I am starting to be at my wits end when watching the styling on the X-factor. As previously reported by MailOnline, Cheryl Cole is styled by Frank Strachan, known as the ‘Ferrari of stylists’, with her budget for hair and make-up said to be an astonishing £80,000 and clothes £70,000. How come that a young beautiful,successful woman with such a budget for a wardrobe is getting it wrong every single time she is taking to the stage. The only time she nailed her look when she was performing her new single.  No surprise that her dress choice was black- again- but what did she wear and with what did she accessorise it with? Her Emilio Pucci short asymmetric hemline and lace paneling failed to impress. It was the right choice for her inverted triangle body shape but her look can’t be described as anything but tacky.  This fluffy hairband with her open hair doesn’t go with such lace paneled lingerie dress- it is a look that you want to go for when being private than public on stage. As well the earrings are not only wrong in style but really over kills her look.  She could have safed the dress by wearing her hair up, keeping the earring loosing the hairband and wearing red killer heels! Unfortunately nobody asked me, but maybe she will listen what Coco Chanel has to say:

“When accessorising always take off the last thing you put on”

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Sunday was as well not a great fashion outing for her when she stepped out in a gold, short asymmetrical Bodyamr dress. The metallic look in her dress and shoes was perfect. It is great for her colouring. Also, her hair do was super. But the style of the dress was completely wrong for her body shape. She needs to keep the drama and attention to the lower half of her body and not visa versa otherwise her shoulders are simply looking broader. Plus wearing these “look at me” earrings are not helping her shape.   But the worst fashion offence was wearing these earrings in the first place! Why would you add any attention seeing earrings to a dress that has a turtle neckline?  Anyone knows you never layer sparkle on sparkle! It really ruined her look and made it look tacky again.

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Dannii Minogue didn’t get it all right as well on Saturday. The colour of her Philip Armstrong dress was spot on fashion dress but the attached oversized bow was killing it. It is the perfect example why a full hourglass can’t wear a high neckline as well can’t cope any fuzz and details on the bust. It makes her top heavy. Plus the oversized bow shows as well that this detail is overpowering her short height. Details need to stay in tune and proportion with her height in order to create the illusion to make her look taller. Having said her hairstyle was again so spot on.  Its playfulness played down the dressiness of her dress.

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Sunday night Dannii came back fighting and totally rocked in her black black three-quarter-length corseted Dolce & Gabbana dress. It is absolutely perfect for a full hourglass body shape, because it is simply following her curves. Combined with her relaxed hairstyle she played down the “sexiness” of the dress and made it look classy and fabulous! When looking at Dannie Minogue past fashion style it embodies what Coco Chanel meant when she said:

“Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.“

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I am not sure as well what the X-factor stylist were thinking when styling the contestants.

Rebecca Ferguson blew us away again with her singing and make up, but the choice of dress was a crime for her pear body shape. A total misfit that accentuates her lower half and keeps no attention to her top. It should be completely the other way around.

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Katie Waissel outfit and look flattered her shape and colouring on Saturday. The thing that didn’t look right was her wig. Not only was she seen in it the week before but the wig looked as well too obvious. Also her dress on Sunday looked good on her. It was just again the wig that made it look all messy and dated.

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Treyc Cohen outfit never matches her shape, fashion and occasion. First of all white clothes and “snow white” looks are reserved in the UK only for summer and Christmas. Plus two nights in a row wearing the same colour? Not to mention it really doesn’t work at all for her colouring at all. She looks better in deeper and darker colours rather in lighter colours that are close to her face. It is washing her out. Her Saturday night gown worked for her petite height and short neck. The solid colour  made a her look longer and her strapless dress that kept the attention away from her short neck. They shouldn’t have skipped as well the necklace for the same reasons. Unfortunately the style was completely wrong for her body shape. They should have chosen an Empire line dress that would have been more flattering for her thighs rather than going for a waist dress with its panels going out on her fullest part of her body and adding negative attention on it. As well her Sunday outfit was a total misfit for her body shape. Firstly it had far too much clutter for her short height with the result it made her look fuller, because it overpowered her but as well it was not complementing her thighs.

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Cher Lloyed looks on Saturday night were a mixture of the old Cher and what she is turning into : A copy of Cheryl.  Her make up and her hairstyle is complete copy of Cheryl. I liked the idea of leather trousers but not in white for the reasons above. I loved the pink leather jacket and her ovesized blue necklace but her trainers are really not working with the theme and colour palette. I get the part of opposite attracts but that is simply a style clash! Her Sunday look was so much better, because it was more of a credible choice for her age and style personality. Plus the colour choices and style fell into place for her. The only thing which didn’t work for me was her hair- too grown up – too much Cheryl- and not enough Cher!

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On a personal I was very disappointed about the whole conduct on Sunday by most of the judges. Simon Cowell always said in the past that the X-factor was a singing competition but last Sunday he said word for word on Sunday night, that Treyc Cohen was the better singer and Katie Waissel the better performer. Staying in tune with his previous comments he should have stayed by his guns and voted Katie off. Though I understand Cheryl’s motive not to vote, but rules are rules and can’t be bent to ones favour otherwise we got the situation one rule for one and one rule for others- how can be that fair and just?

Michaela