

–Kim Peiffer

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