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Could You Be The Next Miss Great Britain?

paula — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:12:33 +0000

How exciting!? The search for the next Miss Great Britain is in full swing as glamorous heats take place up and down the country and a bevvy of beautiful girls compete to get to the much coveted finals in November! Now here at Designer Desirables we are serious lovers at of all things glamorous, feminine and fabulous in fashion so Miss Great Britain sounds like something we would LOVE. We were also most excited when the CEO of the company, Paula was asked to be on the judging panel this Saturday for the Miss Newcastle heat. *Squeals* As a former beauty queen and model Paula knows exactly what it takes to get that crown!

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The other exciting news is that there is still time to enter and win (think big ladies) the ultimate and prestigious title of Miss GB so what are you waiting for? Do you have what it takes to represent this fair isle with your beauty, intelligence, elegance and sparkling personality? Or perhaps you know someone a friend, sister, daughter, niece or next door neighbour who has that pageant potential?! Remember too that the age range has been raised from 18 up to 29, single mums can now enter as can divorced ladies.

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Here at DD we have had the pleasure of the current Miss Great Britain, Sophie Gradon modeling for us and although the year has been an exciting, travel filled whirlwhind for Sophie she will be handing on her crown soon…….. perhaps to you!! So let the search for the most beautiful girl, inside and out, begin!! Keep posted for our blog from the Miss Newcastle final this Saturday!

Miss Great Britain 2009 Sophie Gradon

It couldn’t be simpler to get involved in this once in a lifetime experience so enter direct on the website at www.missgreatbritain.co.uk or call the Miss Great Britain office on 0207 7317764.

Good luck!!!

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OMG It’s The Hill’s Finale!

paula — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:34:52 +0000

After six seasons of drama the cast of The Hills gathered last night to say goodbye during a live screening of the hit reality show’s shocking finale. We love a celeb style spot at Designer Desirables and the stars of the glossiest and most glamorous reality TV show on the box did not disappoint. The invitation for the ladies attending last night’s live finale party must have read something like, “Wear the shortest, tightest, sexiest cocktail dress you can find.” And they certainly delivered. HOTNESS.

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Lauren Conrad joined the MTV party to say goodbye to the show she made a total phenomenon, and I must say, she was looking as gorgeous as ever in this gold-accented long sleeved mini dress, glowing make up and a simple yet sexy ponytail.

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LC’s former nemesis, Kristin Cavallari, also opted for a neutral tone in this shimmering crystal-embellished one shoulder dress. We likey.

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The best Pratt, Stephanie (whose cuurazy brother and sister-in-law were nowhere in sight booooo!) went with every celebs sexbomb outfit formula a curve hugging Herve Leger.

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Hello, hottie! Audrina Patridge cut an amazingly sexy silhouette in this bright and even more tight mini dress. We think she looks in fabulous shape in this purple cut-out dress and as we all know curves are in!

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Fashionista Whitney Port went bold in a bright printed frock with cut-outs on the sides and a bubble hem, accessorized with fabulous Jimmy Choo booties.

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Lauren ‘Lo’ Bosworth looked slightly more covered up than the rest of the girlies in a white halterneck dress with gorgeous Louboutins.

Woweeee let’s hear it for the girls! Which star of The Hills style totally wowed you at last night’s finale party? Discuss people you are the fashion jury!

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Red Carpet News

paula — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:52:45 +0000

Welcome back glamour peeps with a little bit of Designer Desirables red carpet style gossip! First up for all you Twilight fans is that really Alice Cullen?? Twilight’s Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were unable to make it to the London premiere of their latest flick, Eclipse—but luckily co-star Ashley Greene was there to brighten up the event and inject some serious fashion fabulousity with this major glam-over!

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Alice Cullen Before.....

Ashley walked the red carpet at London’s Odeon in Leicester Square in a fabulous L’Wren Scott sequin-embellished mini dress. Greene teamed her dress with a pair of satin Brian Atwood “Wagner” pumps in a steely blue. With a soft side-braided do, diamond earrings and a white clutch made this a look to remember and as we heart a good celeb style spot – Ashley’s definitely a style icon to watch!

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To emulate Ashley’s spotlight stealing style stand out and sparkle at any event in Scala’s silver sequin-sprayed mini dress and Scala’s silk embellished beaded and sequined one shoulder long gown. From every angle these gowns sparkle and dazzle. J’adore glamour… now on with the new season!

Happy shopping and keep posted for all our red carpet style news!!

