Thought boudoir chic was strictly for the bedroom? Think again. Actress Zooey Deschanel put her bed head on to model lingerie-inspired evening dresses.

Zooey Deschanel is shimmying around in a floaty Narciso Rodriquez dress on the In Style shoot in LA. "This is so beautiful, I love it, I feel like Ginger Rogers!" she says, laughing. The 23-year-old American actress with the impish grin is working old-style movie-star glamour like a pro. Laced into an ultra-sexy Dolce & Gabbana corset dress, she sighs: "This feels like it was made for me."
Once the shoot is over, Zooey (pronouned Zoe and named after a character from JD Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey) settles down to chat about her "absolute favourite" topic: fashion. She enthuses about her latest style discovery with the fervour of a girl talking about her first love: "Flat shoes, I'm obsessed with them. I've always been a heels girl, so I was very excited to discover that flats can be flattering. It's all about the shape, they have to be really pointy."
Zooey, who appeared behind the make-up counter with Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl and who stars this month in All the Real Girls, is a second-hand shopaholic. "Since I was 13, I've bought most of my clothes at vintage stores. The secret is to go somewhere well organised." She even wore a $15 Fifties prom dress on her first trip to the Oscars. The bargain-hunting streak runs deep - although she raves about her Prada and Marc Jacobs flats, she loves them all the more because she picked them up on sale.
Thrifty she may be, but this star's still not immune to designer allure. She loves "the usual" - Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Strenesse, Donna Karen - and has a long-standing Miu Miu addiction - her parents first gave her presents from the Paris shop when she was 15. Zooey also loves New York label Built by Wendy, for "the most adorable pants and dresses" and she's unequivocal about what makes great style: "Find what suits you and stick to it. If it doesn't look good, don't buy it."
When Zooey's not racking up classy film roles or snapping up bargains, she's singing jazz classics with her band, If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies. "I'd love to do a musical. I want my own career, I don't want anyone else's." In film, as in fashion, Zooey Deschanel does it all her own way.