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Zooey Deschanel may have a surname that sounds a bit like a big fashion brand, but in reality her style is anything but trend-orientated. Instead of slavishly following others, the Hollywood starlet, who stars in the upcoming romantic comedy (500) Days Of Summer, has a look that is very much her own.

In her latest film (500) Days Of Summer, Zooey Deschanel plays a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt (10 Things I Hate About You), whose character falls in love with her.

Despite hailing from California 29-year-old, Zooey Deschanel's offbeat style has a more East Coast sensibility: dark bangs, thick hosiery, and kooky little dresses. (It is often commented that she is a dead ringer for pop star Katy Perry, but happily Deschanel's fashion sense is miles away from Perry's outré aesthetic.)

As well as being an actress (credits include Almost Famous (2000), Elf and Liar Liar) Zooey also dabbles in music as a singer-songrwriter and since 2001 has performed with a jazz cabaret band, If All The Stars Were Pretty Babies. Her fiancé is also on the music scene: Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard (she has previously been linked to actor Jason Schwartzman and Maroon Five's Mickey Madden).

Here, Handbag looks at some of the best Zooey Deschanel's fashion moments so far.

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Picture: Zooey Deschanel at The Grammy Awards in February 2009, wearing a lilac dress by Luella