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Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021

From Barbados, to London, to the streets of New York, stars pulled out their stunning style in looks ranging from couture to cozy
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 29: Gabrielle Union attends The Fashion Awards 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall on November 29, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
By Rivea Ruff · Updated December 2, 2021
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As November wrapped up and we all awoke from our tryptophan naps prepped to take on the last month of 2021, the stars are hitting the streets and the scene dressed to the nines and ready to close the year strong.

Only a few days removed from Thanksgiving, some stars are seeing highs, like Rihanna as she receives the high honor of National Hero from her home country of Barbados.

Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
TOPSHOT – Rihanna Fenty (R) being conferred with the honour of Barbados 11th National Hero by President Dame Sandra Mason (L) during the National Honors ceremony and Independence Day Parade at Golden Square Freedom Park in Bridgetown, Barbados, on November 30, 2021. (Photo by Randy Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RANDY BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

While the fashion and entertainment world suffered a major low in the sudden and unexpected passing of Virgil Abloh, who succumbed to a rare form of cancer after years of struggling privately.

Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 29: Idris Elba speaks during a tribute to Virgil Abloh on stage during The Fashion Awards 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall on November 29, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn McCormack/BFC/Getty Images for BFC)

Check out more of the notable celeb moments from the past week below:

01
Idris Elba
The actor paid tribute to his friend and fellow DJ Virgil Abloh just one day after his death at The Fashion Awards in London, donning an LV letterman jacket from the menswear line Abloh oversaw.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
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Rihanna
Riri stunned in all white as she had her new title, The Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty, National Hero of Barbados conferred on November 30.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
03
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union was a stunning vision in neon green at the Fashion Awards in London.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
(Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
04
Zendaya
Zendaya went for a bold, gold skeletal look while attending the Ballon D’Or photocall at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on November 29th.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
05
Michael B. Jordan
Lori Harvey’s man was all smiles as he sat courtside at the Bucs vs. Hawks game in Atlanta.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
06
Eric Kofi Abrefa, Aml Ameen, David Oyelowo and David Ajala
It was Black British Bae heaven at the Boxing Day screening at Warner Hous in London, as Eric Kofi Abrefa, Aml Ameen, David Oyelowo and David Ajala all struck a pose for the cameras.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
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Porsha Williams
Porsha Williams was spotted on the streets of NYC in a form-fitting orange number, promoting her new memoir The Pursuit of Porsha.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
08
Billy Porter
Billy Porter shut. the. red. carpet. down. at The Fashion Awards in London, ushered in by a team of dancers and contortionists.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
09
Naomi Campbell
Naomi lent her signature walk to fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger during The Fashion Awards.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
10
Tasha Smith, Tristan ‘Mack’ Wilds, Mary J. Blige
The stars caught up while taking in a performance of Thoughts of A Colored Man on Broadway at Golden Theatre in NYC.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
11
Ariana DeBose
The actress showed her excitement at the West Side Story New York Premiere event.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
12
Yvonne Orji
Everyone’s favorite Insecure bestie stunned in yellow at the 49th International Emmy Awards in New York.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
13
Uzo Aduba and Danai Gurira
These beauties linked up at the “Clyde’s” on Broadway opening night afterparty Bryant Park Grill.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
14
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer was a floral beauty on Jimmy Fallon’s pre-Thanksgiving episode.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
15
Lori Harvey and Nicole Ari Parker
These beauties stunned at the 2021 InStyle Awards at LA’s Getty Center.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
16
WizKid and Tems
The creators behind the song of the year, whose name we naturally love around here, “Essence,” brought their hit to the stage at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday night.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
17
Halle Berry
Halle Berry was cute, comfy, and stylish while jetting through the streets of New York City.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021
18
Kehlani
The songstress killed it on the red carpet of the Fashion Awards in a polka-dotted show stopper.
Star Gazing: What Your Faves Wore To Kick Off Holiday Season 2021