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Runway Look of the Day: Balenciaga

Mar 4, 2010 @ 5:48 pm

This Balenciaga dress looked like a knit, but it’s actually a crepe mousse fabric that’s laser-cut. Nicolas Ghesquiere is known for his amazing innovative fabrications, and this futuristic take on romance was beautifully rendered.

—Cindy Weber-Cleary

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Oscars Poll: How Should Stars Wear Their Hair?

Mar 4, 2010 @ 4:44 pm

We’ll be here on Oscar’s night, tracking the prettiest hairstyles to grace the red carpet and loading them into our Hollywood Makeover Tool for you to try on. But we couldn’t help wonder—what kind of styles are you dying to see on the nominees? Weigh in now, and we’ll keep your votes in mind as we pick our favorites.

Try on the best hairstyles from the 2010 Awards Show season! (Over 1 million InStyle.com readers already have!)

Marion Cotillard: Dior’s New Rockstar

Mar 4, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

We knew she could sing, and now we know actress Marion Cotillard can rock! The French beauty performs “Eyes of Mars” with Franz Ferdinand in Dior’s sizzling new music video for the Lady Rouge campaign. The Jonas Akerlund-directed vid also premieres at Dior’s Fall 2010 runway show tomorrow for Paris Fashion Week. Watch Marion rock out now!

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Vera Catches Idol Fever, Alexa Influences Style, and More!

Mar 4, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

1. Woops! Studies show that men become more accident prone around beautiful women. [Dailymail.co.uk]

2. Nicole Richie’s House of Harlow shoe line is now for sale online. [PeopleStyleWatch.com]

3. Whose style influences eBay’s UK shoppers the most? Alexa Chung! [Vogue.co.uk]

4. Vera Wang gives American Idol style a thumbs up (from the audience!). [Newsday.com]

5. Claire Danes is the the new spokesmodel for eyelash enhancing product Latisse. [StyleList.com]

6. Find out how much it really costs to get red carpet ready. [NYMag.com]

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Sandra Wins Most Appealing Oscar Nominee

Mar 4, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

Everybody loves Sandra Bullock! The actress was voted the most appealing Best Actress Oscar nominee in an E-Poll Market Research poll that also ranked Morgan Freeman most appealing in the Best Actor category. Bullock’s red carpet style is already most sought after (the McQueen dress she wore to the SAG Awards sold out in less than 24 hours!), and The Blind Side star has taken home a Golden Globe, a SAG award and a People’s Choice award for her role in the football drama. What will the Academy decide? Stay tuned for our coverage of this Sunday’s Oscars to find out, and in the meantime, vote for your Best Actress pick now!

— Enid Portuguez

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Where’s Anna Kendrick’s Oscar Gown?

Mar 4, 2010 @ 10:37 am

Best Supporting Actress nominee Anna Kendrick is in full-blown prep mode for the Oscars this weekend (“I got a B12 shot today!”), but she still hasn’t seen her gown in person! “I haven’t even tried the dress on yet! They are furiously making it now. From the sketches, it is really beautiful. I normally can’t get away with a long dress because I’ve just been told my whole life that short girls can’t wear long dresses, but my stylist convinced me that with the right cut and the right shoes, you can wear long dresses,” the Up in the Air star told us at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel’s Pre-Oscar Haiti Relief event. “I definitely want it to be something beautiful and not something that feels like a wallflower dress.” Especially since the actress will be reuniting on the red carpet with her Twilight co-stars: “I saw Kristen [Stewart] at the BAFTAS and I saw Taylor [Lautner] at the Golden Globes, but I haven’t seen them since. We will all be wearing matching outfits at the Oscars,” she laughed. More

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Groove To a Good Cause with DVF

Mar 4, 2010 @ 10:19 am

Diane von Furstenberg leads the charge in empowering women with her fabulous fashion and philanthropic efforts. Next week, she’ll launch the DVF Awards, an annual ceremony that honors inspirational women around the world. The iconic designer has also released a compilation album entitled Proud to Be Woman, featuring 12 songs by amazing female artists such as Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone. Sales of the CD, which is now available for $15.99 at DVF boutiques, DVF.com and iTunes, will benefit Vital Voices, an organization that supports women leaders and entrepreneurs across the globe.

— Enid Portuguez

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Runway Look of the Day: Dries Van Noten

Mar 4, 2010 @ 9:00 am

Dries Van Noten‘s combination of a casual but reinvented sweatshirt with a ladylike full skirt and pumps looks so new to me! Dries’s prints are always gorgeous, and the longer length skirt looks just right. I love the mix of sporty and formal.

—Cindy Weber-Cleary