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She only looks like a pixie. At 25 and standing 5'4", Ryder, who next plays an action hero in November's Alien: Resurrection, is a dynamo in total command of her image. Instead of embracing cookie-cutter couture or hiding behind rebellious sunglasses and sweats, Ryder goes her own charming way. Her free-spirited adolescence in Petaluma, Calif.—the late Timothy Leary was her godfather—helped her create a style that's part vintage, part '90s chic. "She's intellectual, understated," says designer John Bartlett. "Definitely not Hollywood, and like that." The other judges concur. "She has her own personality," says costumer Deena Appel. "To which I say yeah!"

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