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Best In Show

paula — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:10:34 +0000

It’s that time of year again in the North East when the Northumberland Plate Festival is upon us. And aside from a sudden (male) preoccupation with horses and the flurry of bets, there is some fabulous hats and attention seeking fashion to contend with too.
Designer Desirables spotted many an outfit from our collection of luxurious events dresses at Northumberland Plate day on its most fashionable day of the year, Ladies Day. It was all about bright and bold colours, beautiful textures and we saw a move towards more substantial hats as opposed to the fascinator -see all the best dressed race-goers in our hottest styles from the day.

Donna Armstrong in Sherri Hill

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Laura Whittaker In Jovani

Hats off!

Debbie Davison In Chic Boutique

Top Hat

Plate Day Ladies

So who looked race day fabulous let us know by commenting below! And please send in any pics of your own race day ensembles and we will add the best for a fashion rating!

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Cheryl IS Glamour.

paula — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:17:49 +0000

The Glamour Awards were THE perfect opportunity for our fav celeb ladies to dress up in their best frocks, most sparkling jewels and show off their enviable bods to the cameras last night- and Woman of the Year Cheryl Cole led the way. The 26-year-old was the guest of honour at Glamour magazine’s Woman Of The Year prize, where the soon-to-be-divorced pop star picked up the main prize. Hooray!

Cheryl Cole

She was dressed in a stunning specially designed Julien Macdonald gown with a flowing train and was presented with her award by the ultra sexy actor Jason Lewis, best known as Samantha’s boyfriend ‘Smith’ in Sex And The City.
The starlet, who has filed for divorce from footballer Ashley Cole, managed a smile and a wink as she made her entrance to the ceremony in Mayfair, central London. What a beauty!

Cheeky wink!

What a gent!

Other style winners at the event included former Destiny’s child singer Kelly Rowland who looked super hot in a black body con shoulder dress as did songstress Duffy who showed off her curves in this tres chic lace mini dress.

Kelly Rowland

Duffy

Fashionista Fearne Cotton, who hosts a Radio 1 show, received the Radio Personality of the Year award and looked eye popping for all the right reasons in this red, sheer dress from Roland Klein and cool studded platforms. Wear bold hues with confidence this summer but keep accessories to a minimum, so as not to overload the look. Top marks Miss Cotton!

Fearne Cotton

Lisa Snowdon

Why not go for one of the hottest trend of the summer, bold safari prints á la Lisa Snowdon. The Brit star showed off her long legs in a slinky animal print playsuit and completed her red carpet look with screen siren lipstick – so summer soirée glamorous!

There is nothing like a red carpet to get your inner glamazon going so let us know your thoughts on who looked hot and who did not!!

Happy Celeb Spotting!

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Fashion Highlights At Cannes!

paula — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:45:56 +0000

Marks, set… glamour!!! This week saw the opening of the Cannes Film Festival and wowee what a red carpet we have seen! It’s looking good on the fashion front with the A-listers parading before the paps in an array of unbelievably luxe couture. See who is looking frocking fabulous on the French Riviera with the Designer Desirables hottest looks so far!

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Supermodel Doutzen Kroes channelled her inner siren at the Of Gods And Men premiere in Cannes. With signature red lips, beautiful blonde hair and grecian-style dress she looked simply flawless.

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Pia Michi’s glamorous jewelled Grecian dress makes a sleek evening choice. Wear this full-length style with a chunky cuff and towering heels for your own red carpet style.

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Naomi Campbell went for the glimmer factor in fabulous floor-length Roberto Cavalli on the Cannes red carpet. She teamed the fishtail halter-neck gown with a gold clutch bag and a classy updo. Top marks to our fav super!

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Sherri Hill’s shimmering gold floor-length gown is showered in sequins to create a head-turning evening style. Elongate your figure with molten heels and finish with glossy red lips for true A-Lister credentials.

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DD’s favourite social princess and newly single Paris Hilton graced the Chopard party looking picture perfect in a dazzling blue dress that hugged her in all the right places. Top marks Miss Hilton.

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Be party ready in shimmering style in Scala’s sequined blue dress with sexy low back. This show-stopping gown needs no embellishment, simply add towering heels and add a glossy clutch.

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Lindsay Lohan has obviously been hitting the Cannes Film Festival party scene and well done her she did so in super sexy style wearing a white mini dress with silver embellished shoulders. Hot!

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With beautifully ruched soft jersey, Pinko’s sensational moonstone figure-hugging mini dress with on-trend embellished shoulder pad is an ultra glam style. Slip on this premiere party look with nude heels and a bright clutch for a cool sexy ensemble.

So who’ll be rocking our fashion world tomorrow? Stay tuned to find out! Remember we want your thoughts peeps whose style has made you green with envy? Let us know and comment below!

