On Saturday April 16th Mulberry‘s creative director, Emma Hill, and her fashionable team took to the glamorous Parker Hotel in Palm Springs, California, to host an exclusive Backyard BBQ poolside party at this year’s Coachella festival.

Guests were invited to view Mulberry’s autumn/winter 2011 collection at the exquisite Gene Autry House, whilst taking some well earned time out from the Coachella festivities by the Pool – talk about luxurious, eh?

The scene was a picturesque British wonderland in the heart of America, complete with toadstools, trees and other decorative elements from the brand’s autumn/winter catwalk show – not to mention an exclusive appearance from a huge gold inflatable Mulberry Bayswater bag!

And the food was pretty top notch too, with barbecue delights such as veggie or jumbo crab sweet corn sliders, tofu or chicken kabobs, mini fish tacos, French fries, fruit cups, salads and woodland-inspired berry mojitos on tap all day and night! The guests were also spoilt with the lyrical delights of Karlsson and Winnberg (of Miike Snow), and Andrew Bevan, Associate Editor at Teen Vogue – all acting as guest DJs for the prestigious event.

But no Mulberry party would be complete without a celeb-filled guest list, and with the likes of Nicole Richie, Camilla Belle, Alexa Chung, Olivia Palermo, Harley Viera Newton, Eliza Doolittle, Marina Diamandis, The Hurts, Amber Le Bon and Rosie Huntington-Whitely all making an appearance – the party was without a doubt one of the stylish festival shing-digs around.

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How many of you have shared in our dream of being able to borrow that dress from Kate Moss, have a nosey around Naomi Campbell’s clothes, or call up an uber-cool designer to pinch a piece for the night? Oh, you have? Pretty exciting, then, that Topshop are set to make those Christmas wishes come true.

The high street giant’s latest venture, Dress Me Up, allows shoppers to steal a star’s style for a day by hiring dresses from their wardrobe. Names signed up to the initiative include Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, Erin O’Connor, Scarlett Johansson, Freida Pinto, Sophie Dahl, Olivia Palmero, Nicola Roberts and Dita Von Tease.

And if none of the names above tempt you, there’s a bunch of designers who are donating their dresses too, from Topshop favourites Christopher Kane and Emma Cook to Richard Nicoll, Zandra Rhodes, Clements Ribeiro, Marios Schwab, Jonathon Saunders, Meadham Kirchoff and Danielle Scutt.

But that’s not the best part. Hiring a dress from your new borrowed-from-the-stars-wardrobe costs a mere £40. And, if after wearing your favourite dress you can’t bare to see it go, you’ve got the chance to own it forever as it falls into auction, with proceeds going to Age Concern and Help the Aged.

“Having worked with Topshop for so long, we didn’t think twice about donating our dress. It’s such a great cause, especially at this time of year,” Emma Cook told Vogue UK. “The combination of being able to help support Age Concern and Help the Aged and the chance for someone to wear our dress that wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford to, is such a fantastic concept.

Oh how we agree , Christmas party nightmares solved in one cheap-chic step.

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