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TIFF heralds the movies everyone will see over the next few months as we run toward the Golden Globes. Already there are standouts and must-sees.

While black and white was expected, the HFPA/In-Style party in Toronto saw two new additions to the fall palette. Red came on strongly – which we previewed in an earlier gallery – but bronze featured strongly too.

The men wore black and gray and white – reflecting the stormy skies above Toronto. Fighting through umbrellas and flashlights the stars dashed into the Golden Globe/In-Style party-to-party and catch-up on the films to see at TIFF.

At a star-studded event the color trends were red, black and white, while textures and prints continued to dominate. Stars hustled in from a rain soaked TIFF to display elegance and style.

As we’ve been predicting, the stack heel is starting to dominate on the red carpet. The sensual stiletto will never disappear; it’s a classic, but watch for the chunky heel to become the shoe of choice as the year progresses, reaching dominance in 2017.

As the stars turned out to chat with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,  the women showed how versatile black can be while the men embraced the move toward grey-blue. Of course if you are Jason Statham you can wear whatever the heck you want and make a fashion statement – or any other kind of statement he wants to.

The fashionistas of Hollywood are paying tribute to what everyone knows – ponytails are popular. Wearing your hair straight, curly? Yawn.

Body text: August is almost over so if you haven’t flaunted your whites, do so now, because traditionalists in the USA decreed: no whites after Labor Day! I guess if you live somewhere else in the world where no Labor Day exists its okay to wear whatever color you want for as long as you want – which is how winter white became so popular. All sarcasm aside, it’s been a long, hot summer and the stars have kept cool: both the men and women in fresh grays, shimmering silver and naked nudes - a perfect break from the never ending all-year-round basic black.

Movie stars get the best stylists and clothing fashion has to offer. Looking for casual but a notch above? These guys seem to love their checks, either beneath a jacket or on the jacket itself.

Gal Gadot has the freshness of a summer breeze. She laughs a lot and loudly.