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From Armani to Versace designers don't seem to be able to resist putting their label on your luxury hotel as well as on you. Here are the top 10 best designer hotels. Now the question remains, what do you wear in a bedroom that threatens to be better dressed than you?

Prue Rushton, 30/5/10

Armani Hotel, Dubai

'Stay with Armani' extols the website as The Man Himself stares out at you from a slick black and white image.

Gallery Hotel Art, Florence

Florence's first contemporary boutique hotel.

Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh

Forget tartan, bold bright colours in signature Missoni zig-zags and stripes dominate this Scottish luxury hotel.

Schlosshotel, Berlin

Chanel ubermeister, Karl Lagerfeld slips into the Germanic grandeur of his homeland to deliver the Schlosshotel suites.

The Pineapple House Hotel, Montego Bay

Ralph Lauren has stuck to polo style white, with just a few colour hits of pink and blue. You may recognise some of the stripey soft furnishings from his home collection.

Bulgari Hotel, Milan

In truth, do not arrive at this luxury hotel expecting to be dazzled by bling. The design of this hotel more resembles a cream and dark-edged jewellery box from Chanel.

Tortuga Bay, Dominican Republic

Oscar de la Renta clever mix of Euro elegance and resort like glamour that would happily tempt any of the Cannes set across to these shores.

Hotel Du Petit Moulin, Paris

Christian Lacroix likes to play with richness and a riot of colour. Thankfully, he found an old boulangerie in the Marais to bring his bohemian bejewelled luxury to hotels.

Palazzo Versace, Gold Coast

Donatella Versace has managed to channel the loudness of vivid Versace into a more muted medley of sorbet-soft tones tastefully tinged in gold.

Find what brings you joy and go there.

Jan Phillips

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