CELEBRITY FASHION TIPS is your every day guide to all things celebrity fashion that explores often mysterious and exclusive relationship between celebrities and the fashion world.
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New York — Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri Cruise were spotted going to see a dance performance at the Hoyce Theatre (04/04/2010). Katie wore Ray-Ban Outdoorsman Sunglasses and Vince Camuto Amber Booties ($119.95). She also carriedChloe Marcie Horseshoe Hobo ($1465).
LOS ANGELES, CA — Taylor Swift was seen shopping on Wednesday (10/28/2009). She wore Armani Exchange Burnout Eagle Logo top ($49, was $68) and skinny jeans. Taylor accessorized with brown boots.
NEW YORK — Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan were on location filming Wall Street 2 on September 16, 2009. Shia wore a black bomber jacket, plaid pants and white shirt and accessorized with Gucci black leather webstripe horsebit loafers ($396 via Bluefly) and Salvatore Ferragamo Men’s Toronto Messenger bag [sold out, was $850 via Bloomingdale's].
Cole Haan Men’s Ascott Leather Shoes $175 via DSW. Donald J Pliner – Miles [sold out, was $181 via Zappos]. BALLY Taichino Messenger [sold out, was $364.95] via Endless.
BRIDGEWATER, MA — Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz joined Jay Leno from their Massachussets film set of Wichita during second episode of The Jay Leno Show on Tuesday (9/15/2009).
Dressed in a white henley top [Tom Cruise] and her signature black vest over white tank [Cameron Diaz], they answered Leno’s TEN@TEN weird and provocative questions via satellite video.
Below, we placed few links that will help to get Cruise and Diaz’s respective looks.
P.S. We kinda hoped that Leno did not make Tom Cruise too uncomfortable with questions like, if Cruise ever been to a strip club, or who was spending more time in makeup chair, he or Diaz? By the way, 40% fewer viewers watched second episode of the show compared to its premiere episode on Monday night featuring performance by Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kanye West.
ROME, ITALY — As we kept an eye on Julia Roberts filming Eat, Pray, Love in Rome, Italy, it occurred to us that she was wearing a skinny belt in almost every scene. Ummm, we get it, Julia was pushing the skinny belt trend hard enough. But is her effort really going to be noticed? Notorious for her poor fashion judgement, Julia isn’t exactly the style icon. But, nevertheless, this long-running skinny belt trend definitely deserves our attention once again.
Skinny belts were seen all over the Fall 2009 runways. So there’s great opportunity to reuse skinny belts that you may already have in your closet. This great accessory can be worn with practically anything, for styling purposes or to narrow waistline.
Photos below show some ideas of how to wear skinny belts (left to right): holding up Gucci pants, flattering Derek Lam asymmetrical dress, slimming down baggy Lanvin suit.
We looked through our sources for some skinny belt ideas:
ROME, IT — Julia Roberts was on location in Rome filming Eat, Pray, Love on August 31 2009. Roberts sported two fall trends at once — a skinny belt and a short-sleeve cardigan. We will focus on short-sleeve to 3/4 sleeve cardigans for now, and we will feature skinny belts elsewhere.
Short-sleeve cardigans can be worn in a number of ways, but they are most suitable for layering (just like J. Roberts did). Our sources offer variety of styles:
Military style jackets with frogging embroidery, which were the staple of Michael Jackson’s concert wardrobe and were commonly used as officer’s uniform in many armies around 18th century through early 20th century, became one of the hottest trends in 2009.
The style was brought back by Christophe Decarnin for Balmain Spring 2009 Collection and re-interpreted by many other designers for Spring and Fall 2009. The trend was further fueled by Michael Jackson untimely passing away, which created real demand for military style he loved so much.
Photo above shows Jackson’s military style jackets that he wore at different times: (front row, L to R): Hollywood Walk of Fame Black Sequin Jacket; Red sequined jacket; Sequined jacket from the Victory Tour; (back row, L to R): Black Faux Leather Jacket worn to a 1998 press conference regarding plans for proposed theme park Majestic Kingdom; Military Jacket worn to the 26th Annual NAACP Image Awards; Black and Red Military Jacket; Red Sequin Jacket worn during the making of “What More Can I Give;” Black and Gold Jacket worn at a 1993 press conference with Nelson Mandela; Silver Sequin Jacket from the Victory Tour.
While Balmain jackets are extremely expensive finding limited audience including celebrities, we wanted to present less expensive alternatives. So here’s what we dug up:
NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez was filming The Back Up Plan yesterday (7/16/2009). Her outfit looked a bit strange as it combined junior clothes with chic ones (like, flare pants and YSL Tribute shoes). So we scouted our sources to put together Jennifer’s look.
NEW YORK — Drew Barrymore began working on her next movie Going the Distance where she stars alongside boyfriend Justin Long. So what happens when we want Drew’s outfit but wardrobe person wouldn’t talk to us? We come up with alternative items. This is totally justified — by the time everybody saw the movie, all items Drew wore would have been long sold out.