Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowKnown for his sophisticated yet fun take on cocktail wear, Jason Wu showed the Fashion Flock a little something for every girl's night out with these Top 5 looks.
—Joann Pailey
1) The Retro Reveler:
This adorable denim-inspired tweed romper is anything but "all work and no play." It's one part Rosie the Riveter and two parts perfectly relaxed party-wear all rolled into one.



2) The Candy-Striper:
The multi-colored jeweled stripes in this top are the ultimate in eye candy. Pairing it with a mustard colored full skirt is the perfect foil for keeping this look from getting too sweet.
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3) The All-American Girl:
First Lady Michelle Obama may take notice of this little number since it sports the winning graphic combination of black and white. It also takes the classic baseball tee out of the ballpark.



4) The Ballerina Babe:
While this look is feathery and floaty, its also extremely flirty with it's off-the-shoulder silhouette.



5) The Silver Belle:
This icy one-shoulder look would make any girl melt and feel like a Southern debutane for just a night with its modern interpretation of a voluminous gown.



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Buena Vista PicturesThough you'd now have to pay me to take a victory lap around the congested, incubated, soul-sucking cesspool also known as a shopping plaza, my youth depended on the object permanence of one such institution. (Shout out to Montgomery Mall, you beaut, you.) And if you were anything like me, the idea of spending your entire Saturday expertly plotting how best to spend a crisp Jackson, the following likely applies to your Rocket Dog-wearing, Kate Spade-obsessed, navel ring-coveting former self:
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below1. You took a "break" between marathon sessions to nosh at the food court. You often took several.
2. You owned a bag of those (now-debunked) plastic earring backers from Claire's.
2a. (You never used them.)
3. Sweet Factory was your Mecca.
4. You were either an Arden B. girl or a Bebe girl. And you were loyal to a fault.*
5. You pronounced it "Bay-Bay," not "Bee-Bee."
6. You had to bring a note along with your mom's credit card (if she lent it to you, which was absurd.)
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8. You found a pricey apparel hack by shopping at abercrombie. (Little a, monster savings.)
9. You thought Caché was next-level chic.
10. You triiiiied to get down with the tasteful selection at White House Black Market...
11. ...but always ended up buying the strapless tube dress with the beadwork and movement fringe from Wet Seal.
12. Panda Express was your jam. (Or Koo Koo Roo for you left coasters.)
13. Instead of putting things on hold, which was also a go-to move (**here you go kind sir, it's one thousand bandana tops I shan't be retrieving!**), you stealthily hid "maybe" purchases under a pile of angora sweaters so that no one else could snatch them.
14. Aldo footwear played a significant role in your life...
15....so did PacSun.
16. But nothing compared to Brass Plum. (And its majorly lax return policy.)
17. One day you woke up and realized that you had graduated from The Limited Too to Express. For whatever reason you straight skipped The Limited.
18. Mall dates with a boy were the dream...
19. ...but you'd settle for just helping them get their prom tux at the rental joint.
20. You had an established route. As in, "Okay, we'll start at Nordstroms and then fan out on the left side and hit Victoria's Secret, Contempo, Papyrus (for funsies), Structure (for the fellas), Lady's Footlocker (just in case), and circle back around to Guess?. BREAK!
21. You would get butterflies in your stomach when you approached your favorite store. **Holy effbombs, they have an Esprit here??**
22. Bath & Body Works was a full-on thing.
23. And Pear Glacé was religion.
24. You could happily spend dusk 'til dawn without natural sunlight or fresh oxygen on a beautiful summer's day.
25. In fact, you preferred it that way.
*Arden B. for lyfe!

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Eclipse finally premieres tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles where thousands of Twi-Hards have been camped out since Monday morning.
"It's insane!" says hairstylist Ted Gibson, who's at the center of the action, prepping the tresses of Ashley Greene who plays the lovely vampire Alice Cullen.
Though he won't reveal any details behind Greene's red carpet look for the night Gibson did tell us that he prefers the star's long locks over her character's short bob.
"She wears wigs in the Twilight movies. They originally cut her hair for them, but ended up using a wig instead," says Gibson, adding, "I like her with longer hair—she's sexy and young and long hair really accentuates her beauty."
—EMILY HEBERT
Photo: Retna

Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowKrista Soriano, ELLE.com Assistant Editor, in Anne Klein embellished flats
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RetnaAdvertisement - Continue Reading BelowIn his provocative new comedy Spread, Ashton Kutcher plays the boy toy of an L.A. corporate lawyer (Anne Heche). The hunky actor, joined by costar Heche and wife Demi Moore, looked particularly dapper at a Las Vegas screening of the film this week. And Moore was typically stunning, in a black one-shoulder dress by Roland Mouret.

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A multicolored necklace and lemon-hued sandals brighten up a simple summer dress
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ImaxtreeAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below"I was thinking of Lolita," says hairstylist Guido Palau about his inspiration for the Prada spring 2010 show. "The combination of pigtails with a blow-up-doll mouth results in a dark Lolita-like look—it isn't innocent. Though hair is soft and girly, the mouth is glossy and sexual."
To create the sultry come-hither lips, makeup maestro Pat McGrath combined Laura Mercier Crème Lip Colour in Truly Red with Make Up For Ever Lacquered Lipstick in Florescent Orange and used tangerine-tinted Make Up For Ever Glossy Full Couleur Gloss as a topcoat.
Matte pigtails completed the naughty schoolgirl vibe: After applying Redken Blown Away 09 Protective Blow-Dry Gel on damp hair, Palau blew strands dry and backcombed at the crown. Making a deep side part, he then fastened locks in pigtails just below the ears and tousled tresses for a sexy, disheveled finish.
View more lacquered lips and sexy pigtails from the Prada spring 2010 show