Survive the Winter in Style

Rihanna rocking a leather jacket by Gucci

The weather outside may be frightening but that doesn’t mean dressing up or  down should be a chore.  Take one look at Rihanna and you’ll agree, there are so many ways to pull off  cool warm weather looks. Celebs always prepare for colder months on either coast by layering and pairing up the best in boots and chunky sweaters that still flatter the figure. Follow the Celebgawking wish list for winter wearable trends that anyone can try themselves.

Kristen Stewart on the red carpet for the New Moon premiere in Spain looking trench-coat friendly.  A perfect way to stay warm when you’re wearing something more cocktail-appropriate underneath.

Say goodbye to the tomboy and say hello to Balenciaga!

Lauren Conrad may no longer be our number one on The Hills, but she’ll always be on top of our list of red carpet wonders. Here she pares a simple, long-sleeved baby doll dress with gladiator open-toe heels.

The queen of country, Taylor Swift, wore this gorgeous gown by Reem Acra on the CMA`s red carpet.

Greeting fans, Taylor Swift also knows how to stay warm while dressing down and polishes her comfy look with a bright cap.

Our favorite look is a pair of black leggings and knee-high boots. Nicole Kidman pulls off this look flawlessly and adds a pop of color with a red Prada bag.

We adore the way Jennifer Aniston always looks pulled together, with or without arm candy. Her thrown together look here includes a leather Burberry jacket and bag by Ferragamo along with a great pair of aviator shades. This is how you layer the right way.

Jessica Alba has the uncanny ability to look anything but frumpy, even while Christmas tree shopping this past Saturday. Slouchy boots pair nicely with her ripped jeans and chunky sweater ensemble.

Who says you can’t wear white after Labor Day? Leighton Meester attends the Jingle  Ball concert  in LA on Saturday (where she later performed). Leighton looking stunning on the red carpet wearing a dress by Cushnie et Ochs.

And of course where there is one Gossip Girl means another is not far away. Blake Lively is pretty as a picture here in Celine. Who doesn’t love an oversized bag for every day?

Kate Beckinsale looks super chic in NYC wearing latex leggings and a cute knit cap on top of her long locks, proving you can be fashionable and warm at the same time.

Gossip Girl #3! Jessica Stroup  at Variety’s 3rd annual “Power of Youth” event at Paramount Studios looks pretty as a picture in casual jeans and boots with a western-style shirt. Too casual for the red carpet? Perhaps…

New Moon’s Kristen Reed rocks sequins on the red carpet and pairs it with a tuxedo-style jacket.

Heather Graham does right by a pair of patterned tights and a vertically striped sweater dress.

 And because Taylor Swift is having such a great year, we thought we’d close with one more!

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Young Hollywood…love in the trenches

To be part of young Hollywood royalty often means trading in proms and nights at the mall for long days on film sets far from the classroom. These tween stars may walk more red carpets than homecoming dances but it doesn’t mean they can’t  find time for a little romance.

They’re back……….With the New Moon premiere only days away, we thought it only appropriate to have a little ode to the two biggest tween stars on the planet right now, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. We adore this pic shot by Mark Seliger for an upcoming issue of  Harper’s Bazaar/

Someone needs to tell these two that they are not fooling anyone….

Another hot hook up we love is from Slumdog Millionaire.  Freida Pinto may be 5 years older than Dev Patel, but age is only a number right?

She’s a Kanye West-surviving pop star who recently nailed a stint on Saturday Night Live.  Then she picked up Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards this past week. He’s the hot, shirtless guy in New Moon.

T & T, or Taylor Swift and Taylour Lautner, met while shooting Valentine’s Day. Swift use to date a Jonas Brother while Lautner use to date Selena Gomez. We’ve caught them hanging out a few times and speculation about their budding romance was even worked into one of Swift’s musical skits on SNL.

Hottest woman on the planet Megan Fox met  90’s teen star Brian Austin Green in 2004. The two have been on again/off again since quietly ending their engagement last February.

We’re guessing it is probably hard to date the hottest woman in the world. Especially if  you’re possibly the most uninteresting man in the world.

Tweens Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas are a Disney dream come true. The two met while filming Camp Rock and have been hanging out more and more. With some parental units present of course.

She heats up the CW’s 90210 and he’s part of the Twilight on the Team Edward side. AnnaLynn Cord & Kellan Lutz have been breaking up and making up since 2008.

Before Twilight & Gossip Girl, these two met while hitting the books in college.

Twilight star Ashley Greene and Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford have known each other for quite some time. But apparently old habits are hard to break.

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron are one of our favorite pretty Disney couples. We can’t help but love them. And we have never watched HSM.

We have a confession to make. We don’t watch Gossip Girl for the intriguing storylines. We watch it for the fabulous clothes that Blake Lively gets to drape across her fab body and for her off-screen love Penn Badgley.

More Gossip Girl royalty. I know, they are so pretty you want a makeover and stat. Jessica Szhor & Ed Westwick. xoxo

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Join the John Mayer fan club

A memorable response from John Mayer on Gawker.com last week.

You may love him or hate him.  You may not want to admit it, but you can’t help it. John Mayer is a bad ass.  For starters he’s a seven-time Grammy Award winner. The talented musician/Hollywood Heartbreaker/Youtube funny guy is also pretty easy on the eyes. No wonder Jennifer Aniston keeps coming back for more.

 Mayer celebrated his 32nd birthday on October 16th so we thought it would be nice to give our favorite musically inclined heartbreaker an entire posting dedicated to his talents and his talented arm candy. The musically talented Mayer has proven he is not only quick with the tongue but also with the ladies. So you may ask yourself, what makes John Mayer so damn irresistable? Maybe it’s because you can’t escape him. He Tweets, he creates funny videos with a long laundry list of famous friends and has routine appearances on red carpets to TMZ .

John Mayer says “Who Says” isn’t about smoking pot. It is, judging from this video, about the fabulous happenings in the average day of John Mayer.

Jessica Simpson couldn’t help but fall head over heels for Mayer after her marriage with Nick Lachey came to a screeching halt. Jessica swapped her blonde locks for darker tresses and was suddenly sporting rocker t-shirts as she followed Mayer on his tour bus.

John’s brief history with Minka Kelly was decidedly more low key. Their drama-free existence lasted less than a year when they broke up in 2008. rumors circulated that he was still dating the Friday Night Lights star when he hooked up with Jennifer Aniston, but the two appeared to have remained good friends after their amicable break up.

We’ll admit, we never saw this coming. When Mayer and Aniston were first spotted while she was filming her movie “Marley & Me” in Miami, the media frenzy began. The two did their best to remain low key, only to become “the” couple on the red carpet at the 2009 Oscars. They broke up shortly after but reunited briefly for Aniston’s 40th birthday celebration. Aniston has been rumored to have dated Bradley Cooper and Gerad Butler since then, but nothing has really panned out for the Friends star. However reports this month have stated the Aniston and Mayer are back on.

The good ole’ days. They broke up back in 2002 but we will always wonder if Jennifer Love Hewitt was the inspiration behind Your Body is a Wonderland.

Finally, you may not like John Mayer’s lyrics, his rants and raves against reporters on the red carpet or even his choice in women but we you can’t help but fall for his entertaining tactics. Look for his new album, Battle Studies, which will be released on November 17th.

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