FASHION Magazine

Beauty trends may come and go, but key elements can be everlasting. For Fall 2012, braids and buns proved their staying power while red lips and black eyeliner were reinvented yet again. Here are three of our favourite takes on each and what you need to try these looks at home.

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Invite this braided, studded bracelet to an arm party or let it fly solo for maximum effect. ($24, shop.fashionmagazine.com/)

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Though she has yet to be styled in a fairytale ensemble for an episode of Once Upon A Time, Jennifer Morrison delivered a very medieval-come-modern look on her own at this weekend’s The Muppets movie premiere. The braided style is undoubtedly inspired by Valentino’s Spring 2012 runway, though Morrison’s version is not nearly as complicated. It’s actually unfair for us to position them side-by-side, because it’s hard for anyone, actress or not, to trump the perfect ethereal beauty of the Valentino braid.

If there was one hairstyle we saw everywhere on spring runways, it was the braid. Fish tails, upside down braids, pigtails…you get it. We hit up Toronto’s Blonde salon (82 Power St., 416-363-3131) to have owner Stacey Staley demonstrate two easy styles–the side plait and the braided bang–on the lovely Janel Fordon from Ford Models. […]

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Jason Wu, doll maker and darling of the Obama closet, has created a limited edition doll for Paris boutique Colette. But it’s already sold out. Tant pis! [StyleFile, Colette]

As a fashion cred consolation prize, use this handy dandy flow chart to get shot by The Sartorialist. You’re going to need menswear and some good accessories. [Refinery 29]

The German house of Escada could be R.I.P. by summer’s end. [Fashionista]