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2012 styles that made our heads turn

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This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo shows Angelina Jolie posing before the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on _ and consumers respond to _ is buzz. Jolie's leg, that peeked out of the high thigh-high slit of her Versace gown, was the most exciting appearance on the red carpet.

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In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Miley Cyrus attends the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. When Cyrus cut off the long hair her fans had become used to, she took some heat. She has said (and tweeted) repeatedly, though, that she was pleased with the new punk-pixie look and was sticking with it.

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This Sept. 23, 2012 file photo shows actress Julianne Moore at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Moore's neon-yellow Dior Haute Couture outfit (really a sweater and ball skirt) spawned a love-it-or-hate-it debate among armchair style critics.

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This May 7, 2012 file photo shows Beyoncé Knowles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada in New York. Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on _ and consumers respond to _ is buzz. Beyonce's back-from-baby body.

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Angelina Jolie's leg was the star of the Oscars Jolie's picture-perfect pose to expose just enough thigh that launched a thousand memes. Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are the top moments of 2012 that made our heads turn.