“Good girl gone bad” Rihanna temporarily went back over to the good side this week. For the first time in a long time, our favourite Bajan singer dressed relatively modestly as she was arriving at the Pizzeria Mozza restaurant in LA with her friends.  

She channelled her inner sexy secretary and wore a slightly see-through (unfortunately made more see-through by the flashing cameras) tight-fitting black pencil skirt with a white blouse tucked inside it.

When Rihanna wants to do sexy, revealing and provocative though, a sheer skirt isn’t where the draws the line… so it begs the question, do you think she actually knew her skirt was see-through?

And we never got a chance to ask you… what do you guys make of her new choppy blonde hair? We have to say that we prefer the darker and brighter locks she has sported over the years, but Ri Ri still manages to pull this of. Lucky, girl!

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With hubby Prince William performing his RAF duties in The Falklands, we bet it was important for Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton to feel at ease and comfortable during her first solo engagement of the year.

Therefore, it doesn’t surprise us to learn that she attended a private viewing of the Lucian Freud exhibit at The National Portrait Gallery – of which she is a patron – in a gorgeous belted, double breasted, pleated grey coat dress from the high street. From Jesiré to be exact.

Kate accessorised with a trademark clutch bag, 5 inch Jimmy Choo heels and her white gold Asprey Button Pendant – all of which we have seen her wear before.

Sometimes keeping out the chill and looking stylish at the same time is easier said than done, but as usual, Kate has handled it with ease. And it looks like she handled her first solo engagement with ease and confidence too… what a pro!

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Despite only being at the London premiere of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel last night to support her husband Ol Parker, who wrote the screenplay of the film, it’s safe to say that Thandie Newton pretty much stole the show on the red carpet. 

Thanks to Beyonce and Jay-Z’s little baby girl Blue Ivy Carter, the colour’s popularity has undoubtedly sky-rocketed. But, whatever the gorgeous Thandie Newton’s reason for opting to wear this electric blue one-shouldered Stella McCartney Resort 2012 dress was, it was definitely a great choice.

Thandie has excelled at the ‘understated elegance’ look for as long as we can remember, often managing to outshine celebs in the brightest and most extravagant of frocks with the simplest of looks, but she’s proved that she can also rock the red carpet in a bold, daring number too. She’s certainly no wallflower, that’s for sure.

Ms Newton teamed her attention-grabbing dress with some nude pumps, a chic up-do and cute earrings, letting the dress – and of course, her beauty – do all the talking. What a pro!

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Rooney Mara attended the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the weekend, wearing an attention-grabbing structured green dress from the Louis Vuitton pre-fall 2012 collection. And we couldn’t be happier to see the Oscar-nominated actress step out of her red carpet comfort zone!

What we love the most about this look is how well the colour complements her porcelain skin and offsets her jet black hair. Green isn’t the easiest of colours to pull off, but judging by the shade, the dress could have easily been made just for Rooney. As cute as they are though, we don’t think the Giambattista Valli black strappy sandals were the best choice, but we’ll let it slide.

At the end of the day, we applaud – well, practically bow down to – Rooney Mara for this full-on colour explosion… akin to her transformation for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, her Louis Vuitton look only confirms that this lady definitely doesn’t do things by halves.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you’ll probably be aware that the world is going crazy for Madonna’s truly spectacular halftime performance at the NFL Superbowl, but can you blame it? 

In a nutshell, Madonna’s performance – with appearances from Nicki Minaj and MIA – was outstanding on so many levels. Although Her Madgesty performed a highly energetic routine to brand new single Gimme All Your Luvin as well as some old Madonna classics, the thing that grabbed our attention the most was of course her stage wardrobe, most of which came courtesy of Givenchy.

The queen of pop was kitted out in some truly fabulous Haute Couture Givenchy gear, essentially looking like a modern day Cleopatra… with just a little bit more bling and extravagance, if that’s possible.

“Following my collaboration with Madonna on her last tour three years ago, it is a great honour for me to be a part of yet another historical and iconic moment,” Riccardo Tisci said. “People say everything has a limit, but limits do not exist with Madonna. I am so happy that, after being busy in other scenes, she decided to go back on a music stage. Not only to bring us music, but also to make such a statement of performance and fashion.”

This performance will undoubtedly go down in history and in a way, we kind of pity the act that has to follow next year… who do you think will be up to the challenge?

[Fashion Foie Gras]

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Vanessa Hudgens most definitely swooped up the BDOTW title this week, as she glowed at the Journey 2: The Mysterious Island LA premiere in a stunning canary-yellow Maria Lucia Hohan gown. The olive complexioned beauty looked a red carpet vision in the floaty gown, and against the jungle themed backdrop of the premiere, her tropical style truly stood out.

Championing spring summer 2012′s hottest make up trend: a flush of apricot on the cheeks and lips, Vanessa sported smouldering black eyes and soft curls to complete her look.

Accessorising with a stack of gold bracelets, oversized gold earrings, large stone ring and a black clutch with a tiger-head clasp, Vanessa was definitely the Shanti of this Jungle.

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We really wanted to post this yesterday, but didn’t want to overwhelm you with too much Blake Lively. Oh, who are we kidding, you can never have too much, and you would have loved it!

Ms Lively proved that she can do demure, sophisticated elegance as well as full-on sexiness as she attended the launch of Godiva’s Valentine’s Day competition in New York, wearing a beyond stunning Valentino shift dress, expertly paired with a lavender Valentino pencil skirt. Why have one Valentino when you can have two, eh?

We were reading cheeky snippets from her interview with Elle magazine yesterday, and loved the part where she said she sends best pal Christian Louboutin pictures of her outfit so he can tell her what shoes to wear with it.

So, it therefore comes as no surprise to learn that she is sporting some gorgeous grey Christian Louboutin heels with her Valentino… we couldn’t think of a better match!

Do you think she should have left the shift dress as it was though, or are you a fan of her layered look?

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