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If you’re a brunette, you might consider some chestnut colored highlights just framing your face and blending into the rest of your hair, like Jessica Alba. If you want something more dramatic, try copying Halle Berry’s all-over golden streaks.

Are you blond and bold? Want your hair to match your bridesmaid’s dresses? Try a streak of pink (or purple or blue) like Avril Lavigne! But blonds don’t have to have all the fun!  Every dark-tressed girls look good in color, like Joss Stone’s hot pink highlights.

Are you a natural redhead, or just have an urge to go auburn? Angelina Jolie’s reddish highlights look gorgeous, especially if you’re going for a natural, sun-kissed look. Natural not exactly your style? Try something audacious like Jordin Sparks’ deep red streaks.

Classic blond highlights (and loose curls) always look pretty, a la Audrina Patridge and Heather Graham.

We love the multi-colored  highlights in this short ‘do, sported by Keri Hilson, and the equally striking range of colors in Kim Kardashian’s ponytail!

For the barely-there highlights, we give two thumbs up to Mila Kunis and Penelope Cruz for their delicate coloring and elegance.

For more celebrity hair photos, visit iVillage’s Hair Inspiration Gallery: Hot Hair Highlights

The Dress

Designer Akira Isogawa says that recreating old Hollywood is about simplicity. Gorgeous fabrics, especially silk and satin, should drape softly and allow the focus to be on the bride’s face. He suggests adding a statement peice such as a vintage brooch or family heirloom. About.com suggests that you look for bias-cut dresses with v-necks and fish-tail skirts. Designers to look at include Jenny Packham, Badgley Mischka, Amy Michaelson, and Monique Lhuillier.

The Make-up

Old Hollywood make-up suits just about every bride, says make-up artist Napoleon Perdis. “The look comes from a classic era so it stays quite current. There’s a hint of romance that makes it especially appropriate for brides.” The base should be matte, with a press powder for touch-ups.  Perdis explains that well-brushed lips, like Jessica Biel’s in Easy Virtue, are vital. This means that lips should have a clean, finished shape, although lip color does not need to be bright and bold. Eyeliner and mascara are also main ingredients, with eyeshadow swept through the socket to really define the eyes.

The Hair

Both up and down styles are appropriate styles for Old Hollywood glamor. Hairdresser Brad Ngata says that a bride’s best option is to turn a pre-designed celebrity style into their own. “Hair should hold the classic shapes of old Hollywood but without the stiffness it once had. In most cases, soft waves falling to frame the face is most flattering.” Have your hairdresser uses heated rollers and a setting spray to keep your hair in place throughout the wedding day.

The Jewels

Stefano Canturi, who has created rings for celebrity brides and grooms, says it’s about adding a personal touch. “Jewels of old Hollywood circa 1940s were all intricately sculptured and reflected the artistry of filmmakers and actors of the time,” he says. “Each ring was a true reflection of who they were; they were interesting and beautiful.”  Think big stones, chokers, and chandelier earrings. Pearls, of course, are always classic.

Special Touches

About.com has a few ideas to add movie star quality to your wedding. For the setting look for an old art deco movie theater, an old-fashioned formal restaurant or supper club, or a grand ballroom at a hotel. Name your tables after classic Hollywood stars, or romantic movies.

Give your bridesmaids high quality feather boas. Consider wearing a feather and rhinestone hair accessory, a la Josephine Baker. If you’re renting your dance floor, ask for black and white checkered. Use classic flowers, such as roses, peonies, and lilies, and consider wearing one in your hair. A swing band with a dance instructor, to teach your guests how to do the lindy hop and the Charleston, would make your Old Hollywood wedding just about perfect!

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And I rarely even think about them.

Not so with most women, according to this piece by Simon Mills, titled What men really think about women and their obsession with wedding rings.  He accuses ladies these days  of being completely obsessed with wedding rings, noting with glee which celebrities are wearing theirs and which ones are not.

Madonna is ring-less?

The man thinks: “Perhaps she left it on the bathroom sink. Perhaps she wanted to give her famously bony fingers a rest. Perhaps she’d just been doing a bit of yoga, or cleaning the bath with a dab of powerful and potentially corrosive Cillit Bang (OK, unlikely).”

The woman chooses to: “immediately opt for the most emotionally overwrought, worst case scenario of infidelity, public cuckolding and long, drawn-out marital meltdown.”

Mr. Mills, who has been married for over a decade, doesn’t even know if his wife wears her rings, he hasn’t noticed. If he did want to sneak a peek, he isn’t sure which finger he should be looking at. (Note to guys: It’s usually the ring finger on the left hand– that’s the finger next to your pinkie!) “The banal, cod-forensic examination of female digits for those telltale signs of marital unrest, infidelity or impending divorce is, to us, not only just a little bit creepy, but also one of those things… that men just don’t get. We are, if you pardon the dreadful pun, completely bored of the rings.”

An interesting side note, according to StreetDirectory:

In ancient times, accepting a wedding ring constituted a legally binding agreement between husband and wife. The wife became property of the husband, a holding of sorts. It also represented protection to the wife—a protection against challengers seizing her legal and rightful position in a power grab.

Early Egyptian wedding rings were simple circular bands, crudely crafted from indigenous materials such as hemp and reeds. The lifespan of the average wedding ring was approximately one year. It’s a safe bet that the average marriage outlasted the average wedding band, since the eternal circle signified eternal love and devotion.

… In ancient times, wedding bands occupied the third finger on the left hand just as they do today. The significance of the third finger was the belief that the vein in the third finger, the ‘vena amoris,’ led directly to the heart.

There actually is no vena amoris. The origin of the wedding ring is unromantic, to say the least. Folklore and superstition form most of its symbolism.  Rings are awkward and expensive.  So why wear one anyway?  Today people choose to see the circular shape of a ring as symbolic of “eternity, endlessness, and something that can not be broken. Wedding rings are given as a token of unending love for each other. Traditionally, as a symbol of strength in the marriage, wedding rings are made from a metal.”

Whether or not you wear your ring on your finger, we hope that the feeling of “eternity and unending love” will rest be in our hearts always.  And let Madonna worry about her own marriage.