Polls to Open at E! Online This Week for the Adrianna Papell for E! Live from the Red Carpet Design Contest

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The last-stage of voting on the ultimate red-carpet ready dresses is set to begin! The Adrianna Papell Group and E! have announced that polls will open on January 16th and close the evening of January 22nd to conclude the Adrianna Papell for E! Live from the Red Carpet design contest. The winning design will be chosen by the public, and will be unveiled on E!'s "Countdown to the Red Carpet Academy Awards" special on February 26, 2012.

After over three months of entries, voting and a social media frenzy, the waiting will soon be over. Adrianna Papell and E! have brought the top five design illustrations to life by making them into wearable samples.  Now Facebook fans of Adrianna Papell and E! will vote to decide which of the five finalists claims the grand prize – a $2500 cash prize, a trip to Hollywood, an appearance on E!'s "Countdown to the Red Carpet Academy Awards" special and inclusion of the winning design in the Adrianna Papell for E! Live from the Red Carpet Spring 2012 collection, available at Lord & Taylor.  The final five designs can be viewed at http://eonline.com/design.

Additional information on Adrianna Papell can be found on the brand's Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/AdriannaPapell and website, http://www.adriannapapell.com.  The entire Adrianna Papell for E! Live from the Red Carpet line can be found on E! Online, http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/redcarpet/bring_out_your_glam/product.jsp#fashion.

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ABOUT ADRIANNA PAPELL FOR E! LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET:

ADRIANNA PAPELL FOR E! LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET was designed to make every woman look like a star. The collection is reminiscent of classic Hollywood glamour, incorporating feathers, ruffles, paillettes, plunging necklines, raised hemlines and draping fabrics. Women enjoy their own "red carpet moment" when they slip into one of the designs for weddings, proms—or even a night at the opera.

About E! Entertainment

E! is television's top destination for all things entertainment and celebrity. E! is currently available to 98 million cable and satellite subscribers in the U.S. and the E! Everywhere initiative underscores the company's dedication to making E! content available on all new media platforms any time and anywhere from online to broadband video to wireless to VOD. Popular programming includes E! core franchises, "E! News," "The Soup," "Chelsea Lately," "Fashion Police" and "True Hollywood Story," as well as the network's hit series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," "Khloe & Lamar," "Kourtney and Kim Take New York," "Ice Loves Coco" and "Kendra."  Additionally, E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" signature events keep fans connected to their favorite stars on Hollywood's biggest nights.  E! is a network of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience.

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