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So part of the Motel family have packed up their bags and jumped on a plane over to Miami (of course there was no complaining from the parties involved!) and is currently doing their first wholesale show in the area called ‘Coast’ held in a really cool art building (coincidently) in the art district of Miami – one of our girls sent us over a few pictures of the show and the Motel stand and we thought we’d share them with you!

(Because in Miami… you never know when a taxi man might need his maracas!)

The Motel family is growing and growing and with everything going so well in the US, Motel are pleased to announce the opening of a new office based in LA! Motel has taken America by storm since we started over there a few years back, and with everything going from strength to strength we decided we needed to start a US side to the company, so to all our American fans out there… watch this space!! Exciting times are ahead!

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Runway this Spring with Motel’s charming prints and whimsical shapes. Head to meadow country with our gorgeous Ethel Waterflower shorts or head for boho heaven and with the Susan Denim Trousers which encapsulate the 70′s effortlessly.

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Its the return of the prints and they are certainly making their presence known. You will be blown away by the colour explosions arriving in our spring collections. From the clashing block prints of the Carly T Cosmic to the toxic neon of the Blake Squiggly Lemon. Compliment these prints with block colour shoes and bold nail polish.

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Due to popular demand of the Pretty Polly tights we have added more styles of these cutting edge brand. The new style include the sexy Henry Holland Chain suspender Tights, the Black Ladder effect and the classy Diamond tights. These nationwide sell-out Henry Holland tights have been seen on Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof, Fearne Cotton, and Agyness Deyn.

Hurry before they go again!

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Motel is back at Bread & Butter Berlin, Germany 2011.  This world leading trade show is a collective of the finest  in street wear to urban wear. Our stand is situated in the eccentric Fashion Now area so head over and say hi if you’re there!

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Our Spring collection has landed and its bursting with acid pinks to toxic florals. So get ready to be blown away!

We have had coverage from SHOP magazine in Australia who spotted our neon leggings . These eye popping leggings hit the bold colour trend and will be arriving shortly. See the rest from our Spring collection here.

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Burst into colour with the arrival of our spring 2011 collection. We have breath taking florals with our Ethel Wallflower Shorts to the galactic palette of our Blake Cosmic Dress. You can hit the emerging 70′s trend with the laid back denim of our Amy Skirt or try the adorable Grace Night Sky Playsuit which looks hot team with knee high and chunky heels.

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Fashion illustrator Phillip Mimms (a.k.a. Human Aliens) has picked his favourite pieces from Nastygal and our Demelza Piano dress! How hot does it look! Unfortunately this dress has sold out but check out other pieces in the Piano print.

We are just dying to get our mits on those Glitter Lita Jeffrey Campbells how lush do they look?

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Shake off those moody tones from Winter and step into Spring with our explosive colours and patterns that will blow you away. We have breathtaking florals to toxic neon patterns that sit firmly on the seasons trend of bright colours.

We have encapsulated the essence of the swinging 70′s with our laid back denim shorts and oversize web knits that hit this emerging trend from Spring. Let your hair down to enjoy the sunshine and longer days.

Currently it is pre order only so head over to our Coming Soon section.

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Motel’s press update this week is a busy one with the arrival of the festive season we have all the right dresses to dazzle in at all the parties.

The Gem Red dress have been featured in Star magazine and looks fabulous with knee high Henry Holland socks and chunky boots.

The Rhona Animal Shorts have been featured in the Heat Magazine. This wild prints shorts have perfect match with a bodice and camel tone coats.

Look Magazine have featured the Celia Peacock Blue dress. This eye popping graphic print will make sure you catch everyones attention at the Christmas party.

X-Factor magazine have featured the Victoria Animal dress. Get the X-Factor look and be demure like Rebecca with pearl earrings and sleek black wedges.

Wow the crowd with the Lena Black dress. Featured in this weeks Star Magazine, this beautiful dress is embellished with gold cornelli and pearls.

