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Recycled Style: Stars in Vintage Outfits

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Dec 19, 2012 6:35 PM
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Penélope Cruz

Choosing vintage is a fabulous way to be eco-friendly—you're recycling clothes, after all. And as these celebs reveal, going green can be utterly glamorous and stunning. Click in to see how the stars did it up.

Spanish beauty Penélope looked gorgeous at the 2010 Academy Awards in a strapless Pierre Balmain haute couture gown that's more than 60 years old. Muy bonita!


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Emma Watson

The Harry Potter wiz is spell-bindingly sweet and adorable in this vintage Ossie Clark dress at the Half Blood Prince London premiere.


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Julia Roberts

The Pretty Woman accepted her Best Actress Oscar in this now famous black-and-white Valentino gown from the designer's archives.


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Ashley Olsen

You can count on this clothes horse to have plenty of vintage in her closet, including this awesome—though slightly oversize—persimmon gown that made waves at the 2010 CFDA/Vogue dinner.


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Drew Barrymore

For a Nylon bash in L.A., the adorable star said she picked up this colorful printed Janine dress at a vintage shop in Austin, Texas, for $25. It's inexpensive, chic and eco-friendly—score!


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Sarah Jessica Parker

Amid the sea of strapless ballgowns at the Academy Awards, SJP was a standout in a butter-yellow column gown from the house of Chanel. Carrie Bradshaw would approve.


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Keri Russell

Felicity Porter's alter ego is pretty in pink in old-school Jean Louis Scherrer.


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Ashlee Simpson

How can you guarantee that no one else will be wearing the same dress on the red carpet? Go vintage, natch. The younger Simpson sis gets her hands on a fab Chanel sequined LBD accessorized with statement earrings.


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Kyra Sedgwick

The Closer star isn't the first celeb to recycle this chic style from Thierry Mugler. Kim Kardashian also wore the knee-length version recently.


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Dianna Agron

Awww, Glee's new star must've been singing a happy tune when she got the chance to wear this black-and-blue tea-length dress from Chanel.


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Cate Blanchett

We can't think of anyone else who has the confidence and natural elegance to pull off this magnificent Christian Lacroix Haute Couture burgundy gown than Cate. We bow down.


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Amy Adams

Recycling never looked more fab. At the 2011 Oscars, the adorable actress rocked a body-hugging white Herve L. Leroux


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Marisa Tomei

Retro styles totally suit this quirky fashionista, like this love-it-or-hate-it Lily et Cie 1950 Charles James gown the actress donned for the 2011 Academy Awards.

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