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Sienna Miller in Carven, Hailee Steinfeld in Erdem and more

Sienna miller got an early start on the slip dress trend and Chloe Moretz and Hailee Steinfeld were stylish beyond their years this week. Julianne Moore stunned in white Givenchy and Kerry Washington maybe hid a baby bump with some Vince Camuto. Click through for that and the rest of this week's best dressed.

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The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways

Fashion week came, and brought a feisty lil' friend named Nemo along for the ride--forcing us to consider forgoing, "Well, doesn't she look chic!" for, "Well, doesn't she look warm?!" The runways begged to differ, offering up endless new ways to bundle-up beautifully for fall 2013. Check out our top ten trend takeaways from the fashion week that weathered the storm in style.

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Want to Look Like Emmanuelle Alt? Try Pierre Balmain's Fall Collection

Pierre Balmain, the more gently priced secondary line from Balmain, launched its second ever collection in Paris this week. The look is very Emmanuelle Alt (though she once styled Balmain's shows, she has nothing to do with the line): Skinny black pants (in leather or denim), an ultra-soft tee, and blazers with strong shoulders. When you want to mix it up--a leather motocross jacket. There's a little added glitz for fall in some sequined leggings, and a bit of Jane Birkin in the more flowy pieces (as you can see in the above video). And there's a little bit of Carine Roitfeld in that incredibly sexy sheer dress. So basically if you want to look like a chic French "It" girl--here you go.

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Balmain Launches New Lower Priced Line, Pierre Balmain: Check Out the Full Collection

PARIS--Yesterday in a spare white showroom on the Rue Réaumur, Balmain debuted their lower priced collection Pierre Balmain. The latest installment in a series of digital shorts directed by Inez and Vinoodh featuring Abbey Lee and her band Our Mountain, clad in Pierre Balmain, screened in a loop on one wall while the collection was styled on mannequins across another. While Balmain is known for being over-the-top--both in the way of blingy embellishments and price--Pierre Balmain is refreshingly pared down and prices start at just $180 (and runs as high as $1200 for leather jackets). It's cool, downtown street wear in the style of Emmanuelle Alt and her mini-mes: the perfect motorcycle jacket (it comes in vest form, too); low-slung skinny jeans with subtle ribbed detailing at the hips and zippers at the ankles; loose tuxedo jackets; and athletic-inspired boxy tops and jackets, some with the "PB" Pierre Balmain logo emblazoned across the back like a varsity jacket. There was a prevalent zebra print that ran throughout the collection--it showed up on button downs and jeans--inspired by the designer's first trip to Africa, after which he brought home a big zebra rug. The only ridiculous Balmain-ish item in the collection is the leather sweatpants. I mean, really?