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Buy the Hotel's Uniforms at Velas Vallarta Resort

Where: Paseo de la Marina Norte 585, Mexico, 48354

We've heard of folks coveting hotel beds, sheets, and bathrobes before but now you can walk away from your hotel stay wearing the exact same clothes as the hotel employees.

The For Her boutique at the Velas Vallarta Suite Resort and Convention Center sells a two-piece tunic and slacks ensemble designed by Melin Castro of Melin Castro Design.

The pieces are cut from fine linen, and the necklines are works of art with elaborately designed bead patterns hand-embroidered by craftsmen in Guadalajara. The lightweight ensemble comes in black and white and can be worn for any casually elegant outing during the day or night or worn as a bathing suit cover-up. It sells for 2400 pesos, or approximately $200 US. The ensembles are also sold in the boutique of Velas Vallarta's sister hotel, the Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit.

We gotta say that uniform looks mighty comfy if just a tad too see-through. We just hope hotel guests buy the outfit on the day they check-out and not during their stay. That could get awkward at the pool.

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Gild Hall Gussies Up With Steven Alan-Designed Uniforms

Where: 15 Gold Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10038

Our hotel fashion expert JetSetCD reports on the latest in hotel uniforms.

Thompson Hotels' Gild Hall at Wall Street seems to be weathering the economic downturn just fine; Libertine, their musky and manly Todd English-helmed restaurant successfully opened last month, and now the hotel staff gets to dress up in designer duds. Bringing a sliver of his classic, messy-refined style to the lodge atmosphere of Gild Hall, New York clothier Steven Alan will provide male and female uniforms for the first time in his history. He's no Gwen Stefani, but Steven's functional outfits will be able to stand up to her W Hotel designs any day. About the Steven Alan for Gild Hall line:

He riffed on the financiers who populate the neighborhood in creating a men’s ensemble of a worsted wool blazer, button-down vest and slacks with a reverse seam. The woman’s look is the so-called 'Banker’s Dress,' and everyone dons a silk skinny tie.

We admittedly have no idea what a "banker's dress" is, but we're sure it will look great with the backdrop of Gild Hall's faux library lobby. No word on if hotel rates in the Financial District will be dropping in time with the Dow, but at least the hotel staff will be dressed like money.

[Images via Thompson Hotels/Steven Alan]

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Wyndham Spins Plastic Bottles Into Staff Uniforms

While W Hotels' cocktail waitresses will be serving up beverages while wearing Gwen Stefani-designed uniforms, the entire Wyndham Hotels staff will be greeting you in uniforms made of beverage containers.

Seriously upping the eco-ante, Wyndham mandates that all staff be kitted-out in the new uniforms, made from recycled plastic bottles, by early 2010.

The good news is that the recycled outfits won't be limited to a few styles; Cintas has designed and manufactured two whole collections, one aiming for a "retail-inspired, upscale contemporary look" while the other is directly geared towards island resorts.

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Hotel News Briefs :: A Look at Gwen Stefani's Uniforms for W Hotel Bars

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· L.A.M.B. Uniforms for W Hotels' Female Bar Staff: This is what they will look like. While not as boring as we first thought, those employees better have some great gams to wear such short dresses. [StyleList]

· Dial-up a Religious Text: Gone are the days of Gideon bibles in hotel nightstands. Spiritual menus are the newest religious amenity to hit hotels. [Canadian Press]

· Hilton Sells Pet Friendly Items: Not only is Hilton ok with you bringing your pets into their hotels, but they want you to buy Hilton-branded pet gear. [Hilton to Home]

· Aqua Hotels Says Aloha to Twitter: The Aqua Hotels group in Hawaii is now Twittering. [Twitter]

· CityCenter Slowing Down: So remember yesterday how the Aria Resort at CityCenter was topped off? Well, now there's a new report saying that corrective work being done on the Harmon Hotel is slowing down the overall construction. Yikes. [SF Chronicle]

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Gwen Stefani Designing New Hotel Uniforms for W Hotels

OMG LAMB! Gwen Stefani is in as the next designer of W Hotels hotel employee uniforms. The Harajuku Girl fashionista, who has her own label L.A.M.B., will be creating the outfits for the W Hotels bar staff.

From Portfolio.com:

W and L.A.M.B. are expected to announce the deal in a few days. The uniforms--short dresses made of washable black jersey--will debut in December or early next year.

The Stefani/W Hotel partnership grew out of the luxury hotelier's sponsorship of a Fashion Week lounge where celebs can escape from the hoi polloi and the flashbulbs.

"Gwen Stefani was in our lounge last season, and through that relationship she's doing uniforms for the [Rande] Gerber bars located in W Hotels," said Jenni Benzaquen, director of public relations for W Hotels, who declined to discuss terms of the deal.

Wait a minute. "Short dresses made of washable black jersey?" That's it? That's what they are going to wear? That's what the eclectic creative funky Ms. Stefani is going to create? Boo.

W Hotels is going to have to step it up here. Have you seen the cute dresses the cocktail waitresses wear at Thompson Hotels? (They are Nicole Miller by the way.) We hate to say it but Gwen can do so much better.