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Most people who read the celebrity magazines also seek celebrity fashion tips. To some it’s an oxymoron: the terms celebrity and fashion tips do not seem to fit together, while to others the celebrities can do no wrong with their fashion sense. The reality probably lies somewhere between these extreme views, but since celebrity fashion is an obsession for many then it is not the style that matters so much as who is wearing it.

Award shows are watched avidly, not for who gets what award, but for who is wearing what designer, and for tips as to what will be the fashion rage this spring or summer. It is no accident that the Oscars are at the beginning of the year, with the main clothes-buying season round the corner. The High Street stores in particular are keeping a close eye on what the stars are wearing, because copies of these styles could be their highest selling items during the coming summer and fall.

There is only one problem with that desire to dress like the stars: the price. We cannot all afford a Valentino Garavani or a Tom Ford, and many purchase generic fashion that looks like the real thing. There are many magazines and online sites that offer top celebrity fashion tips and also provide fashion alternatives that enable you to get your outfit with a budget that you can afford. That is also why these stores mentioned above have their eyes wide open. To provide look-alikes at affordable prices.

However there is no need to believe that because Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are wearing a particular outfit that it must be stylish. In fact they were collectively featured at #1 in Ilene Kleinbaum’s worst dressed celebrities of 2007. So be careful who you desire to emulate, and that is the #1 tip in celebrity fashion: check them out before you copy them. For the record, the Olsens were described as ‘hobos’, with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears taking the next two slots.

In fact Paris looked better in that little orange jumpsuit number; now where I did see her wear that again…? It certainly covered parts rarely covered before.

The #2 tip would likely be to keep in mind that the celebrities are wearing these hot fashion numbers because they have been given them free to wear for the night. The designers want publicity, and they also want to see their designs being worn for real, rather than displayed on a catwalk. Sometimes they get really avant garde just to see how it looks, while for other occasions they will dress the celebrity in the most stylish way they know how. And do they know how!

The latter generally works, while their experiments can sometimes have weird results, such as Gianni Versace’s famous ‘safety pin’ dress that Liz Hurley wore to the premier of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’. The fact that it worked and featured in a display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, is a monument to the late Gianni’s skill and audacity, not to mention his fearlessness in dressing a world class movie star in that way.

Marc Jacob’s 2008 collection is worth a look, since it consists of a number of very feminine 1960’s style dresses – who said you were out of fashion mum – or should it be grandma? Whatever it is, it only proves the point that fashion comes around, so the #3 celebrity fashion tip must be to never throw anything out, because the celebrities will be wearing your housewife clothes in about 40 years. Have you sufficient wardrobe storage room? If not then use the attic!

If there is one thing that the recent Oscars have show us, it is that one of the best celebrity fashion tips you can be given is to be yourself. This was demonstrated by popular chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, when she hosted the 2007 Academy Awards Ceremony wearing her trademark casual pants suit. She turned down the offer of a free dress from fashion magazine W in favor of her usual style, and she looked fabulous.

It only goes to show that where high fashion is concerned, if you wear what you feel comfortable in, then you will look good. If you feel comfortable in a little black Chanel or Bill Blass number, or in an outrageous creation by Alexander McQueen, then you will look good in it. If you don’t feel easy with what you are wearing, it will show, and you will look like a frump. In fact, like actress Sandra Oh that Kleinbaum described as having taken fashion lessons from Bjork! So what’s wrong with Bjork? Or was it a compliment?

That is likely the best of the top celebrity fashion tips that anybody can give you: no, not to dress like Bjork, but to feel comfortable, act confident and you will look fabulous whether you are Beyonce, Helen Mirren or the girl next door. Or Bjork. They say that clothes maketh the man – they also maketh the woman, but only if the woman feels great.