June 28th, 2011
We are super-chuffed about winning Best Use of Innovation in the Handbag.com Online Fashion Awards 2011! Â Being up against some of the biggest and most well-established names in fashion (Burberry and Ralph Lauren to name a few), we could hardly believe it when the results were published announcing Girl Meets Dress as the winner for this category!
A huge dollop of thanks must go to friends, family, customers, Twitter followers, and Facebook fans, who all rallied round to vote and show their support. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT GUYS!
Tags: GMD Awards, GMD Daily. Dress Hire, fashion awards, Handbag.com.
June 27th, 2011
Girl Meets Dress have joined forces with The Fragrance Shop to give you 10% off every order you make on the perfume stockist’s website, when you hire a designer dress from the GMD website. Â Simply place your order on the Girl Meets Dress website, and upon processing of your payment, you’ll receive your unique voucher code at the GMD checkout to use on The Fragrance Shop website.
The UK’s leading perfume retailers also include 2 free sample perfumes along with your purchase, so you get the chance to experiment  with and try different scents.  So whether you’re a Daisy by Marc Jacob’s girl, or you’re more of a Chanel Chance lass, get your hands on your favourite fragrance for less, and try some news ones.  And why not match your designer fragrance to the designer of your dress?! Once you’ve rented your Prada dress from us, why not purchase your beloved Prada perfume and covet the two together!  We think the idea is a totally chic way of honouring the labels you love!
So what are you waiting for? Rent a fabulous designer dress from Girl Meets Dress hire service, and then get 10% to spend on a fab fragrance  on The Fragrance Shop.  It’s an offer we’re finding hard to refuse!
Tags: GMD Daily, Offers & Competitions. offer, The Fragrance Shop.
June 24th, 2011
Although many of our dresses went, regrettably few of us at the office managed to make it to Royal Ascot. Â Few of us, that is, save for GMD press officer Anastasia. Â Arming herself with camera and fascinator, Anastasia headed to the races….Here is our lovely A’s account of the day….
What Anastasia Wore:
Fascinator: John Lewis – ‘it was almost a £650 Phillip Tracey number that had mistakenly been placed in the sale section!’
Dress: Moschino Cheap & Chic
Blazer: Zara
Shoes: Dolce & Gabbana
Where Anastasia Stood: Grandstand
What Anastasia Ate:
‘Not much as the afternoon tea mainly consisted of Champagne! Although there were amazing scones with clotted cream’.
The Biggest Faux-Pas Spotted:
The usual culprits! Too much flesh on show; too much fake tan.
Main trends spied: ‘An array…Colour blocking featured high on the agenda’.
Any GMD dresses spotted? ‘Someone on the train there going to Ascot was in the
Asymmetric Jersey Dress: HIRE: £79 - RRP: £223
‘Carrie’ Â Asymmetric Halston Heritage dress, which I know we stock, so you never know, it could have been from us!’
Event Drawbacks: ‘Mud on my white D&Gs- everyone was sinking!’
Event Perks: ‘It’s great to see Brits doing dressing for Ascot and the etiquette that surrounds it. It’s not often you get to see this kind of thing anywhere else, so I like that.’
Tags: Event Reports, GMD Daily. Ascot, Dress Hire, Halston Heritage.
June 23rd, 2011
This week we’re loving this dress Printed Linen Silk dress by cult label Carven; it’s our Dress of the Week. Â As mentioned in our previous blog post, there’s no hotter label right now than Carven.
Sadly, the weather’s not quite as hot. Â In fact, this fab cloud print is quite appropriate for the weather we’ve been experiencing of late! Â Why not take a tongue-in-cheek approach to dressing and mirror the stormy skies. Â Don’t worry, it’s not hypocritical if you keep your fingers crossed for the forecasted heatwave on Monday!
Glam up the dress with Christian Louboutin heels as pictured and a pair of stunning diamond drop earrings. Â The great thing about Carven though, is that this dress would look just as gorgeous and offbeat cool with a pair of canvas plimsoles at a highbrow festival such as Port Eliot.
Printed Linen Silk Dress by Carven £79 for 2 nights or £89 for 7 nights.
Useful links: Carven dresses, Printed dresses, Day dresses, Wedding Guest dresses, Party dresses, Dresses for evening and dinner
By Katie Rose
Tags: Dress of the Week. carven, dress of the week, Katie Rose.