Cheryl Cole's Fashion Evolution

A baby-faced (and heavily made up) Cheryl poses with her new band mates as they celebrate winning Popstars: The Rivals. Pre-stylist Chezza works an interesting glittery denim crop top. Things could only get better...

Working an impeccable golden tan, our favourite Geordie’s still got that tum on show in a baby pink, crocheted cardigan – but we’re loving her glossy highlights at least.

Soooo not a good look! Back to the cornrows, Cheryl and co do the school uniform look at G-A-Y – but it ends up more Grange Hill than St. Trinians.
 Cheryl ‘scrubs up’ for her court appearance, where she was charged with assaulting a nightclub attendant. But in that jacket and those boot-cut jeans, this outfit could be described as a crime in itself.

We’re not sure if camouflage trousers were ever acceptable in the fickle world of fashion (although the Spice Girls might have had you believing otherwise), but we’re certain that these cropped versions really weren’t a good look for Cheryl. Check out Nadine’s get-up, too – Cheryl wasn’t the only Girls Aloud member who needed some serious wardrobe help!

The Beauty Evolution of Demi Lovato, from Cute Disney Teen to Edgy Trendsetter

Demi Lovato is the kind of cool you can't fake. In fact, the star is known for her no-holds-barred realness and total lack of hesitation when it comes to taking a stand. There's also the fact that she can belt it out like few others, and pairs powerful lyrics with songs that stay stuck in our heads for days (not that we're complaining, because who doesn't love singing along to a Demi power ballad?). 

The 21-year-old star and three-time Teen Vogue cover girl got our attention with her personality and killer voice, but we've also been taking note of her beauty journey on the red carpet. In short? She's one to watch, and you'd better watch carefully—because blink once, and you might miss her latest transformation.

Over the years, Demi's gone through more hairstyles than we can count, not to mention the color changes: blonde, brunette, blue, and basically everything else you could think of. And while she's known for her signature look (smoky eyes, major lashes, and nude lips) she's also done more than her fair share of makeup experimentation.
Click through the slideshow above for her complete beauty evolution, and call out your favorite looks in the comments below.

Valentino.Fall 2014 Couture

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Victorian painter who liked to depict archaeological fantasies of scantily draped girls lounging around Roman villas. Had he been alive today and at the Valentino couture show, he’d hardly been able to contain himself. Every one of the looks Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli sent out were inspired by the works of Pre-Raphaelite painters and poets, but first among them was a white draped tunic dress named after Alma-Tadema’s sultry study of a sleeping nymph, The Siesta, of 1868.

 

Forget historical exactitude, though. This collection was about a pair of Roman fashion designers conjuring up lyrical impressions of the ancient Imperial days of their own city, and building them into a new fantasy, from the delicately cross-laced Roman sandals up. “It’s our past we’re thinking about,” said Chiuri. “Something graceful, regal and a bit more pagan, this time.”

The clever combination of romance and relevance that is coming out of Valentino these days seems completely instinctive and unforced. On the one hand, there’s a grounded sense of how young women want to dress (it’s pretty handy that Chiuri has her eighteen-year-old daughter Rachele for reality checks) and on the other, there are the superb technical abilities which put the house in the category of up-there-on-clouds excellence.

 That sensible sensibility has already brought the long, lace Renaissance-inspired dress to fashion. It continues for fall with breathtakingly complex silver beaded embroidery, trailing in layers, and wondrous gilded gowns with tabard bodices.

But the new thing is simplicity—or rather, silhouettes which are unencumbered by any surface decoration. It’s a truism in fashion that these things are even more difficult to accomplish than any amount of froth and beading. Yet there’s absolutely no panic about that at Valentino. 

The stark, noble toga dresses and subtly dramatic constructs of draped and knotted silk in this collection carry the hallmarks of perfectionism that has been native to this house ever since Mr. 

Valentino Garavani set it up in the fifties. The upshot: What we’re seeing here is the gradual reaching out to different kinds of women—or maybe it’s the same women, in a different mood. 

And whichever way we look at it, Chiuri and Piccioli are turning their Roman couture fantasy into business reality. Such is the success of their work that they say they’ve taken on 30 more people in their couture ateliers to meet the growing demand.

Cara Delevingne and Selena Gomez splash around in St Tropez

First we saw snaps of Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss on holiday in Ibiza, and the latest celeb BFFs to take a trip together are supermodel Cara Delevingne and ex-Disney star Selena Gomez, who were seen splashing about in St Tropez together.
As you do when you're an A-list celeb.

