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The Saturdays' Style Evolution

15 August 2013

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From fresh-faced popstrels to grown-up glamazons having it all, The Saturdays once filled the void that Girls Aloud left in our hearts - and on our style radar - and quickly became pop icons. See their fashion journey here...

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It's 2008. The Saturdays – aka Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman – burst onto the pop scene with their first smash single, If This Is Love and a penchant for bold, candy colours and thigh-skimming dresses. This is love!
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It wasn’t long – as is surely the case with every girl group ever born – before the girls were exploring the world of coordinating outfits, playing matchy-matchy on every red carpet they hit. Here, at the 2008 BAFTA Kids Awards in London, they opted for LBDs with quirky striped tights.
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Trussed up much like Christmas trees themselves, the jingle belles hit the 2008 Jingle Bell Ball in London in these ruffle-tastic, sequin-heavy mini dresses. Festive? Yes. Stylish? Weeeeell....
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We’re not sure about the matching shoes (clearly, Una wasn’t either, the rebel!), but it's nice to see The Sats embracing 2009 trends with their pretty, ditzy florals. Top marks go to Vanessa for her gorgeous pink petalled bustier and high-waisted colour-block, pleated skirt, and to Frankie for daring to be different in this retro, Pucci-esque print dress.

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Oh, dear. Just as things were looking up, style-wise, the girls stepped out in this dodgy melange of leather, ripped denim and studs, baring midriffs and cleavage like their lives depended on it. No, no, no!
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For 2009’s T4 On The Beach gig in Weston Super Mare, The Sats embraced ice cream colours via satin playsuits in pretty pastels. While we’re not overly keen on their outfits – we do like what’s happening south of their ankles. Those heels are fierce, girls!
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Nude hues were oh-so on-trend for autumn/winter 2009 but we’re not convinced by the way the ladies chose to wear them. Shiny ruffles and stretchy fabrics just don’t float our fashion boat, girls.
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As the new faces (and legs, evidently), of Samsung mobile phones, The Sats hit the red carpet in their brightest (and teeniest) outfits – but all that sugary-sweet, rainbow-hued satin is enough to make our teeth ache.

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Yowza! Fast-forward just a month and The Saturdays came over all dominatrix for the Girlguiding UK's Centenary Big Gig at Wembley. Frankie’s bra-flashing leather jacket aside, we like the ladies’ tough-girl mini dresses with frou-frou frills and edgy studwork.
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Dabbling in elegant monochrome for the 2009 A Christmas Carol premiere in London, the girls hit upon a style success. We especially like Rochelle’s oh-so chic, sheer and sexy LBD and Mollie’s adorably feminine LWD and 60s-inspired ‘do.
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Experimenting with individualism, Mollie and Una donned their favourite frocks for the premiere of Avatar in London. Una’s glitzy LBD and edgy silver heels just pip Mollie to the style post, we reckon.
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We’re not sure why, but there’s something about this snap that makes us think The Saturdays were a little bit pleased with their new Balenciaga bags...! If you can look past the giant arm candy, you’ll note that both Mollie and Frankie seemed to be getting into their fashion groove right about now.

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...But it was business as usual when it came to a 2009 Christmas performance for Capital Radio: showgirl styling and plenty of flesh.
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Now that’s more like it! For Elton John’s 2009 Grey Goose Character & Cocktails party, The Saturdays rocked the red carpet in directional dresses in classic, black, white and nude. We especially love Frankie’s.
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Hurrah! Come 2010, the girls were back on the red carpet - and not a matchy-matchy outfit in sight. By paying attention to the trends and pulling off high fashion with aplomb, the in-demand quintet soared onto our style radar as they hit London’s Leicester Square for the Valentine’s Day premiere. Mollie King, Una and Frankie get a special mention for their more daring, directional looks.
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Just when we thought it was safe to take our eye off the style ball, the girls’ stylist seemed to run for the hills at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend! Sorry, Rochelle, but this is a boho no-no as far as we're concerned.

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In a word: wow. Working simple but elegant styling for the London premiere of Sex And The City 2, Rochelle and Mollie look super-slick in their LBDs (Little Bejewelled Dresses).
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Where’s Mollie? Maybe she saw the fashion choices for this T4 On The Beach performance and feigned an injury? These in-your-face, cut-away dresses would be enough to send most women scurrying back to the wardrobe department in shame.
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The mis-matched group give everyone a masterclass in how not to dress for summer festivals. And just when they were doing so well...
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Luckily, Frankie and Mollie managed to quickly raise the bar again. We spotted them looking super-cute in matching denim and tan accessories as they enjoyed lunch in West London in the summer of 2010.

