At last night’s CFDA Awards a whole host of designers and their muses gathered for the ceremony, which saw Marc Jacobs awarded the Geoffrey Been Lifetime Achievement Award while the gong went to Gaga as this year’s Fashion Icon.  And whilst we admire Lady G’s courage (although let’s face it, in Gaga-land sporting bondage-esque PVC in the form of custom Mugler and a green bob isn’t an act of fashion bravery, it’s ‘Gaga’), it was really these dresses that caught our eye on the red carpet.

Marc Jacobs Dresses Sophia Coppola & Anna Wintour

How could we ignore his greatness Marc Jacobs, or for that matter, his muses.  Sophia Coppola looked her usual demure, kooky self, in a simple yet elegant white, strapless silk Marc Jacobs dress.  Anna Wintour followed suit, appearing in an asymmetric collared silk white blouse and a black high-waisted embellished skirt also by the American designer.

Jess Opts for DVF – Rent Jess’s DVF dress

Meanwhile Jessica Alba’s custom Diane von Furstenburg two-tone salmon pink and purple wrap dress accentuated the actress’ tanned and pregnant glow to a tee.  We especially love Jessica’s Reara silk dress as we happen to stock a non-maternity version of the dress here at GMD! Rent this Diane von Furstenburg dress as worn by Jessica for £109. (RRP £345).

Liv Tyler: Stunning in Schouler

Liv Tyler showed up to the awards looking ravishing in a multi-coloured Proenza Schouler silk dress.  She’s a girl after our own heart; we heart Proenza Schouler here at GMD.  Check out all our Proenza Schouler dresses to rent including this Proenza Schouler reptile print dress.  A high flyer like Liv certainly knows her luxe- Proenza Schouler doesn’t come cheap.  Which is why this Proenza Schouler reptile print dress would have cost £900 full price.  Hire the dress from us for a fraction of that- £159. What with Schouler designer duo Jack McCollough and Lazzaro Hernandez snapping up the gong for Women of the Year, Proenza Schouler pieces are set to be hotter than ever.  So why not get yours now?

Last Thursday, the former fruit seller turned supermodel, Natalya Vodianova, attended a dinner to celebrate her charity ‘The Naked Heart Foundation’s’ collaboration with the newly opened W Hotel in St. Petersburg.

Rent Natalya’s Krystof Strozyna Dress

It excited us all at GMD to see that, the Russian purveyor of fashion forwardness herself was coveting none other than a Krystof Strozyna dress!    It excites us even more, to be able to reveal that we stock the body-con dress forming part of the collection worn by the catwalk uber-goddess.  And while the dress Natalya wore normally retails at £850, you can now rent the dress from us for £49!

The Krystof Client List

No doubt the Central St. Martins graduate Krystof Strozyna is already pretty pleased with himself. Already his designs have been seen on the likes of style trend-setters such as Cheryl Cole, Diane Vickers and Nicole Scherzinger.

The Krystof Strozyna Woman

Given he describes the Krystof Strozyna woman as ‘charismatic and sexy’ we’re guessing that to have Natalia Vodianova wear one of your pieces surely must be the icing on the ‘people-he’d-like-to-dress’ cake for the Polish designer.  Perfectly fitted, graphic cut dresses-his signature creations will flatter any frame, ‘making more women happy’ (Krystof’s words).  Rent Natalya’s, Cheryl’s or other Krystof Strozyna dresses to hire from GirlMeetsDress.

Jasper Garvida Dresses to Hire Now Available from GMD!

We are so excited to welcome fabulous Jasper Garvida dresses to rent on GMD!  A Central St. Martins Graduate, it was Jasper’s outstanding talent for fashion design that lead him to win Sky One’s Project Catwalk in 2008.  As Zandra Rhodes said of the then relatively unknown Jasper, ‘I can’t believe the details in Jasper’s workmanship, it’s a knockout!’  We can’t help but agree. And the new Jasper Garvida dresses to hire are cases in their very own point.

Take the Nina dress (right), crafted from sumptuous organza silk, with beautiful rosette corsage on the left strap.  A dress that won’t fail to disappoint whatever the occasion, be it at the races or for a wedding reception. Hire this Jasper Garvida dress for just £89. (Its RRP was a whopping £520.)  Give a nod to the new pastels trend that’s set to dominate pre-autumn, and rent the stunning Petipa dress (left). Once again, Jasper’s exceptional attention to detail is evidenced in this piece. We love the pronounced ruffles that sit gently on each hip- uber waist thinning!   Rent this dress for £89, to buy it is a staggering £585!

Maybe pastels aren’t your thing, and you’d prefer something with a bit of an edge.  Cue the multi-coloured dresses we have just added to the Jasper Garvida collection.  Inspired by tribal prints, this Garvida’s Miele halterneck dress for example, is the ideal way to channel the ethnic trend popular for summer.  Wear it with stacked gold bangles for an oh-so-perfect urban chic look.

Rent a Herve Leger Dress

What a Leger! Herve Leger dresses couldn’t have a more natural season bedfellow than summer.  The most famous lusted-for dress style, the Herve Leger bandage dress, is now hotter than ever as the label’s trademark design.  The following Herve Leger bandage dresses to hire are available from GMD.  If Herve L isn’t normally on your affordability radar, you’ll be glad to know that these Herve Leger dresses will be. Normally retailing at well over £1,000, you can hire a Herve dress from our collection for the irresistible sum of £129.

Simmer in a Herve Leger Black Bandage Dress

Be sultry and sophisticated in this Herve Leger black bandage dress. Hugely popular with the A-List set, Doutzen Kroes, Heather Graham, Kristin Cavalari, and Heidi Montag have all been spotted in the Herve Leger black bandage dress.  In other words, it’s a highly sought-after and covetable piece!  Rent this Herve Leger dress for £129. (RRP £1,712).  And we suggest that like Kristin, you team yours with a simple cuff, like this suede one from Bex Rox, available in the jewellery for sale section.

Look Just Beachy in a Green & Grey Herve Leger Dress

What we particularly like about this dress, is that it would look just as good in the form of stylish beach day-wear as it would for looking sexy for evening cocktails.  Very Liz Hurley urban chic, or Eva Longoria Miami beach.  And the green and grey is such a fantastic marriage of colour.  A marriage we think’s worth celebrating.  Via renting the dress, of course.  And there’ll be yet more to celebrate if you rent this Herve Leger dress, given that at £119 it’s a snip of the original £1,633 price tag.  Why not add an Elvira Sazesh fringed bracelet for some added interest; it will also stop the look from looking the wrong side of sporty.

Be Fuschia Fabulous in this Herve Leger Bandage Dress

What better way to do the brights trend than in something so far up on the Richter scale of sexy?! Men will be falling at your feet. Somehow we admire how Herve Leger bandage dresses can make even mere mortals such as ourselves look body fabulous.  Maybe it’s because we have to squeeze and squeeze into these curve-hugging creations to the point when it looks as though what we really bought was a personal trainer, not a dress! But when you can hire a Herve Leger dress for £129, when it should have cost £1252, you even have money left for the trainer too!