The Side Plait As Main Course

We knew it was going to take off when we first spied it backstage at Alexander Wang last September (and again at Miu Miu in October), but every time we see Spring 2010′s side-slung braid, we can’t say enough good things about it. Jessica Stam wore one last night at Giambattista Valli’s dinner for Moncler Gamme Rouge in Paris to complement a leaves-little-to-the-imagination sheer frock, and Kate Bosworth pioneered a version for the shorter-haired set last month, proving that a lack of length should not inhibit you from giving this one a go. How do you think the casual, all-American eighties style looks when it’s all dressed up?