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Liz Hurley out giams the competition

Summery Liz Hurley gives Lily Cole a lesson in grown-up glamour at A Single Man premiere.

The premiere of fashion designer Tom Ford's debut film was always going to attract a well-dressed crowd.

Models Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Yasmin Le Bon all turned out for the launch of A Single Man, but it was Liz Hurley who wore the night's most eye-grabbing outfit.

She looked for all the world as if she was attending a balmy summer evening garden party in a green cutaway dress that highlighted her enviable 44-year-old figure.

Braving the cold: Liz Hurley does her glamorous best on the red carpet last night for A Single Man premiere at the Curzon Mayfair, London

With a wide smile and a supershiny mane of hair, It was an impressive display of red-carpet glamour that showed the younger ones a thing or two.

Lily Cole looked more like she had stepped out of her student union bar at Cambridge, rather than appearing at a premiere.

The 21-year-old wore a striped white jumper with leather trousers, a black jacket and open-toed white heels.

She accessorised with a slick of red lipstick and a black hairband.

Scruffy student: Lily Cole dresses down for the event in leather trousers

A Single Man is not only directed by Tom Ford, most famous for turning Gucci into a billion-dollar operation in the 1990s, he also raised the funding.

And he was able to count on the support of some of his friends from the fashion world, Valentino and Stella McCartney, at the Curzon in Mayfair last night.

Also in attendance were the film's star Colin Firth - of Bridget Jones and Pride And Prejudice fame - and his Italian wife Livia Giuggioli, who looked elegant in a blue satin dress and green accessories.

Celebrity friends: Kate Moss and photographer Mario Testino leave the Dorchester following the after party

Star of the film: Colin Firth, pictured with his wife Livia Giuggioli, has had rave reviews for his performance

Back to black: Emilia Fox and Eva Herzigova look elegant in dresses

Emilia Fox also cut a glamorous pose in a low-cut black gown and Louboutin heels.

Model Eva Herzigova was also there with her boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj, and wore a corsetted dress with a black suit jacket, tights and gladiator heels.

Television presenter Trinny Woodall, It girl Tamara Beckwith, David Walliams, Yasmin Le Bon and Kelly Hoppen appeared on the red carpet.

Eclectic: Trinny Woodall does embellished satin, while Tamara Beckwith wears a velvet suit with a leopard-print clutch

Clutch bags: Stella McCartney and Kelly Hoppen accessorise their outfits

Elle of a bash: Miss Macpherson leaves Harry's Bar after the A Single Man afterparty

A Single Man is set in 1960s Los Angeles and tells the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a middle-aged British college professor.

He is attempting to find meaning in his life after the death of his long-time partner Jim (Matthew Goode) eight months earlier.

Throughout the single day depicted in the film, and narrated from his point of view, George dwells on his past and his seemingly empty future as he prepares for his planned suicide that evening.

Suited and booted: Comedian David Walliams and director Tom Ford

Warm wear: Yasmin Le Bon and designer Valentino

Before meeting his close friend Charley (Julianne Moore) for dinner, he has unexpected encounters with a Spanish prostitute (Jon Kortajarena) and a young student, Kenny Potter (Nicholas Hoult), who has become fixated on George as a kindred spirit.

The film has generally received good reviews, with most of the critics praising Firth's performance.

It was nominated for three Golden Globes and the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Film Festival.