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" Five Reasons Cosmo Loves Kate Celebs love wearing her designs. Girls Aloud, Colleen McLoughlin and Sophie Ellis Bextor have all worn her dresses, Pixie Lott takes her clothes on tour... yes, Kate Fearnley has made it. She&amp;#039;s also dressed X Factor finalists and soap stars, such as Corrie&amp;#039;s Tina McIntyre, who says: &amp;quot;I wore one of Kate&amp;#039;s dresses to an awards ceremony last year. I felt amazing on the night and the dress got so many compliments.&amp;quot; TV presenter Zoe Salmon adds: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been wearing Kate&amp;#039;s designs for over a year now. I love the style - sexy but elegant - perfect!&amp;quot;  She&amp;#039;s worked her socks off to get where she is. And never gave up on her dreams. After university Kate worked for a North-East design company, then in 2002 she started up her own business with help from a \u00A31,000 grant from the Prince&amp;#039;s Trust. &amp;quot;It was hard,&amp;quot; says Kate. &amp;quot;I had no money so I made everything myself, put it in the back of the car, dragged it around the shops and sold what I could. There were times when I wondered if it was worth it but it spurred me on to open my own place and slowly we turned things around.&amp;quot; She&amp;#039;s still working 24-7. This is not a girl who rests on her laurels - she still works 12 hour days (often sleeping in her studio so she can work round the clock to meet her deadlines)and she now employs a staff of seven. She put Middlesbrough on the fashion map. A graduate of Northumbria University she opted to open up a cool boutique in the centre of her home town. Everyone can buy her designs! Kate persuaded Selfridges and ASOS to stock her dresses. And she&amp;#039;s keeping it real - her designs cost from just \u00A365. Why she got Olay&amp;#039;s vote &amp;quot;We loved Kate&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;fun and fearless&amp;#039; determination to burst on to the fashion scene. She never gave up and has truly suceeded in bringing her designs to life, making them accesible on the high street. She&amp;#039;s a true inspiration.&amp;quot;  Her Cosmo words of inspiration: &amp;quot;When something is this important to you, you can&amp;#039;t let anything stand in your way. I&amp;#039;m living proof that with drive and passion anything is possible.&amp;quot;  See all the pictures and video from the Ultimate Women of the Year Awards "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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