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...And Mollie’s style hits just kept on coming. That August, the Sienna-a-like starlet worked the retro vibe, cinching in the waist of her tulip-skirted dress with this tan, vintage-style belt.
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Working winter chic to perfection, Una and Rochelle flaunted these stand-out, oh-so now (well, then!) fur trim and military coats in London.
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With Mollie established early on as 'Stylish Saturday', we were excited to see Frankie start to give her a run for her money in the autumn of 2010. This tartan playsuit and her edgy ‘do were all the proof we needed that she was one to watch.
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OK, so they still have the matchy-matchy thing going on, but The Saturdays showed off a glossier, sleeker incarnation of their former selves at the 2010 Help for Heroes Concert wearing cute mini dresses in delicious, autumnal hues of nude, rose and wine.

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What a difference a year makes! At the 2010 Jingle Bell ball in London, the girls were preened to perfection, and their metallic-heavy outfits were on the right side of classy.
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Oh, to be young, famous and in Hollywood. Things really stepped up for our girls in 2011, and the States were calling. Outfit-wise, however, this put them on an unstable-footing - though we're giving full marks to Vanessa for that uncharacteristic rockabilly thing she had got going on.
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Mollie upped the ante - and her fashion cred - again massively by bagging male supermodel du jour David Gandy. Alas, it wasn't to be for them, but their dalliance definitely raised Mollie's profile with the style set.
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As cute as those printed playsuits are, ladies, we just love how Frankie's quietly got her own look rocking on here.

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A-list boyfriend alert! Rochelle was next Sat to fall for a fellow star. We don't think that Marvin's had much of an influence on her look, per say, but that Vera Wang wedding dress was awfully beautiful. Swoon!
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We didn't give The Saturdays the GLAMOUR Award for great style in 2011 - they earned Band Of The Year, of course - but there's no doubting they'd've walked it, given their ultra-glam, high octane look. Matchy-matchy mini dresses, begone!
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Una Healy, the hitherto quiet redhead of the group, almost made us fall off our chairs in mid-2011 when she announced that she and her long-term beau Ben Foden were expecting a Little Saturday. This was her first public appearance following the news. We love a good 'say it on a T' moment!
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We were very impressed with the amount of bare flesh the girls managed to flash without turning blue as they switched on the Oxford Street Christmas lights. What pros.

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Bona fide pop golden girls: the Jingle Bell Ball 2011.
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Frankie, Vanessa and Mollie had jetsetting totally downpat by February 2012. Jersey separates and superstar shades? Bring 'em on!
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...And, sans Una (who, at this time, was too pregnant to travel), The Sats also perfected their unique take on LA chic as they attended meetings across the pond.
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Prints charming! Vanessa and Mollie had a bang-on-trend print clash thing going on as they hit the town in May 2012.

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The matchy-matchy dresses are back - but, on this occasion, all is forgiven. Frankie and Mollie, along with Vanessa and Rochelle, were pretty in purple as they performed bridesmaid duties at Una and Ben's wedding in rural Ireland. Aw!
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If ever proof were needed that The Saturdays are all grown up now - in style terms, as well as in their careers and private lives - this picture of a glowing, elegantly dressed foursome emerging from an LA restaurant recently, do it. They're even confident about their labels - that's a skirt and matching shirt by uber-cool Brit designer Olivia Rubin that Rochelle's a-rocking.
We're so proud!
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...And baby comes too! Little Aoife Bell made six as the girls were spotted hitting the shops in LA in we-didn’t-try-to-coordinate-but-look!-this-all-works-well-together-anyway dresses. (A top tip from Rochelle: her Victoria Beckham-a-like sheath is a snip at £25.99 from Missguided.)
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What’s this? Is there trouble in fashion paradise? While each of the girls’ looks was perfectly polished as they stepped out in LA in November 2012 to film more of their reality TV series, they all looked to be on completely different style pages. Mollie’s prim, ladylike tailoring jarred with Rochelle’s beachy dress, which in turn was at odds with Frankie’s scarf...
What’s it all about? Stay tuned – we will!

Fast forward to May 2013 and the girls gathered to celebrate Frankie's burgeoning baby bump.
Molly wore a sequin mini by Needle & Thread, while Vanessa opted for an on-trend cut-out design, Una chose a bit of blue shimmer and the mumma-to-be wore a loose, low-neck dress with a leather jacket.
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Mollie, Una, Vanessa and Frankie stole the show on the Hangover III red carpet, wearing co-ordinated white frocks and Swarovski jewels. The girls were missing Rochelle, who gave birth to her daughter only days before.
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The Saturdays reunited on the red carpet (save Frankie, of course) – and we’re big fans of new mum Rochelle’s printed dress and Mollie’s chic navy jumpsuit.