Down hairstyles are often the most easy hairstyles you could wear at special events. Even though they can look similar or even identical to regular day hairstyles, they can look just as elegant as updos and half updos.

Many female celebrities today wear their hair down on the red carpet. Some of them, in fact, never wear their hair up. Long hair down often looks very appropriate with long formal gowns. That combination has a balancing effect. So here you can view over a dozen examples of different down formal hairstyles stars wore in recent years, including pretty 2009 hairdos.

Lovely Latina Gisele Blondet is all dressed up at a Latin award show wearing her long hair in a simple but elegant style. She's brushed her bangs to the side and just some of her dark hair is tied at the back. Very simple but very nice. It's classic elegance and feminine style. And that gown is in a beautiful color, isn't it?

Jennifer Beals has sexy voluminous mid-length hair that lightly touches her shoulders. The Hollywood brunette is dressed up for the evening with lots of elegant curls and some soft, wispy, slightly teased hair on top. Jennifer's formal evening hairstyle looks fabulous with her face shape and neck length.

Stacy Keibler wore this terrific hairdo in 2009 when she hosted a party. Because her special role for the evening made her the focus of attention, she did more with her hair than usual, going all-out for this very glamorous down hairstyle. It is quite similar to the medium style of Jennifer Beals—it's about the same length—but it's bigger and curlier. Stacy also has hair covering half her forehead instead of just a little on one side. It's more fun and fancy than her previous straight hairstyles she wore for a night out in Hollywood.

Sandra Dee looked gorgeous in this black-tie formal hairstyle she wore to a ball. It's another charming celebrity hairstyle that would look so pretty on so many women. Like the other down hairstyles above, it's medium-length. But this layered hair design actually looks more elegant in some ways. It is curly like the other two, but there aren't as many curls; they start further down. The soft waves across from her forehead look so stylish and help make this a very good choice today for women in their 30s and 40s.

This was Liz Fuller's 2009 hairstyle on the red carpet in London. It is a very natural down style with slightly parted bangs. She has pretty hair which has beautiful coloring with subtle red highlights, and bold lipcolor with her posh silver evening dress for a polished formal celebrity night look.