The Marsha Black dress will make you the glitz queen at any party this season. Featured in Look magazine the cute gold embellished heart front will make any person fall instantly for you.

Fall for the Sally Black skirt. This full circle pleated skirt has so much charm it looks great teamed with frilly socks and a bustier.

Finally after winning our award at the Drapers we were flattered to feature in their magazine with our gorgeous Gina Black dress.

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Get ready to sharpen up ladies with the arrival of our Marica dress. This tuxedo inspired dress is a firm nod to the smart trend this season with a hint of femininity with the A circle skirt. Add some post red lipstick and black wedges for a statement look.

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Our Christmas Collection 2010 has officially landed so get ahead and snap up a gorgeous new dress for the Christmas party. The seductive Charlie Red Dress is a body con dream with stripped mesh sleeves , this dress will make sure you kiss that special someone under the mistletoe. Or go gracefully to the party with the arrival of our new Roco Loco print. Try the Lesley Roco Loco which is a new twist on our top selling dress. Add some chunky boots and shear tights and you’ll be snapped up!

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Wrap up warm this winter with the amazing agatha cardigan, ticking all the boxes this season! Cable knit cardigans are bang on trend and have been spotted on every self respecting celebrity. The agatha cardigan is the perfect gift for that special someone so grab it now!

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Yesterday our lovely boss (and owner of Motel) Pete and some of our wonderful colleges Jo and Claire went along to the Drapers award ceremony. We had been nominated for the category ‘Short order & quick response brand of the year’ and what do you know… we only went and won!

Everyone here at the Motel office is so pleased and excited… we’re offering all you (our amazing customers) 15% off all your full prices purchases for the whole day!!

Thanks to everyone for continuing to love and buy Motel garments… we promise to keep making you stylish and happy for all the seasons to come!

Love the Motel team xxx

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Now in its third year, The Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards (MYFDA) is an annual event featuring fashion students and graduate designers, we naturally we wanted to cover up and coming talent. We had our guest blogger on the case to cover the exciting fashion show. ..

Tucked away in the heart of Birmingham lies the Conservatoire which plays host to one of the most favoured upcoming young fashion designer events; The Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards 2010.

The event plays an important part in giving new and independent designers the chance to showcase their designs for a panel of fashion judges and experts.  Designers lay anxious behind the scenes hoping to impress and scoop a prize for their collections.  Designs which fall into one of the following categories;  Ready To Wear, Evening Wear, Haute Couture and Overall Winner.   All designs are required to produce three outfits that provide innovative thinking, creativeness and functionality.

On entering the staging area twinkling soft lights set the mood with the audience buzzing with anticipation for the exciting collection they would see.  Kicking the show off was Body Popping local impressing everyone with his moves and even managing to move to the Nintendo Wii menu music.  Impressed as people were, all were very ready to see the beginning of the Ready To Wear that started off the evening.

Gracing the stage were 23 designers exciting collections providing, a range of looks from lustrous and sophistication to bright and completely flamboyant.   All categories hosted many designs that had clearly had time and hard work put into them. However there could only be one winner for each category.

• Ready to Wear Winner: Rav Matharu, Birmingham

- a designer using the inspiration of a functional geek tailored look with basic blues, and neutral tones.

• Evening Wear Winner: Mellisa Boyer, Birmingham

– Mellisa creates pretty feminine, natural and exaggerated elegant pieces.  Elaborating on utter sheek and beauty.

• Haute Couture Winner: Victoria Bramwell, Milton Keynes

– a flashy collection, of nothing but colour vibrant clash and Alice in Wonderland hints

• Overall MYFDA 2010 Winner: Victoria Bramwell, Milton Keynes

The show is known for its superb range of collections and this year’s MYFD awards was no exception.  Raising money for charity Acorns Children’s Hospice this show was a great hit for not only superb designs but the great atmosphere that went in hand.

As at most fashion related events, ladies pull out their best outfits to walk the event as their own mini catwalk.. above you can check out some of my favourite ladies from the event!

Anna Gabrielle Moss