Cheap Party Dresses for Christmas: Celebrity inspired frocks

We're over halfway through the cheap party dresses rundown (thank God!) and today I've done something a little special, with a gallery of celebrity-inspired frocks for around £20 - £60. If you fancy getting the look of Gwyneth Paltrow, Megan Fox, Victoria Beckham, Anna Faris, Eliza Dushku or Ashley Tisdale, look no futher than these cheap chic items. Click the image below to view the lot!

Gwyneth's Antonio Berardi dress was a love it or loathe it tabloid fave, but Topshop's alternative is a bit easier to wear. It's also only £30 in the sale.

Megan Fox is a huge fan of hot pink, and has worn variations of this look for the last couple of years. Copy her look and draw attention with River Island's tulip skirted number for £58.71.

Ashley Tisdale wore a crop of frilly, feminine, sparkly confections during the High School Musical promotional tour. This, from Rome, was one of the best, and can be copied on a budget with Miss Selfridge's £35 silver knot dress, some silver flat-back jewels and some super glue. I do love a craft project.

Anna Faris's starring role in The House Bunny meant she was another star doing the promotional rounds in the latter half of the year. Copy her bodycon red dress with another bodycon red dress from Dorothy Perkins for only £20.

If you're heading to a party straight from the office and you really can't change, take a note out of Eliza Dusku's book and try a pencil skirt and blouse...or one of the all-in-one dresses, like Peacocks' high-waisted offering for £20

With the launch of her dress line, Posh has been working the super-fitted, pencil skirted look for loooong time. Copy the frock she wore at the Marc Jacobs fashion show with this Goddiva frock for £55.85.

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Gwyneth Paltrow shares her style secrets via GOOP

In addition to clearing her closet for charity, Gwyneth Paltrow is sharing her style secrets via her new lifestyle website, GOOP. In her latest newsletter, the actress says: "I used to spend a lot of time looking at fashion, reading about fashion, generally being bemused by fashion. Then one day I had children and it all kind of went out the window. For a few years I was basically in sweatpants and I didn't mind it."

So what's the key to her signature style? Basics. "black leggings, [a] gray tank, and house slippers," she says. And when you just "throw on [a] sweater dress over the leggings and tank, add boots". To sign up for the GOOP newsletter click here.

Star style: Gwyneth Paltrow and Liz Hurley are pretty in pink for breast cancer charity bash, New York

It was a pink parade last night at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hottest Pink Party in New York. Estee Lauder spokesmodels Liz Hurley and Gwyneth Paltrow attended the benefit, held at the Waldorf-Astoria, and hosted by Mrs Evelyn H. Lauder herself.

As the theme suggested, all guests were asked to wear pink, with Liz Hurley reflecting her new Indian connections in a pale ombre pink sari (note: ombre is very on-trend for spring).

While Gwyneth Paltrow turned heads in a fuchsia-coloured, thigh-splitting number, featuring a black sash tied at the waist. With her new shorter curly do' it was a whole new look for the actress, and one that I hope she will stick to.

What do you think of each of their looks? We'd love to hear your comments, tell us below.

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Gwyneth Paltrow lands the September cover of W

When was the last time you saw Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover of a fashion magazine?

Whether or not you classify this as a comeback of sorts, it is fantastic to see her land the September cover of W magazine in their biggest issue ever. September issues are usually the month that is usually the style issue of every fashion magazine, as they are reserved for predicting the upcoming Fall trends. The very tanned Gwyneth was photographed by Steven Klein, and shows Mrs Chris Martin in a different light. A Moroccan goddess with a dark tan, and a very 1970s style sleek look.

Inside the magazine she talks about the usual things celebrities do in magazines; children, recent tabloid fodder (ie. Her fractured knee), why she isn’t working as much… the usual. They even asked her about being accused last December of making a statement favouring the British over the American’s (in a Portuguese newspaper). "I went nuts over that. I love America, and I'm an American through and through,” Gwyneth told W. “But the conservative media won't let it go.... People love to give you a moniker and then, you know, they've designed this hole for you that you have to fit in."

What do you think of the cover?