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It’s very easy to transition these Indian-inspired gems into Fall and beyond. For now, mix with a maxi dress in a solid color for day and evening and then for dressy occasions add these to your LBD.

Glamorous sparkling drip drop earrings aren’t just for nights out, they can add chic and edge to your day look for summer as well. Hannah Deely, who is our accessories guru here at Us Weekly, found these lovely metal and acrylic statement earrings from Anthropologie that are not only glorious but amazingly well-priced at $38. The steely gray and gold mixture is so modern and timeless.

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An Enfant Terrible Turns Ten

Peter Jensen’s London-based label turns 10 this year. With the quirk and the mischief that still characterize each collection, that might comes as a bit of a surprise. In fashion years, after all, 10 sounds positively mature. But Jensen himself is as surprised as anyone else. “I can’t believe it’s been ten years already,” the Danish designer says. “It’s gone by so fast. Mostly, when I look back, it’s a blur—but it’s been fun!” To celebrate, Jensen launched a book earlier this year, Peter Jensen & Mary Miles Minter & Mildred & Emma & Olga & Nancy… (the list of his muses goes on), and today, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will host a series of retrospective shows, styled by Lucy Ewing, looking back at the last decade.

The shows will be live-streamed on the V&A’s Web site throughout the day, in which the designer will revisit each of the muses that have inspired his collections, from Meryl Streep (from Resort ‘12) to Anna Karina (Fall ‘11) to the Renaissance princess Christina of Denmark (Fall ‘07), of whom the designer admits to being particularly fond. So how has looking back felt? “Mostly I’ve been amazed at how we managed to do so much with so few resources. Some pieces I remembered loving are a bit of a shock when you get them out! Doing the Spring ‘05 show, with the ice skaters, was really emotional. I watched the video again recently; it still makes me a bit tearful.”

“This week I got asked to be in the Danish ‘Who’s Who,’ which made me really happy. It’s one of those things that I wanted as a child. I just need an Academy Award now and I can die happy!”
—Kiki Georgiou

Photo: Courtesy of Peter Jensen

Raf Simons To Design Dior

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The rumor mill churns again. With Marc Jacobs thought to be out of the running for the creative director position at Dior, some industry insiders are now speculating that Jil Sander creative director Raf Simons is Bernard Arnault’s latest target to take over the historic label.

Simons began his career as a menswear designer, founding his namesake men’s label in 1995, and adding women’s to his repertoire when he took over Jil Sander, for which he designs both men’s and womenswear, in 2005.

At Jil Sander, he’s tempered the minimalism of Sander’s own aesthetic with occasional blasts of color (as with his much-photographed neon collection for Spring 2011) and exaggerated shape (like the Fall 2009 collection, inspired in part by French ceramist Pol Chambost). Recent collections have found him experimenting with couture shapes (Fall 2011) and Dior’s own era, the fifties (Spring 2012).

WWD reports that the appointment is not confirmed and that several details, first among them timing, would need to be worked out. No mention has been made of Simons’ namesake menswear line, though Dior’s current menswear designer, Kris Van Assche, does maintain a separate label under his own name in addition to the one he creates for the house.

Recessionista Mini Trend Alert! - UsMagazine.com

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This season, rose gold is the new underdog in metals and this particular replica makes us chuckle.

I know, I know…it’s not the same…the precision, the details, the materials, etc. But for this minute, I can get the look now and for less!

In the meantime, twin-o-mom was amused when our accessories editor, Hannah Deely, suggested these $33 “Cartier” watches that look pretty damn cool. And hello: They lovingly named the replica the “Carter” watch. Hilarious!

I love me a Cartier watch — do not get me wrong — but this mom has to pay for day camp and soccer for two, so certain things are not in the budget.

Get Gossip Girl Glam for Less! - UsMagazine.com

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Gossip Girl’s longtime stylist Eric Daman, who creates the show’s chic, memorable looks, is pairing up with Charlotte Russe to debut a line of party dresses which will all retail for under $50.

The dresses will be perfectly on-trend for fall, with details like velvet, sequins, and peek-a-boo lace - and this is a man who knows his trends! Every fashionista had to have a headband after Leighton Meester’s Blair sported them in the first season - “I think the headband was to Gossip Girl what the flower was to Sex in the City,” he told Us - and he’s been informing fashionable females ever since. (Blake Lively has even said “I dress just like Serena” in real life!)

Be Blair Waldorf on a budget!

Also, as someone who knows the importance of accessories, Daman has created coordinating handbags and shoes to go with the pretty party dresses. The line will hit Charlotte Russe stores, as well as their website, on October 24, and Damon promises shoppers won’t be disappointed: “There’s a different shape and size dress for every girl!”