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Fur and individuality are in; skin-tight clothes and neon are out. Claire Howorth on where tweens get their inspiration—and why they’re ditching Taylor Momsen as a role model.
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Lourdes Leon (Lola, to her friends), the burgeoning fashion icon, and her mother, Madonna, the established icon. Lourdes' Material Girl clothing line debuted at Macy's on August 3.
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Though Cyrus has staked her fortune on the clean image of Hannah Montana, her revealing outfit at a June concert prompted bloggers to write (however derogatorily) that she looked like a "chola" and was clearly oversexualizing herself.
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The Harry Potter star sheared off all of her long locks, something she told media she's wanted to do since she was 16. Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive photos.
Teenagers cite Taylor Swift as a popular muse for real-life fashion. Her outfits are usually prim and proper, and as one young lady tells The Daily Beast, her hair is re-popularizing curly locks for girls.
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Though Taylor Momsen has been criticized for her more adult fashion sensibilities, she has been named spokesgirl for Lourdes' Material Girl line.
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Pretty Little Liars, a new TV show, features the girl-rocker duo, who have appeared in fashion magazines and whose style influence among teenage viewers is increasing.
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A look from the Material Girl line, which is sold at Macy's, looking plenty in the vein of its young founder.
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