Celeb Styles: A menswear vest is essential for the new layered look.

If you love the layered look as much as I do you must have one of these new menswear vests in your closet. The best thing about them is that you wear it now over a short-sleeved shirt, tank or nothing at all. And, you can still wear it in the fall over a long-sleeved blouse.

Below, Anne Hathaway, Lucy Liu, and Kate Hudson show us three great ways to wear the look.

Anne Hathaway's outfit is great for work, she pairs a gray vest with matching capris and black stilettos.

To copy Anne's look, this Jovovich-Hawk waistcoat pairs perfectly with the Calvin Klein simple cotton fitted shirt.

Kate Hudson is wearing a vest by Mason, which can be worn alone or over a long-sleeved shirt in the fall. After all, the no white after labor day rule no longer applies.

To copy Kate's look, pair a vest like this one from Day Birger Et Mikkelsen with nothing more then a pendant necklace like this one designed by Nikki Geula.



Lucy Liu's outfit is a great office to casual date look. Keep the look simple for work but a pair of simple hoops and a long necklace make the sophisticated vest and blouse more playful for after hours.

For Lucy's look, this Proenza Schoelur vest seems made for this pair of capris from Celine.



I also like Jennifer Love Hewitt's look, below, she even added a tie -

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