Nigella Lawson's daring dresses send designer's website into 'meltdown'

         

SHE was left 'mortified' when she realised she'd been showing off too much décolletage on US television, but Nigella Lawson's latest looks have done one designer a huge favour.

London-based brand, Diva Catwalk, suffered a 'meltdown' on their website this week after the pretty brunette wore two of their frocks in the States.

First of all, Nigella stepped out wearing the figure-hugging £135 red ‘Catherine’ dress as she promoted US cookery show The Taste, and then she wore another one of their garments on an episode of the programme.

A spokeswoman Diva Catwalk told The Mail on Sunday: "We are only a small firm but Nigella has been a fan for years. We don’t know how she first heard of us but she’s been wearing our designs for a couple of years now.

"Last year she wore our Midhurst dress on The Taste and the response was so overwhelming that our website crashed. She only has to wear a dress once for there to be a deluge in orders. We call it the Nigella factor."

They continued: "This week we were inundated with calls and internet orders when she wore the Catherine dress, which sold out immediately. Our phone lines and internet have gone into meltdown.

"It’s amazing how Nigella promotes British design. We could not be more thrilled. We are only a small company but when Nigella wears our dresses the world notices and we sell out. We are incredibly grateful to her for her support."

However, Nigella may have looked stunning in the garments but she admitted she was left red-faced when she watched the first episode of the ABC show back.

Sitting at the panel wearing the low-cut pale blue £115 ‘Opal’ dress, the mother-of-two certainly showed off plenty of cleavage.

Taking to Twitter after the show, the Domestic Goddess wrote: "I had no idea quite so much décolletage was on display; mortified. On top of everything else."

But Nigella should feel chuffed, because although other celebrities such as Carol Vorderman and Olympian Denise Lewis are fans of the brand, the firm’s spokeswoman admitted: "Only Nigella gets the phone ringing off the hook.

"It’s because she always looks so amazing and our dresses flatter her in all the right places."

Ellie Goulding and Dougie Poynter look smitten in beanie hats as they enjoy day out in London

           

They only confirmed their romance earlier this year.

But things are looking serious for Ellie Goulding and Dougie Poynter, who were spotted on yet another date in central London on Friday afternoon.

The couple seem to have spent so much time together that they're beginning to morph into one another, wearing similar looks and matching beanie hats during their outing.


Ellie, 27, was dressed down in a tomboy-inspired ensemble, wearing a green parka over a pair of black jeans.


The I Need Your Love hit-maker set off the look with a black beanie and trainers.

Meanwhile, Dougie, also 27, was rocking skinny jeans, a black zip up top and blue lace-ups with a grey hat.


The McBusted star was smoking a cigarette as he strolled along next to his girlfriend, and only had eyes for her.

Ellie recently treated Dougie to a private tour of the Natural History Museum for his birthday.

She organised a twilight trip which saw the whole of the museum closed off just for them, after he had enjoyed a vegan cookie cake and a massage earlier in the day.


Speaking about her beau - who she went public with in May - during an interview on Capital FM recently, Ellie revealed they have a love of singing together in private.

'We sing together right, not in a really cheesy way, but we sing in a jokey way, because we used to like the same bands, that's one of the things we've bonded over,' she said.

'And he has got a really amazing voice. I'm always going on about male voices that I discover, incredible male vocals etc. His voice literally makes me melt, and he doesn't believe me!'

Olivia frolics in sea during family holiday with fiancé Jason Sudeikis and baby son Otis

She only gave birth to her first child seven months ago.

And Olivia Wilde was in incredible shape as she enjoyed a visit to the beach on Saturday with her fiancé Jason Sudeikis and their baby son Otis during a family holiday in Maui, Hawaii.

The Rush actress looked sensational in a simple blue string bikini with ruched detailing on the bust.





            

                 
The bare-faced beauty let loose with Jason, 39, who was sporting red floral board shorts.

They left their adorable baby son on the beach with a minder as they enjoyed some alone time in the waves, with Olivia wrapping her arms around her man's neck.


Otis was protected against the sun in an all-blue swimming combo and seemed to be loving his seaside trip.

The 30-year-old star and her husband-to-be got snap happy on the beach, taking pictures of the tiny tot's first vacation abroad.

The picture-perfect family only touched down in Hawaii last Thursday and have been making the most of the winter sun.


Olivia recently opened up about her experience of motherhood in the pages of GLAMOUR magazine.

Discussing her best tips for first time parents, she said: 'I think patience — patience with yourself, patience with the baby, and understanding that you're both learning and you'll figure it out.

'But it's just so much fun. Every day's an adventure.'

Five dresses worn by Princess Diana sell for $500,000 at LA auction

Her wardrobe was the envy of millions of women across the globe.

And it seems the appetite for Princess Diana's glamorous dresses has not subsided.

Five dresses designed for and worn by the late British royal have gone under the hammer in Los Angeles for a total of nearly half a million dollars.


For bidders on a lower budget, letters, crockery and a pair of cuff-links commemorating Diana and Prince Charles's wedding were also up for auction.

Three of the gowns were made by British dressmaker Catherine Walker, Diana's personal couturier and close friend for 16 years.

A cream lace dress designed by Zandra Rhodes and worn by Diana in 1987 to the Birthright Benefit at the London Palladium was also up for grabs.

And the surprise of the night came from a Caroline Charles burgundy wool coat dress, which was expected to go for $20-40,000 but scored a total of $125,000.

The collection was originally sold in Paris in 1997 - a month before Diana's death in the French capital at the age of 36.



Now, 20 years later, the anonymous winners decided to hand the lucrative gowns to Julien's Auctions.

The Zandra Rhodes evening gown created for Diana, which was estimated to sell for $80-100,000, went for $100,000.

The Catherine Walker dresses all fetched within or just above their estimated price of between $60,000 and $80,000.

An off-the-shoulder petal pink gown embellished with bands of simulated pearls, faceted glass and beadwork, worn by Diana in 1993 to the Savoy Theatre in London, went for $75,000.

Also on offer was a strapless ivory silk crepe dress which went for $76,800, while a chartreuse silk georgette gown worn by Diana in 1993 fetched $81,250.


Ms Walker, who died in 2012 after a long battle with cancer, worked tirelessly to create over 1,000 outfits for Diana; from right after her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles, to until her death in 1997.

According to a friend of Miss Walker, journalist Alison Jane Reid - who wrote an in-depth story about her for MailOnline in 2010 - the Princess and the designer were close, and their relationship founded on 'loyalty and total discretion.'

Reid wrote: 'After Diana’s separation from Prince Charles in 1992, clothes became even more important to her.

'Together, the two women devised a joint strategy of ‘defiant’ frocks - body-conscious but without vulgarity - that Diana wore in separation and divorce.'

Four other items which belonged to the late princess also went under the hammer in Beverly Hills.


A handwritten letter from Diana, using her Kensington Palace stationary and dated June 1997, reads: 'The inspiration for this wonderful sale comes from just one person... our son William'.

In keeping with the royal theme at the Julien's auction, a slice of cake from the 2011 royal wedding of Diana's son Prince William, and the daughter-in-law she never met, Kate Middleton, was estimated to fetch between $1,000 and $2,000.

And also under the hammer was a blank invitation to the same wedding, printed on Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace stationary.

'The Lord Chamberlain is commanded by The Queen to invite __ to the Marriage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, K.G. with Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April at 11.00 a.m.,' it reads. 'Dress: Uniform, Morning Coat or Lounge Suit.'

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