Celebrity Stylists Spilled Their Best-Kept Secrets – And The Tricks They Use To Dress The Stars

Taylor Swift. Beyoncé. Jennifer Lopez. Meghan Markle. Celebrities seem to know how to dress themselves better than the rest of us. The truth is, though, that they all have their secret tips and tricks for accentuating their bodies and looking their best. And many of them can work for you too. So read on to find your favorite fashion-forward celeb – and see how you can make your wardrobe look red-carpet ready with just a few updates.

20. Gabrielle Union’s crafty hack for pulling off patterns

Patterned top, solid-colored bottoms – or vice-versa. That may seem like the only way to work a print into your look. But actress Gabrielle Union has shown us time and time again that you can wear a non-solid fabric with another patterned piece and make it work. Here’s how the star of Being Mary Jane host does it.

To mix patterns like Union – who broke into Hollywood in 2000’s Bring It On – choose designs that come in similar shades. Mixing prints in all different colors will look messy. But if you choose patterns in similar hues, it won’t overwhelm the eye to see them layered with one another.

19. Vanessa Hudgens’s secret to elongating the neck

You can’t change your frame – so, if you don’t have a supermodel-length neck, you won’t be able to grow one over time. What you can do is try out this trick from Vanessa Hudgens, best known as the star of all three High School Musical movies.

Hudgens often makes a point to accentuate her neck when she hits the red carpet, and her go-to methods create that elegant, elongated look. Sometimes, the star of Netflix’s The Princess Switch will wear turtlenecks to make her neck look longer. She also layers chokers and longer necklaces to create this effect too.