The hot duo were aboard a luxury yacht, but soon plunged in for some respite from the heat.
Surprisingly, Cara looked far from high-fashion in knee-length red shorts and a plain black bikini top, while Selena wore a stunning white one-piece as she pulled off several modelesque poses while on board.

The pair later changed - Cara into white dungarees and a stylish royal blue hat, and Selena into a chic monochrome outfit.
 We'll trade lives with you anytime, guys!

How to Wear a Slit Skirt

A few years ago Angelina Jolie flashed her leg at the Oscars in her remarkable red carpet gown and dresses with slits became immediately trendy with shoppers who wanted to show some skin.
The truth is that slit dresses and skirts are a classic, especially for formal looks. While the thigh-high slits may resonate on the red carpet, in real life you can get lots of bang for your fashion buck by trying a small slit.
Not only are slits sexy, they are flattering: older women can wear slits to carry off longer skirts and dresses without looking matronly. And shorter women can use the strong vertical element of the slit to make themselves look taller and leaner.
The trick to wearing a slit is to make sure you are showing off only what you want to show off (the last thing you want is a wardrobe malfunction.)
Here's how to wear a slit dress:

• Leave thigh-high slits to the celebrities. All you really need to do is suggest a little skin, not expose it all. It's the idea of the slit that makes it sexy -- just a small slit (like on Paz Vega's dress, pictured) can be a sexy style addition.
• Check your Spanx. The last thing you want to show when you sit down is the leg of your foundation wear, so make sure that any body-shaping gear is well out of range of the slit.
• Wear hose or tights. If you're not comfortable going bare with a slit, don't shy away from hosiery — especially sheer black pantyhose which are chic again — to give you a bit more coverage than bare legs.
• Go long. Love the look of long skirts and dresses but don't love the fact that all that fabric makes you look bulky? Try a longer silhouette with a slit for a simple fashion fix.
• Stitch it up. A too-high slit is an easy fix; simply stitch it up a bit for more coverage.
• Go easy on the rest of the look. Things can easily get out of hand when you add a voluminous top, bulky accessories, elaborate lace-up shoes or any other distracting fashion. Let the slit take center stage and tone down the rest of your look. A simple top and jewelry that doesn't distract work (the slit is the statement here.)
• You don't need perfect legs. Since you won't (hopefully) thrust your entire leg out of your dresses with slits (like Angelina Jolie does), only a bit of leg will peek out until you sit down, and even then you can cross your legs so the slit is on the bottom and less leg shows. This is one time when bronzer and spot-on sleekness count because you may be showing lots of leg.
• Go with heels. Honestly? What doesn't look better than a bit of height. A higher heel will make your legs look longer with the slit. Ankle details (ankle boots, wrap ankle) also work really well with the slit and add to the look.
• Don't take it to work. Unless it's a really small/modest slit, this is one look (like sheer tops or too-short skirts) that's best worn during your time off. If you do dare the slit skirt for work (and honesty, it's a great look for a pencil skirt) pair it with a very conservative top to balance the sexiness.

The Best Beach Hair of All Time: From Brigitte Bardot to Blake Lively

It’s an indisputable fact that nothing looks better or feels more like summer than tousled, sea-swept beach hair. Over the past decade or so, dozens of salt sprays and surf-inspired styling mists devoted to re-creating those textured, easy waves have popped up at beauty boutiques around the country. Still, nothing quite compares to the real thing, with its carefree appeal and its connotations of sunny days, beach holidays, and late-night ocean swims.   

Who could forget the startling visual impact of Marisa Berenson’s famous head flip, shot by one-time-boyfriend Arnaud de Rosnay, in the September 1, 1970 issue of Vogue? Or Brigitte Bardot’s rumpled blonde mane, immortalized on-screen in Two Weeks in September and captured in Búzios with real-life Brazilian boyfriend Bob Zagury in the mid-sixties?

 Bo Derek’s braided cornrows in the 1979 beach flick 10 became infinitely more famous than the film itself, while Pamela Anderson’s platinum, busty beauty in Baywatch transformed her into an iconic symbol of ’90s sexuality.

 In more recent years, it’s the stars of the cult summer surf movie Blue Crush and scenes of Blake Lively hanging ten on the California coast that have captured our imagination. Here, a look at the best beach hair throughout history.