Hollywood is the one place where you can learn about the latest trends in fashion and hairstyles. Celebrities will always be sporting the latest and the trendiest. And the trend in hairstyles right now is inclined towards straight hair as more and more celebrities sport sleek, straight dos.

A lot of Hollywood stars have maintained beautiful straight hair. A number is also following suit, having appreciated the benefits of simplicity. It’s like how the saying goes that less is more. While lustrous waves can be very appealing, straight hair can more often make you look younger.

Kate Hudson is one of the celebrities we are used to seeing with straight hair. She has such a bubbly and pleasant personality and her youthful-looking straight hair complements her disposition. She has had wavy or curly in a number of other movies, but in majority of them she sported her naturally straight hair, as she did in “Bride Wars” with Anne Hathaway. The different thing in this movie is that she had bangs along with her straight, long blond hair.

The music scene also has their straight-hairstyle-trendsetters, and currently at the top of the list is Lady Gaga. She has long, platinum hair cut with bangs that she keeps straight at most times. Her fashion taste is quite unusual, but very loud and distinct. You can see that she’s a pioneer in eccentric fashion because of her music videos and her weird but fashionable ensembles on television and onstage. Whatever her hairstyle is, she always works them on straight hair. Lady Gaga is the voice behind today’s most famous party songs like “Pokerface”, “Let’s Dance” and “Paparazzi”.

Before Lady Gaga, the hair fashion industry went gaga over Rihanna’s novel pixie-cut hairstyle. Having debuted her unique hairstyle in the music video “Umbrella”, short, straight hair is now Rihanna’s trademark look. Whether she cuts it as short as a boy’s or at shoulder length that’s longer in front, she keeps her hair shiny and straight. Her hairstyle is still in very high demand by women of all ages.

The cool thing about having straight hair is that you can easily combine young, cool and hip with formal and sophisticated. Combing straight hair and pulling it all the way back is very sexy and elegant. This look is similar to Megan Fox during the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. Amy Adams also sported a milder version during the premiere of “Julie & Julia”. Shoulder length straight hair gives the same effect, just as what Anne Hathaway achieved in the 4th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.

What’s important to remember if you want to get a formal and sophisticated look with straight hair is that besides wearing the right clothes, you have to be poised and carry yourself well. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Catherine Zeta-Jones. She has very beautiful straight hair and when she lets it down, she simply looks lovely. With her poise and natural beauty, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the epitome of elegance.

Now can be the time for you to shine and stand out like Hollywood’s celebrities. Having beautiful, straight hair is a very good starting point for any woman.