Christina Who?

Christina Applegate's style has come a long way from her days on "Married With Children" as Kelly Bundy. How did the actress go from being rebellious to refined? The "Samantha Who?" star reveals her fashion secrets to In Style magazine.

The Christina Applegate you see in these pictures isn't the same Christina who is casually sipping tea in her Tuscan-style Hollywood hills home. "I have a friend who always calls me a chimney sweep because I tend to dress like one," she says. "I don't like doing my hair, so I wear the same cap every day -- an ugly tweed old man golfer's cap."

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The Real Christina
So which is the genuine blonde: grunge or goddess? Chuck Taylors or Christian Louboutins? Both. Or neither. It all depends on the day, her mood, whether she's working on her show, the hit comedy "Samantha Who?" or her upcoming movie, "The Rocker," or walking the red carpet at some fabulous Hollywood event.

"I love sophisticated fashion, and I also love to be funky, " she says. "I don't follow trends. I like things that are a little bit off and a little bit interesting."

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Style Evolution
As a child actress working in film and TV commercials, Applegate lived in a community of "colorful, edgy" kids who, like her, more or less raised themselves. "Our parents were very, very lax," she says. Applegate's look then was appropriately anarchic to the setting: She had a small Mohawk, flannel shirts, fishnets, combat boots, and eyeliner. "All we ever wore were ripped up clothes and thrift-store stuff," she recalls. "I remember the principal came up to one of my girlfriends and said, 'We have a program here, if you need money for clothing.' And my friend's dad was this huge director."

From there, Applegate regressed a decade to her Led Zepplin/Janis Joplin-inspired phase, which dominated her Kelly Bundy years. After taping her show each night, she'd shimmy out of Kelly's Lycra and into her flowing skirts -- three at a time. "I would wear my mom's old clothes. 'How ugly can I make myself' was, I think, how I dressed."

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She Feels Pretty
In her mid-20s, Applegate decided to end her fashion mutiny: "I wanted to look pretty," she says. She stopped looking to rock stars for style cues and became her own muse. "If you're wearing something that isn't you, you're just uncomfortable. I know what is going to look good on my body. I don't want to be concerned all night about whether or not it fits or if my backside is hanging out."

To read Christina's complete interview, pick up the Spring 2008 issue of In Style's Look Your Best, available on newsstands now.