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Designers would love it if you wore their creations from head to toe. They’ve got bills to pay, too. But women don’t dress that way-haven’t for a while. Sharon Stone said it all when she wore a Gap T-shirt with an Armani skirt at the Academy Awards. Some media types glommed onto this as a new, hip way of dressing. Where have they been? Why spend $600 on a designer T when you can buy a facsimile for $30 at J.Crew? The reality is it doesn’t take thousands of dollars to be fashionable. Invest in a few quality pieces, then bolster them with cheap and chic style, from a clean and crisp white shirt to a cuddly cashmere T to velvet jeans. As any hip hopper will tell you, keeping it real is the only way to go.