Wear it with a simple top, pencil skirt, black opaque tights and mid heel pump or high heel bootie.

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This must-have coat of the season hits the spot.

It’s the perfect piece to get through a grey winter. I like the loose fit, the shortened sleeves (all the more reason to wear long leather gloves) and the $163.78 price tag.

For a more affordable version, I went on a long search for something that was as voluminous and not cropped. Lo and behold, I found this amazing Faux Fur Leopard Coat from Lipsy.

It’s been hard catching up with always-on-the-go Kourtney Kardashian. But it seems like every time she walks out the door, she wears something I want to emulate.

I really love her Funktional Predator Coat. It’s the perfect thing to make you smile. I like the cut, the look and the fit. At $840, it’s an investment piece that will never go out of style.

In June, the French label Vionnet made its debut presentation in New York for Resort 2012. At a Chelsea loft overlooking the Hudson River, Rodolfo Paglialunga showed off his evolving collection (his ninth for the label) of languidly draped dresses in bold, graphic prints. New for Cruise were charming embellished knits. Here, in this Matteo Minasi-made video debuting exclusively on Style.com, we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what went into the making of the presentation, from the casting of models like Caroline West by Andrew Weir, to the makeup artistry of Brigitte Reiss-Andersen.

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Faux Fur Vest
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Price: $34.00

Bohemian style always goes because me. I don’t think this look ever gets exhausted. Dressing favor a mobilized slob makes for agreeable vogue.

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Description: Add a little fur to your style. Faux pelt vest has a matted texture for a amusement look. Interior features a colorfully published patter.
Dry clean
Made in China
18 inches in length
Shell: 100% acrylic / Lining: 100% polyester
Color: 268-Natural

I primarily adore this faux fur vest that I saw through the skylight while walking by Mandee tonight. Priced at $34, the opener namely to modernize the vest — with a pleasing peasant blouse alternatively modified boot-cut dingy trousers. The vest is definitely a must for all fashionistas out there who like the look and a little something to dress when the temp dips slightly.

“The tone is working to be slightly darker,” Conrad told Us earlier this annual. “The first book was written through the eyes of somebody who had never been to Hollywood ahead, who never actually aspired toward fame alternatively money. This series is almost a girl who loves anything that fame is, and that’s always she’s ever really wanted.”

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Lauren Conrad has the write material.

The Fame Game isn’t the only paperback Conrad has in the goes. The Hills alum is likewise penning a followup to Harper Collins’ Lauren Conrad Style, titled Lauren Conrad Beauty. Conrad’s forthcoming how-to lead ambition feature diet and skincare tips, in appending to annual hairstyle ideas and component secrets.

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The 25-year-old New York Times bestselling lyricist will unlock her fourth novel, The Fame Game, above April 3, 2012, Us Weekly tin exclusively validation. The Fame Game follows wrong girl Madison Parker (from Conrad’s aboriginal L.A. Candy trilogy), who immediately discovers that Hollywood isn’t for glamorous as she thought.

Visit LaurenConrad.com to submit your loveliness answers — the Paper Crown designer’s responses might end up in the book!

VIDEO: Lauren gives a thespian perusing of her book

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Adding to Davis’ good luck? She and The Help’s Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney won the Hollywood Ensemble Cast Award at the star-studded event.

Viola Davis is having very a year.

Tennon, who has two kid from before relationships, marry Davis, 46, in June 2003. Genesis is the actress’ premier baby.

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“She’s excellent,” Davis told Us Weekly by the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala in Beverly Hills Monday. “A complete and aggregate congratulating because us.”

After acquiring raves for her rendition in The Help, the Tony Award medalist adopted daughter Genesis with husband Julius Tennon in October.