Cheryl Cole Sizzles In Hot £4,000 Dress For Her Birthday Celebration

Arriving at her 26th birthday party in a show-stopping, revealing dress, Cheryl Cole was pretty much guaranteed to be the centre of attention.But with Dannii Minogue, Emma Bunton and Holly Willoughby among her guests at Vanilla private club in London, the Girls Aloud singer wanted to be sure.So she wore a daring sheer, fringed £4,000 mini-dress by British designer Alexander McQueen.

But Cheryl couldn't have anticipated being upstaged by her own mother Joan Callaghan, 49, who misguidedly decided to go without underwear for the occasion.Escorted by footballer husband Ashley Cole, Cheryl teamed the dress with £495 Christian Louboutin nude patent prive slingback heels.

The Coles and Joan joined a host of the singer's celebrity friends at the party, including X Factor mogul Simon Cowell, Sir Philip Green and fellow Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts.But by the end of the night, it was Joan who was causing the biggest stir among the assembled paparazzi as her desperation to keep up with the young ones became all too obvious.

Keen to show her still-petite figure in a sweatshirt grey bandeau dress, the 49-year-old unwisely decided to step out without any underwear. If she were worried about VPL - visible panty line - surely a thong would have provided adequate cover.