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OMG It’s The Girl From Trinity!

paula — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:44:57 +0000

Well looky here it’s that girl from Trinity! You may recognise Faye initially as the Designer Desirables drop dead gorgeous and super lovely in house model who graces much of the DD site making our designer fashions look seriously hot. However Miss Scope is also one part of the fabulous Geordie girl group Trinity!

You may have to cast your mind a lil’ way back to 2009 when Trinity performed on Britain’s Got Talent and X-Factor where they beat off 40.000 applicants to make the final 40 in boot camp. They also made Mr Cowell eat a rather large slice of humble pie after he slated them on one show and then realising his major error put them straight through on another, silly man!

Trinity

Their dream wasn’t met that particular time *sob* but you can’t keep a northern lass down (hey Cheryl?!) and with their fierce passion for music, stunning looks and serious girl band potential Trinity are back! Fast forward a year and one marriage (not Fayes!) they are together again in the recording studio and looking forward to hitting the music scene…. hard!

Trinity

So with a busy year ahead for Faye with her modelling and exciting music career once again beginning we wish her the bestest luck from everyone at the DD offices!

PS We expect all events, premieres, awards, brits dress choices left in our capable hands okey dokey Faye?!

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2010 Met Ball: Who Wore What

paula — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:41:00 +0000

Welcome to the Oscars of the fashion world – the star studded 2010 Costume Institute Gala. A who’s who of the fashion world made their way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night and this years sparkling guest attracted pretty much every fashion face and Hollywood glamazon. The red carpet positively glowed with all the white, embellished and metallic gowns on show with one dress that actually lit up and yes obviously it was pop princess Katy Perry’s. With celeb events comes celeb gossip our highlights? Sienna & Jude made it official as they showed up for there first red carpet event, Anna Wintour’s chic new blonde bob also made its first appearance and Marc Jacobs was parading around in a baseball cap “I’ve had hair transplants,” he explained, casually.

So now to the best bit the designer desirables favourite frocks…. feast your eyes on the the best of the red carpet dresses at this star studded event and browse some DD suggestions from our designer ballgowns and event dresses!

Anne Hathaway In Valentino

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Nicole Richie In Marc Jacobs

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Jessica Alba In Sophie Theallett For Gap

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Marion Cotillard In Dior

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Eva Longoria In Marchesa

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Feeling inspired? Got a fabulous event soon? Well look no further we have the red carpet dazzler your dreaming of with a selection of sparkling designer dresses for every style desire!

Happy shopping!

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Miss GB Sophie Is Latest DD Model!

paula — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:33:35 +0000

Holy moly it’s Miss Great Britain! The gorgeous Sophie Gradon who is the current Miss GB did the first of her fabulous shoots at Designer Desirables this weekend and wowee’s doesn’t she looks amazing! The bright (yes she has 2:1 degree), contagiously bubbly and with a bod that looks simply sensational in every item of Pinko we put her in, Miss Gradon is the latest stunning North East model to join DD.

Winner of Miss Great Britain 2009 Sophie Gradon Miss GB Newcastle

After winning last year Sophie has had a busy and exciting time with her well deserved crown including leads in music videos, glossy magazine photo shoots and obviously attending lots of glamorous events! With an obvious lust for life and inspiring ambition we are chuffed to bits to have a real crowned beauty on the DD team!

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For North East work contact Sophie’s PR Claire Barber at http://www.clairebarber.com/ and for national or London based work please contact Charlotte Ellis PR on 02076105370.

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Prints Charming!

paula — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:15:15 +0000

Ladies! What a gorgeous day it is! Is it sunny where you are? The time has come to bring your lovely limbs out of hibernation. The sun is still shining (at least where we are!) so banish those tights and leggings this weekend and fish out those sun dresses from the back of your wardrobe. That failing – why not treat yourself to one of our on-trend printed dresses!

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Take advantage of our mid-season spring sale with 20% off the new collection of Supertrash and purchase this printed little beauty the Dyena Hyena cape dress. Accent the strong design with golden extras for a luxe after dark palette.

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Perfect boho luxe with Meghan Fabulous’s Desiree rainbow silk maxi dress. Toughen up the fluid lines and feminine fabric with gladiator flats and a chunky gold cuff.

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Embrace floral chic with Lipsy’s grecian cross over draped knot mini dress with digital floral print. Contrast this sexy feminine style with hard-hitting boots for a directional evening ensemble.

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Jovani’s digital printed, multicolored bead and sequin embellished printed gown is the ultimate in show stopping luxury. The provocative cut outs and open back give it dramatic edge, simply add sparkling heels for after dark glamour.

So let’s all prey for more good whether this weekend and don our prettiest of frocks!

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