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Nipple covers, hair and other red carpet secrets


POSTED: 2:13 p.m. EST, January 12, 2007

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- With Hollywood's awards season under way, fans will see plenty of stunning gowns, sculpted bodies, flawless skin and camera-ready coifs on red carpets around town.


What they won't see are the industrial-strength girdles, silicone nipple covers, fake hair and skin treatments beneath those flawless facades.


Stylists work overtime during the six-week stretch from the Golden Globes to the Oscars, and it typically takes a team to ready stars for their stroll down the red-carpet runway. Some of Hollywood's most-coveted image experts took time out to share their best style secrets with The Associated Press.


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