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When it’s not quiet hot enough to wear a dress on it’s own, what does a bony celebrity do in order to prevent goose bumps while wearing their itty bitty designer dresses? Put a chic blazer on of course. Recently many celebrities including socialites Olivia Palermo and Kim Kardashian have been taking the modest approach to dressing by wearing slim fitting blazers over cocktail dresses.While where on the topic of socialites, Laguna Beach’s Kristen Cavallari, along with Britain’s finest Kate Moss have been pairing inexpensive yet awesomely printed Topshop summer dresses with classic black blazers. The look isn’t revolutionary but it’s definitely classy and makes wearing one dress twice as fun the second time around.

Balmain jeans have hit the fashion circuit like there’s no tomorrow. Well, for some of you interested in a pair of the french fashion house’s denim, there may be no tomorrow, as the jeans are flying off the rack at record speeds.Christophe Decarnin’s designs were first seen on Paris’ fashion elite including Vogue’s Fashion Director, Emmanuelle Alt, top model Natasha Poly and mini pop sensation Kylie Minogue. Now they’ve made their way across the pond and have been seen on the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Rihanna, Heidi Klum, Victoria Beckham, Ellen Pompeo, Nicole Richie and Kate Moss.The appeal of Balmain jeans comes from their worn and torn “lived in” look which gives them that extra edge which designer Decarnin constantly aims for. However, the fact that these jeans are constantly sold out isn’t the only reason they are so difficult to obtain. Some have scoffed at the US $2000 +…

That time of year is already upon us…you know, the one where fashion’s finest faces wear their most exquisite couture dresses only to have them smelling like an ash tray by the end of the night from chain smoking sessions in the ladies loos. But by the looks of things, perhaps a cigarette burn or two would have done the dresses worn at the MET gala some good.This year, the The Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was a rather daring fashion affair. The theme, “Models and Muses” was definitely being overplayed by guests including supermodel Kate Moss who turned up hand in hand with designer Marc Jacobs. She wore an off the shoulder gold lame (and lame it was) mini dress with matching turban head gear by Milliner, Stephen Jones. Ashley Olsen looked wore a draped creation by her own label, The Row….