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By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

Lilly Pulitzer Yesterday, Lillian Bostwick Phipps Pulitzer Rousseau-known to most as Lilly Pulitzer-passed away at 81 years old at her estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The designer, known for her tropical printed dresses, was a high-society fixture for decades, and her designs garnered her the title of the "Queen of Prep."

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While everyone who keeps up with fashion recognizes the label's name, few know anything about Pulitzer aside from the fact that she loved slapping colorful motifs (including oranges and bananas) on her clothing. So, in honor of the preppy trailblazer, we've rounded up five facts you probably didn't know about Miss Pulitzer.

1. Yes, that Pulitzer-as in the Pulitzer Prize.
It's not hard to believe that the designer was incredibly wealthy-after all, look at her clientele-but the family she married into has years of good breeding and high-society connections attached to it. Born to an heiress of the

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

She's Pregnant! Today brings some happy news for Halle Berry: TMZ reports that the stunning 46-year-old actress known for her closely cropped haircut and sexy red carpet style is officially pregnant with her second child. The father is of course her equally as good looking 47-year-old French fiancé Olivier Martinez.

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The news comes after a turbulent week for the pair, who were swarmed with paparazzi earlier this week at LAX. Martinez lashed out at the photographers and Berry had to restrain him. This past Thanksgiving, Martinez made headlines after getting into a physical altercation with Gabriel Aubry, the model father of Nahla, Berry's 5-year-old daughter. Berry and Aubry had been involved in a heated custody battle for months that was settled shortly after the men had a fight.

Apparently, Berry is three months along-and what's more, it's a boy! Frankly, we can't wait to see this

By Marina Zheng, StyleCaster

Regardless of age or experience, we've got to admit: There's something about going on a date that still gets us giddy with excitement. Perhaps because we're always finding an excuse to pretty up in cute dresses, high heels, and all those makeup tricks we don't bother attempting otherwise.

With spring in our midst, we have a variety of chic, feminine styles to play with-all of which are ideal for a date night. The trick to the perfect rendez-vous look? Treading the line between sexy and sweet. For all your romantic outings this spring, we suggest keeping the silhouette girly with silky blouses or simple dresses. That said, don't shy away from the on-trend edginess a pair of leather-piped skinny jeans or slouchy leather shorts might offer.

When it comes to the little touches, we're all about the go big or go home mentality. Add bright pops of colors here and there (on your lips, with your bag) to spruce things up a bit, and we're also endorsing the power

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

Ryan Lochte/Kim Kardashian With his E! reality show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" premiering April 21 on E!, swimmer Ryan Lochte is set to become a household name in a whole different way. Lochte first became famous thanks to his gold medal winning stint at the 2012 London Olympics, and the series of media appearances that followed where he demonstrated his quirky and loveable frat boy-like personality. As he braces himself for even more exposure, he has one celebrity as his inspiration: Kim Kardashian.

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No, it's not because she is pregnant with Kanye West's baby and seems to have an endless supply of Lanvin-it's because she's so successful. "Kim started from pretty much nothing, and now everyone everywhere knows who she is. That's what I want to do," Lochte told The Hollywood Reporter. (Just as an aside, she was raised very wealthy with connections to fame, so she didn't exactly start with nothing.)

By Perrie Samotin, StyleCaster

Shopping We've all done it: Used shopping to lift our spirits after a bad breakup, bad news, or just a bad day at the office. Turns out, a good portion of the country also relies on retail therapy as a potent mood booster.

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New research findings released today by online shopping website Ebates.com reveal that more than half (51.8%) of Americans engage in retail therapy, with 63.9% of women and 39.8% of men shopping to improve their mood.

A national survey of 1,000 adults discovered that the number one item women buy when indulging in retail therapy is clothes (57.9%) and the number one item American men buy when indulging in retail therapy is food (28.1%). Other top items each gender buys includes shoes (32.4% of women), electronics (27.4% of men), and books or magazines (28.7% of women).

A few other interesting discoveries from the survey include:
· More than half (66.6%) of Americans think

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

These days, star-designed clothing lines are commonplace in the fashion industry. Some are met with such massive acclaim that they shed their "Hollywood" celebrity cache and become seriously respected designers among fashion's elite-much like the Olsen twins and Victoria Beckham.

Others, such as Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, have used their status as MTV reality starlets to create mini fashion empires and have found considerable success in the contemporary retail world among younger consumers.

However, over the years we've seen a sector of other stars-completely random stars, it should be said-who've tried tried their luck in the design world. In fact, some are so strange, you might not even be aware of the fact they've dabbled in fashion. For example, did you know "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl had her own line of scrubs, or that an *NSYNC band member who isn't Justin Timberlake once had his studded denim jackets sold at Nordstrom?

In honor

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

Courtney Love Considering Courtney Love took to Twitter after Hedi Slimane showed his anticipated second collection for Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week proclaiming that she was having "gasms" over the grunge-inspired show, it's no surprise that she's been tapped as the latest face of the brand.

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For the Saint Laurent Music Project, a portrait series Slimane is spearheading, the 44-year-old French designer tapped Love, Kim Gordon, Ariel Pink, and Marilyn Manson to model his rocker-ready duds. In fact, Dazed Digital even reports that the musicians all styled themselves to up the authenticity factor. Slimane has previously featured musicians Beck and Sky Ferreira as campaign faces, so his work is clearly grounded in the stylish rock music world.

Slimane has photographed 48-year-old Love multiple times before for his blog Hedi Slimane Diary, so he obviously knew she'd be a good fit. He

By Spencer Cain, StyleCaster

Let's face it: Celebrity relationships are fickle. It seems that a week rarely goes by when a high-profile couple doesn't call it quits-or reconcile. And we often forget that some of the most famous and seemingly strong duos have had seriously rocky roads along the way (ahem, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel).

Today, the May issue of Cosmopolitan was released with cover girl Rachel Bilson who-in a rare interview-gushed about her relationship with actor Hayden Christensen. While Bilson is constantly on our minds thanks to her fashion prowess, we'd completely forgotten about Christensen and their famously hot and cold relationship, which culminated in a called-off wedding back in 2010.

This got us thinking about other A-listers who've split up, only to reconcile more times than we can count, all with the media's watchful eye tracking their every move.

Click through the slideshow above for a look at some of Hollywood's most famous on-again, off-again