Gabrielle Union, The Frugal Fashionista

The actress shares her chic, cheap style faves for summer.

Gabby's Go-To Looks - With a fashionable circle of friends and a debonair man on her arm, the actress stays hip to the hottest trends. Gabrielle Union dishes to People mag her favorite styles for the summer season.(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for IMG)

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Gabby's Go-To Looks - With a fashionable circle of friends and a debonair man on her arm, the actress stays hip to the hottest trends. Gabrielle Union dishes to People mag her favorite styles for the summer season.(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for IMG)

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Beach Babe - When it comes to getting beach-ready this season, Gabrielle's checklist includes sun block, lots of bikinis, maxi dresses and a cowboy hat.(Photo: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images For Sunglass Hut)

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Get Blingy - For dresses like this Nicole Miller mini, the Neutrogena spokeswoman says bring it on! "My rule for sparkle is that there's no such thing as too sparkly!"(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

Too Toned - If you got it, flaunt it. "My favorite feature is my arms—I work hard for them! I've never met a tank top I don't like," says Gabrielle, who loves to flex her triceps. (Photo: Meredith Curts/Getty Images for Style Villa)

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Too Toned - If you got it, flaunt it. "My favorite feature is my arms—I work hard for them! I've never met a tank top I don't like," says Gabrielle, who loves to flex her triceps. (Photo: Meredith Curts/Getty Images for Style Villa)

Get Hooped Up - "I live in hoops: classic, funky, high end. I've never seen a hoop that didn't agree with me," the fashionista says of her fave baubles. "I love going to Cost Plus, it's so easy to grab a bunch.They're like $4.95!"(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Get Hooped Up - "I live in hoops: classic, funky, high end. I've never seen a hoop that didn't agree with me," the fashionista says of her fave baubles. "I love going to Cost Plus, it's so easy to grab a bunch.They're like $4.95!"(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Sky-High Comfort - Gabby's go-to shoe? "The platform stiletto," says the star. "It's sexy but not painful. You can really get your strut on without your feet being tortured!"(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for IMG)

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Sky-High Comfort - Gabby's go-to shoe? "The platform stiletto," says the star. "It's sexy but not painful. You can really get your strut on without your feet being tortured!"(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for IMG)

Jump Start - The style star has a secret to tell when it comes to rocking the perfect jumper.  "My tip when getting a jumpsuit is to get a size bigger," says Union. "Nothing looks worse than when it's stretching across your hips and butt. A bigger size can actually make you look smaller."(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG)

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Jump Start - The style star has a secret to tell when it comes to rocking the perfect jumper.  "My tip when getting a jumpsuit is to get a size bigger," says Union. "Nothing looks worse than when it's stretching across your hips and butt. A bigger size can actually make you look smaller."(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG)

Mix 'n' Match - "Ballin' on a budget" is how the actress stays up on the trends without staying low in the pockets. "I like to mix high-end, designer things with funkier, less expensive pieces.  I go to Cost Plus and Target... There are lots of great pieces you can have fun with."(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Mix 'n' Match - "Ballin' on a budget" is how the actress stays up on the trends without staying low in the pockets. "I like to mix high-end, designer things with funkier, less expensive pieces.  I go to Cost Plus and Target... There are lots of great pieces you can have fun with."(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Not-So-Mean Jeans - Gabrielle credits DL1961's Nicole Ultra Skinny as her favorite brand of denim.  "It says four-way stretch and really means it." Even her girlfriends can't get enough of the stylish duds. "They really are like the 'Traveling Pants'," Gabby says. "My friends borrow my jeans and they literally look good on everyone—on all different bodies!"(Photo: Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images)

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Not-So-Mean Jeans - Gabrielle credits DL1961's Nicole Ultra Skinny as her favorite brand of denim.  "It says four-way stretch and really means it." Even her girlfriends can't get enough of the stylish duds. "They really are like the 'Traveling Pants'," Gabby says. "My friends borrow my jeans and they literally look good on everyone—on all different bodies!"(Photo: Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images)

White-Hot - If you're a fan of the Miami Heat, you know all about the white-night home games. "Whenever you go to a game, it's a white-out—everyone wears white outfits," she says. "I've gotten really creative with white. And if you don't go too tight, it looks good on most people."(Photo: Brian Dowling/PictureGroup)

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White-Hot - If you're a fan of the Miami Heat, you know all about the white-night home games. "Whenever you go to a game, it's a white-out—everyone wears white outfits," she says. "I've gotten really creative with white. And if you don't go too tight, it looks good on most people."(Photo: Brian Dowling/PictureGroup)

Wade's Way - The actress trusts her b-ball beau Dwyane Wade to get her right for a night out. "My honey is into fashion, and he told me to bring it," she says of a previous night out with her hunk. The end result: "When I walked out of the closet, he said 'Wow!'"(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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Wade's Way - The actress trusts her b-ball beau Dwyane Wade to get her right for a night out. "My honey is into fashion, and he told me to bring it," she says of a previous night out with her hunk. The end result: "When I walked out of the closet, he said 'Wow!'"(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)