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Kate Perry has become the newest pop sensation, from " I Kissed a girl" and " Hot N Cold" , her music and her fashion sense are both quirky and fun.  Big duffel bags,printed dresses, retro rompers, hats, turquoise suede heels and other anti-wallflower accessories are a few essentials of her wardrobe.  Kate Perry says, "I love anything fruit."

Kate Perry sporting her colorful quirky look

The pop singer's quirky style and Varga Girl-meets-Joan Jett looks are why she's been on the fashion world's radar for months.  No Secrets here; shopping is Katy Perry's big love.

This past year, she's been busy posing for fashion spreads for magazines like Nylon and Z!nk -- not to mention the cover of Women's Wear Daily -- and recently had her wardrobe dissected on "The Fit," a video series on MySpace Fashion.

Designers were calling before her first single even hit the Web, eager to get in early with a potential "it" girl. Perry caught the eye of Betsey Johnson after being snapped in one of the designer's dresses for WWD; soon after, Johnson was dressing the singer for various fall fashion shows in New York in February.

Singer Katie Perry attends the Betsey Johnson 2008 Fall Collection during Fashion Week, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in New York.

She's pals with zany T-shirt designer Johnny Cupcakes and dark-and-moody seamster Neil Barrett. Shoe designer Steve Madden has tapped the 23-year-old for an ad campaign in conjunction with her album release. Perry attended Chanel's party for its new boutique in L.A. last month wearing a black cocktail dress.

"I really like to look like a history book," says Perry, who talks with her hands -- tipped with short nails painted neon rainbow with leopard spots. "I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings."

Retro Look Kate Perry



"There are definitely flavors of that 1940s pinup in how I dress," Perry says. But like most fashion-forward girls in their early 20s right now, she's also nutso for anything '80s -- big bows, strapless dresses and neon, neon, neon.

Kate Perry lookin' 80's

Perry's biggest influences, a list of trend-setting female pop-rockers including Cyndi Lauper, Garbage's Shirley Manson, Pat Benatar and Joan Jett, also play into her style. Those women still don't care, she says: "They came out with a vengeance."
Performing at Gallery Bar in New York City in May.

Kate Perry Relaxing at Bar Chloe on Second Street in Santa Monica, she wears a gray and pink Shareen Vintage dress and Sonia Rykiel pumps.

Don't worry, designers have taken note of the up-and-coming pop sensation's quirky, vintage-heavy style and they like what they see.

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