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Victoria Beckham pairing a waist belt with a chic shift dress and cardigan while out shopping at the Miu Miu store in New York
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Diane Kruger effortlessly mixing Alessandra Rich prints and metallics for an on-trend lookwhile out inBerlin
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Pixie Geldof pairing her khaki shirt dress with a leather belt at the Topshop Unique autumn winter 12 show during London fashion week
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Kate Bosworth wearing a bow belt with a knitted pencil skirt and printed sweater at the Burberry Prorsum autumn winter 12 collection
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Anouck Lepere wearing a chic metal belt at the Stella McCartney presentation during London fashion week
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Freida Pinto pairing a waist belt with a colour blocking dress at the Marni for H&M launch party
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The quickest way to refresh your favourite dresses? Belt up! From shifts to smocks, here’s six A-list reasons why a waist belt will give your look a directional edge.
Not only perfect for breaking up block colours and adding metallic punch to prints, they define the waist when wearing knitwear (cue Victoria and Kate), and even re-purpose loose cuts. Trend-transenders and instant outfit updaters, you can’t beat the belted waist look. So click through the images to see how the stars are styling theirs…
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