Daisy Lowe and Melissa George kick start Christmas in see-through dresses
Daisy Lowe and Melissa George kick start Christmas in see-through dresses
Daisy Lowe, Betty Lowe and mum Pearl were out in force at Wednesday night’s pre party for the English National Ballet’s The Nutcracker.The starry trio have reached new style highs in recent weeks, modelling for Pearl Lowe’s Peacocks fashion collection.Model Daisy Lowe and actress Melissa George both slipped sheer dresses on for the evening. Melissa braved the cold on the red carpet, removing her leather jacket at one stage to reveal the sexy, sheer panelled dress beneath.The ladies helped to kick start the Christmas ballet festivities alongside the likes of actress Tamsin Egerton, Alex Zane, Jaime Winstone and Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole.
Arlene Phillips was wrapped up in a faux fur coat complete with Hermes Birkin bag while Jerry Hall was so chilly her feet turned grey – on second thoughts maybe that was just the socks.Designer Pam Hogg nabbed the limelight in head-to-toe leather plus woah-there mustard yellow hair – but only just…when faced with the photographers flashbulbs, Melissa George’s stunning sheer dress was almost a very different sort of stunning indeed (aka we nearly saw her flashbulbs).
The £50 garment was created following revelations that 80 per cent of women want dresses capable of lasting the whole day.The Debenhams LBD is knee-length and sleeveless – and so work and party appropriate.Spokesperson for the retail chain Carie Barkhuizen said: ‘Our research shows that cash-strapped women now want “desk-to-dance-floor” looks at great prices.’The pressure on the purse due to the economic climate has resulted in a new breed of party dress for 2011.’Women no longer have the time or money to have an outfit for every occasion – and so the 18 hour dress is becoming the holy grail of every working lady’s December wardrobe.’
The research also revealed that over 70 per cent of women are willing to spend up to £20 more than usual on a dress, if they could get extra wear out of it.Carie said: ‘This trend is all about maximising cost-per-wear; the dress works from 7am to 1am and can be worn more than once, with just a lipstick and shoe change to mark the transition between occasions.But beneath the frills, the clothes tell the story of the first female singing group that made the leap from a conservative girl ensemble to independent artistic women says Steven Gleisner, the Chief Curator at the museum.’
