Givenchy

Leather ruled the runway at Riccardo Tisci’s equestrian-chic fall collection for Givenchy, showing up on dresses, coats, skirts, and jodhpur-style pants. For evening, the designer took the collection in a 70s direction, showing sheer cocktail dresses in bright shades of pink, purple, orange, and red. Accessories included huge mirrored earrings, braided leather gloves, and knee-high boots. See our favorite looks in the gallery.

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— Violet Gaynor

Rooney Mara is known for her avant-garde red carpet style, so when we caught up with the actress at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon, we had to ask about her hunt for an Oscars gown. “The most important thing to me is to feel comfortable,” the Best Actress nominee said. “And not just comfortable—but I have to feel good in it. I think that’s really important.” Like her Girl With the Dragon Tattoo character Lisbeth Salander, Mara prefers a neutral palette. “I like simple things. I don’t like to wear anything too crazy. I don’t like that much color,” she told InStyle.com. And she revealed her big pick on the Oscars red carpet tonight—a white Givenchy couture gown!

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— Lindzi Scharf

Liv Tyler is one lucky woman! When the Robot and Frank star stopped by InStyle‘s Sundance portrait studio, she revealed that her pretty berry lip color came from a custom-blended gloss stick made especially for her by the beauty team at Givenchy. “I’m trying to convince them to add it to their collection and call it ‘Liv’s Lips,’” said Tyler, who also serves as the face of the label’s fragrance and makeup campaigns. While the couture color is exclusively hers for now, Tyler did share a simple tip that anyone can do at home: “If your lips are really dry, you can just literally put olive oil on them at night.” We tried it and it worked—thanks Liv!

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