One of my hobbies is to find a fabulous outfit in a magazine and replicate it in my own wardrobe using either what I already own or getting missing pieces at resale stores.  I can usually reproduce the outfit almost to an exact match, spending a fraction of the price of the original pieces in the magazine. 

A while back I noticed Katie Holmes on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."  I was inspired by the outfit she wore to that show and a month later saw that it was pictured in my InStyle magazine.  I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed. 

{Katie Holmes on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" wearing Isabel Marant.  Photo:  InStyle October 2011}

I really liked the simplicity of this outfit, but yet it also had an edge.  Here is my version of this outfit.

{Old Navy sweater, Vince tank, Paris Blues pants, Mossimo shoes}

This entire outfit was found at Goodwill (of all places).  When recreating an outfit, shopping resale is the best way to go.