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Steal that style: Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire.
Duff has also launched a clothing line, “Stuff by Hilary Duff”, and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls. Duff is credited as executive producer for the upcoming independent film Greta. As of June 2009, her upcoming films include starring roles in Greta, Stay Cool, Provinces of Night, and The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Steal that style: Penelope Cruz
Penelope has a great sense of style and is always looking her best whether she is in casual clothing, or dressed up. Unlike other stars, Penelope doesn’t show off her cleavage enough to worry about a nipple slip. Instead, she likes to show off her legs. Penelope shows off her legs in baggy sundresses, such as the Loewe puffball sleeve dress that paparazzi have spotted her in around town.
Penelope relaxes with a simple pair of jeans, a yellow tank top and a tan sweater when she isn’t shooting. She likes to wear her dark wash jeans floor length and tops it off with a long, swinging necklace.
She is currently working on developing her own clothing line soon together with her sister Monica for the brand Mango. She also has been the face of several different clothing and makeup lines, for example L’Oreal Paris, Ripley and Ralph Lauren.
Steal that style: Borris Becker and Lilly Kerssenberg
German tennis legend Borris Becker has tied the knot with Lilly Kerssenberg at the Segantini Museum in Switzerland. But rather than the full on meringue or a sleek body-hugging number, Lilly bucked the bridal trends opting for the simple white tuxedo suit. With softly curled hair and nude-coloured high heels, it was a simple look for the 30-year-old Dutch beauty. [via Bild]
The white wedding suit was worn to stunning effect by Brazilian beauty Bianca Jagger, who was pictured on her 1971 wedding day to Rolling Stones frontman Mick, wearing a white suit and large floppy hat. Boris, 41, and Lilly, 30, announced their plans to wed on a German chat show earlier this month.
Last week the pair were spotted laden with bags as they left the Parisian bridal boutique Delphine Manivet separately. [via DaillyMail]
Steal that style: Marina Berlusconi
Marina Berlusconi, 42-year-old daughter of the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, married her ballet dancer sweetheart, Maurizio Vanadia, in Rome in december 2008. The pair became close after Marina met him socially and then went to see him in a production of Swan Lake at Milan’s La Scala. This was said to have appealed to her father, who wooed his second wife, the actress Veronica Lario, after watching her perform in a Milan theatre in 1980.
Marina, who since becoming chairman of the family firm Fininvest is listed by Fortune magazine as the eighth most powerful female manager in the world and by Forbes as Italy ‘s most influential woman, said in a recent interview with Chi magazine that on seeing Vanadia dance she behaved more like a schoolgirl. “I was leaning forward so far to see him with the binoculars my mother kept on elbowing me and saying ‘Watch out or you will fall into the stalls’.”
The nride wore D&G.
Steal that style: Helene Segara
Hélène Ségara was born in Six-Four-les-Plages, a small seaside town on the Mediterranean coast, on 26 February 1971. Hélène spent her early childhood living with her Italian father, an office clerk who worked at the Seyne-sur-Mer shipyard, and her Armenian-born mother, who worked in the local tax office. When her parents divorced in 1979 Hélène went to live with her mother, but relations between the two became increasingly strained and the young girl began to spend more and more time with her grandparents.
Hélène had been a passionate music fan from an early age and her childhood dream was to launch a professional singing career. Her grandparents actively encouraged her passion and, at the tender age of 11, Hélène took the first step towards achieving her dream, winning a local song contest with her performance of the Nana Mouskouri classic “L’Amour en heritage”.
Steal that style: Andie MacDowell
In the early 1980s, MacDowell modeled for Vogue magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. She worked with such esteemed photographers as Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts among others. A series of billboards in Time Square and national television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to her 1984 film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were recorded by Glenn Close because her southern accent was too pronounced. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo’s Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled.
MacDowell used this time to study method acting with teachers from The Actors Studio in addition to working privately with the renowned coach Harold Guskin. Four years later, MacDowell hit her professional stride. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the 1989 independent film sex, lies, and videotape. Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, several other award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts.
In the 1990s, MacDowell achieved stardom due to the box office success of the 1993 comedy by Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day, and the 1994 global blockbuster, Four Weddings and a Funeral (FWAAF), opposite Hugh Grant. Groundhog Day and FWAAF remain MacDowell’s biggest box office hits to date.
MacDowell appears in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L’Oréal.
Steal that style: Kylie Minogue
Temptress Kylie was on teasing form this week as she posed in a sultry photoshoot for Spanish jewellery firm Tous. She laid back on pink satin sheets dressed in a pink tutu and five-inch stilettos to kick off her role as the face of the company.
Looking seductive Kylie was snapped having a cheeky taste of a giant cream cake, then nibbling a cherry from a cocktail. [via Daily Mail]
Steal that style: Amanda Holden
Amanda chose a 30s style Elie Saab gown, with a lace overlay and lace bolero. Chris wore all-black and a velvet suit by William Hunt. The Bridesmaids were in full-length copper coloured dressed. The cake was an eight-tiered array of brightly coloured cupcakes.
Steal that style: Salma Hayek
And the bride wore, Balenciaga. Salma Hayek channels fairytale chic for her second wedding ceremony this weekend.
The actress, 42, wore a full skirted ivory gown with a heavily embroidered v-neck bodice designed by Nicolas Ghesquière to wed her husband Francois-Henri Pinault (CEO of the fashion giant PPR group) for the second time this weekend in Venice.
The couple, who first married in a secret ceremony in Paris on Valentine’s day this year, invited 150 friends to join them for a masked ball to celebrate their fashion-meets-Hollywood union.
Steal that style: Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker
Andy Roddick married Brooklyn Decker in a sunset ceremony at his home in Austin, Texas on Friday night. The lovely 21 year old swimsuit model and her 26 year old tennis pro fiance exchanged their vows during a candlelit ceremony.
The bridesmaids, including swimsuit model Julie Henderson, wore strapless, chocolate colored gowns and carried bouquets of tulips and peonies. The bride wore a fitted custom Vera Wang dress and the couple exchanged platinum wedding bands from Tiffany & Co.