Ghosts and ghouls, vampires and witches, pirates and punk rockers. Oh, my!

Halloween is right around the corner — is your costume ready yet? It may be easy to throw on some mouse ears and call yourself Mickey, but if you want to go all out and get creative, October 31 is the best day to do it.

Check out some of these spook-tacular Halloween ideas, beauty how-tos and makeup tips, all inspired by some of today’s hottest celebrities and fictional characters that will leave you looking anything but scary this Halloween. Unless, of course, that’s the look you’re going for.

Dazzle as a Twilighter, fist pump like you’re from the Jersey Shore, or rock out like a superstar!

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When 14-year-old reality star Kylie Jenner made her New York Fashion Week runway debut at the STYLE360 Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne Spring 2012 show, it was a family affair. Front row spectators included sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, brother Brody Jenner and brother-in-law Kris Humphries.

The famous family and stars of Keeping Up with the Kardashians were also there to cheer on Brody Jenner’s girlfriend, Avril Lavigne, who designed the collection. Kylie looked like a pro as she strutted down the catwalk to the tunes of Avril Lavigne. Celebrity guests also included Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice.
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Justin Bieber met fans in a purple leather jacket at Dolce & Gabbana in New York, Michael Kors launched his new Rockefeller Center store with a Rockettes kick line, a Ferris wheel went up over Rodeo Drive and crowds of fashionistas spilled into the streets of Paris Thursday as Fashion’s Night Out entered its third year.

“I’m wearing Dolce & Gabbana head to toe,” said Bieber, who was signing D&G T-shirts ($195 apiece) for fans in Manhattan, one of hundreds of Fashion’s Night Out events worldwide.

Fashion’s Night Out was started in 2009 in New York by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as a celebrity-studded way to lure shoppers into stores during the recession, but it’s turned into a global shopping party. Retailers ranging from upscale boutiques to suburban malls to websites have embraced the nocturnal shopping extravaganza, which coincides with the start of New York Fashion Week and the important fall fashion season.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony may be ending their personal relationship, but their professional one lives on.

Anthony and Lopez launched their fashion lines — the Marc Anthony Collection and the Jennifer Lopez Collection — on Wednesday.

Forty-two-year-old Anthony marked the launch with a ribbon cutting at Kohl’s department store in downtown Jersey City, N.J. Lopez did not attend, but Anthony says they collaborated a lot on the work. Read the full story

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HEADLINE: Designing woman

THE SCENE MAKER: Sterling Kenan, 32

WHO SHE IS: An interior designer who divides her time between Palm Beach and New York City, Kenan is the creative mind behind Palm Beach’s stylish Buccan restaurant. Read the full story

“Alexis, look at my eyebrows! Did they mess them up? Do they look uneven? What do you think?” my coworker exclaimed as she returned from the salon after an eyebrow shaping last week. I assured her they were perfectly symmetrical and she looked terrific — no post-brow shaping panic necessary! But unfortunately, I’ve been there before and it’s not fun. I recounted the tale from a few years back when after trying out a new salon, I was left with brows that were uneven, too short, botched at the ends — basically a total mess. Seinfeld fans: Remember Uncle Leo? Read the full story

Carly Mejeur (left) and Sherry Vargo (right) receive back-to-school makeovers. (J. Gwendolynne Berry/The Palm Beach Post)

On Monday morning, roughly 12,000 teachers in Palm Beach County took their spots in front of the classroom for another school year.

Last week, local teachers Sherry Vargo and Carly McKague Mejeur posed in front of our cameras after spending a long afternoon at the Eau Spa by Cornelia at the Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach in Manalapan. Read the full story

If you want to discover the power of fashion, persuade a woman to strip down in a dressing room.

Naked women tell the truth, says designer Vicky Tiel.

They spill it all, literally: their cleavage, their confidences, their hips, their heartbreaks — and their hopes that the perfect dress will transform them.

Tiel has been inside dressing rooms, draping and pinning and listening to naked women confess their secrets, for nearly 50 years.

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SENECA MOSS REYNOLDS, 34

WHO SHE IS: A Palm Beach Gardens resident with serious fashion credentials, Reynolds is a celebrity stylist whose former clients includes Angelina Jolie, Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn. As an editor in New York City, she produced fashion content for Cosmopolitan and InStyle magazines. And when she lived in Los Angeles, she contributed to E! Entertainment’s “Fashion Police.”
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Kate Middleton is used to turning heads when it comes to her famous wardrobe — and now her flair for fashion is getting the ultimate honor.

The Duchess of Cambridge has landed a spot on Vanity Fair‘s Best-Dressed List of 2011.

Kate Middleton’s Royal Style Transformation

She first appeared on the list in 2008, but now she’s on it as a member of the royal family.

Middleton, 29, received rave reviews for the succession of outfits worn on her recent North America tour.

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