Same dress, different date: Cheryl Cole dines out in Beverly Hills last night (left) and in the same Thread Social silk dress last DecemberSpotted dining out in Los Angeles last night with new 'friend' Derek Hough, there was something familiar about Cheryl Cole's look.
The pop star was wearing the same navy silk dress that she had worn for a romantic night out with her now-estranged husband Ashley Cole eight months ago.
Arriving at a Beverly Hill steakhouse with American dancer Hough, the 27-year-old looked healthy and tanned in her £445 Thread Social open back dress and strappy high heel sandals.
The last time Cole was wearing the dress, she was in a very different position in her life.
The Girls Aloud star debuted the outfit for a night with Ashley at the Les Ambassadeurs casino in Mayfair in December last year.
Cheryl and Ashley looked very enamoured with each other as they sat holding hands in the car before heading home, with the singer heard saying 'I love you' to her husband.
Negative body language: Cole and her date Derek Hough both had their hands in their pockets at they left Cut - with the singer looking down at the ground
The way they were: Cheryl and estranged husband Ashley heading home after a night out in December - three months before their splitHowever, three months later, Cheryl was announcing her separation from the Chelsea footballer amid allegations of infidelity, followed by revealing plans to divorce in May.
Coincidentally, both times she has worn the dress came at a time when she has changed her hairstyle.
When she first wore it last December, she debuted her natural short hair after losing the long hair extensions she had worn for years.
Cheryl decided to go natural after an onslaught of criticism by the public that some of the hair she was swishing around in the L'Oreal Elvive advert wasn't her own.
Feeling blue: Despite her posh evening out, Cheryl failed to raise a smile
Cheer up: The couple looked glum as they left the eaterieHowever after spending the most of this year with her naturally shorter hair, Mrs Cole visited a hairdressers in LA last week to get new extensions.
While the singer was openly affectionate with her husband when she first wore the dress, she is yet to give any physical sign of her purported affection for Hough.
Leaving celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's Cut eaterie last night, Cole and Hough took care to walk with a bit of distance between them and failed to raise a smile for the photographers outside.
After spending a month in hospital, then at her Surrey home recovering from malaria, Mrs Cole jetted to Los Angeles 10 days ago with Hough - her frequent companion since splitting from Ashley.
Team: Cole is hoping with her singing mentoring and Hough's dancing ability she can win The X Factor for a third yearsource: dailymail
