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    Fall Trend Spotting - This coming season, it's all about "fall-ing" in love with leather

    Leather at Prabal Gurung

    If there's one must-have item for the upcoming fall and winter months, it's a leather piece. The leather movement is going strong and from what we saw during the Fall 2011 presentations at New York Fashion Week, it has no intention of slowing down. From 3.1 Phillip Lim to Alexander Wang, Derek Lam, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, leather made a huge splash. It came in pants, shift dresses, skirts, pastel colors, rich dark colors and boy was it fabulous.

    Gray Leather at Calvin Klein

    The beautiful thing about leather is that it never actually goes out of style, it just keeps being reinvented. The leather of today is definitely not your grandmother's leather, it's soft, flexible and versatile. You can dress it up or dress it down, pair it with your favorite jeans or a fitted feminine dress to add a little edge.

    Leighton Meester, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kate Bosworth show the edgy yet stylish side of leather

    Leather has also gained momentum with a ton of stylish stars. Celebrities like Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker and Blake Lively are all huge fans of incorporating unique leather pieces into their street and red carpet looks.

    Jennifer Lopez , Eva Green and Demi Moore show that leather is stylish at any age

    Leather is an investment piece and if you choose wisely, you'll find that it's worth every penny from the moment you buy it and again 10 to 15 years later.

    Steal the leather look...

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    Fergie and Katie Holmes take a risk in bold hued leather pants

    Leather Pants at 3.1 Phillip Lim

    Steal this look: The Faye Highwaisted Wideleg Leather Trousers

    The Faye Highwaisted Wideleg Leather Trousers - Cognac is a hot color for fall and so is the highwaisted, wideleg …

    Or if you're craving classic black...

    Fergie and Victoria Beckham go rocker chic in skinny leather pants

    Steal this look: The "Pascale" Highwaisted Skinny Leather Pants

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    The Pascale Highwaisted Skinny Leather Pants

    Jennifer Aniston's layered jacket works as both a casual and dressed up piece

    Whether you're into the edginess of the motorcycle jacket (as seen on Blake Lively and Jennifer Aniston) or the …

    Steal this look: The Gemma layered Leather Jacket ; The Emmanuele Motorcycle Jacket

    The distressed and layered Gemma Jacket (to the left) and the Emmanuele Motorcycle Jacket (to the right).

    Sandra Bullock and Jessica Alba look sexy, chic and sleek in leather dresses with distinct shoulders

    Blake Lively, Brooklyn Decker and Zoe Saldana and Jessica Lowndes all look radiant in leather sheaths

    Steal this look:The "Mercer" Leather Dress

    The Mercer Dress

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    Ashley Greene in a black wrap leather skirt

    Kate Hudson in a fitted highwaisted leather skirt

    Steal this look: The Leona Pencil Skirt

    The Leona Highwaisted Leather Pencil Skirt

    The Leona Highwaisted Leather Pencil Skirt

    What do you think of the huge leather trend for fall? Are you willing to branch out from the basic leather jacket?

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