So as you watch your favorite Oscar-nominated movie stars and directors strut the red carpet wearing their stylish designer digs this year, take a bow.

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Katy Perry recently took to the red carpet wearing a shimmering gown studded with thousands of blinking rainbow lights, and we were impressed by this LED-laden coat that keeps bicyclists safe when they hit the streets at night.

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The letter is accompanied by a photo of Logan on the red carpet, wearing a v-line neck dress and smiling for the cameras.

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"These days, people care more about the red carpet and what people are wearing than the awards themselves, " says Myers.

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If she is likely to appear in a bachelorette-party photo or red-carpet shot, she avoids wearing prints or "anything too complicated" that might look muddled in a small photo.

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