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A ruby red jacquard jacket with matching pencil dress, the color alone made it a knock out ensemble.

Cream lace pencil dress, £99, Somerset by Alice Temperley.

It's a cream Sarah Burton, we are told, but not the "pencil dress" that we had been told in advance about.

There was Jennifer Hudson, posing with fans in a perfectly chic in a bright fuchsia pencil dress and close-cropped pixie.

The Guardian was even more over-the-top, describing her as “tall, glossy-haired, [and] elegant in a pencil dress with scarlet jacket.”

Silverman revealed to E!'s Ryan Seacrest that she got a deal on the decidedly non-designer pencil dress, boasting, "I bought it online for $60."

A sultry Italian siren from the Fifties was evoked by pencil dresses and fuller skirts in leopard print, polka-dot silk and black lace.

Hybrid Plunge Neck Peplum Midi Pencil Dress, $141, available at ASOS.

Details such as a fan-shaped bodice on a zebra-print pencil dress mirrored the undulating curves of her hand-blown glass jewellery, which appeared in the form of cuffs and necklaces.

The 46-year-old showed off her chiseled physique in a mint-green pencil dress with caged sides with supporting her boy-toy Casper Smart at the premiere of The Perfect Match.

Alberta Ferretti presented a series of heavenly chiffon gowns in tangerine, green and red while Versace gave flowers a rock chick makeover using digital print poppies on sheer, ruched pencil dresses.

(CNN) -- You still can buy bling in West Hollywood -- or a pencil dress or a floppy hat or anything else you've seen a celebrity wear on the red carpet.

Vertical lines and pencil dresses will draw more attention to the height of the bride, where as layered skirts and horizontal detailing such as sleeves, and bodices that extend the shoulder line are options to consider.

The Duchess, who began the day in a cream pencil dress by the designer of her bridal gown, Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, changed into navy trousers and an overcoat for the challenge in Dalvay-by-the-Sea.

Sales of women's wear rose by 8 per cent on a like-for-like basis in both Britain and the United States in the half-year to July 31 with bestsellers including a check self-belted pencil dress and a patent leather stud handbag.

Otherwise, though, the look was relaxed, subtly indebted to sportswear – a leather baseball jacket sleeve on a roomy overcoat; a pencil dress with a narrow racer back and midnight blue velvet bonded to neoprene – and with barely an extraneous detail to be seen.

And though he played effectively with micro beading and tweed surfaces that looked like shards of broken glass, Wu kept all of his lines super clean and clear, drawing everything from mini A-line skirts, cotton poplin shirts and pencil dresses in sharp straight lines.

Among Ms. Canfield’s other picks: Lululemon’s Covers It All dress ($98), which is reversible and is also a skirt, top and shrug; and American Apparel’s cotton spandex jersey Bandeau Pencil dress ($41), which can be worn strapless or as a halter.

Macdonald showed a range of slim-fitting pencil dresses, ruffled swimsuits and babydoll shift dresses before the stunning wedding gown.

This fuchsia pink pencil dress and crop top with peep-toe Louboutin sky-scraper heels is a Ladies Day triumph.