L'Wren Scott: Fashion Born of Frustration
After a career as a fashion model and then celebrity stylist, Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, has launched a new line of make-up. Jacob Bernstein talks to the ultimate Hollywood fashion insider.

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At the School of American Ballet's Winter Gala last March, Sarah Jessica Parker wore a slinky green snakeskin dress from L'Wren Scott's Fall 2009 collection, which she paired with a feather wrap and mesh gloves. Christina Aguilera wore the body-hugging look with sky-high Christian Louboutin heels for a live broadcast of Oprah at Radio City Music Hall in May.
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Naomi Campbell stole the show at the amfAR Gala in Cap d'Antibes in a L'Wren Scott dress adorned with feathers and jewels.
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Nicole Kidman looked radiant in a feathered look by L'Wren Scott onstage at the Academy Awards last year.
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Ellen Barkin opted for a bold, magenta dress by the designer at the premiere of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Bullock wore a scoop-necked, floral design from Scott's Spring 2010 collection to the American Riviera Award Gala in Santa Barbara last February.
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Cruz wore a black, jeweled L'Wren Scott dress to the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 23.
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Hendricks flattered her curves at the DGA Awards in February with a maroon figure-hugging dress and a feathered brooch.
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Angelina Jolie channeled vintage glamour in a creamed colored L'Wren Scott dress with bracelet sleeves at a screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2009.
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McAdams dressed down L'Wren Scott's Globule lace shift dress on the streets of New York last winter, pairing it with a Brian Reyes coat.
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Reese Witherspoon paired a magenta look from L'Wren Scott's Spring 2010 collection with black pumps.
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Scott and her boyfriend, Mick Jagger, at the screening of Stones in Exile in May.
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