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Why Michelle Obama won Christmas and how to up the festive feel of your outfit

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama  brought the festive with a capital F to the Kennedy Center Honors ...

I'm going to admit something. This week, I actually looked at a pair of Christmas earrings and almost thought about buying them. Oh look, there's something ultimately festive about tiny Christmas tree in red and green that dangle happily around your head, and as a mother, you want to be as fun and Christmassy as humanly possible without actually getting a Santa Claus suit. But then I realised that as soon as I bought those earrings I would turn into my own mother. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Of course.

Bryce Dallas Howard rocks Topshop at Critics’ Choice awards

Bryce Dallas Howard on the Critics' Choice Awards.

Many stars in the months leading to awards season take time to map out their looks in collaboration with designers, but actress Bryce Dallas Howard is renowned for taking a different approach- and is winning at red carpet events for it. The star who adorned a sunshine yellow $240 ($ 322.05 AUD) off-the-rack Topshop dress at the 22nd Critics' Choice Award stayed true to her dress selection method of ordering online or finding a piece in her local department store.