Chelsea hosted an array of journalists from the fashion world last night as we officially opened the new Dolce&Gabbana Lounge at Stamford Bridge.

The iconic Italian fashion house has designed the new Directors' Lounge in the West Stand and held a cocktail party inside our west London home to celebrate the launch.

Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Daniel Sturridge, Hilario and Fabio Borini all attended the event and donned the new Dolce&Gabanna club suit.

Cocktails were made up from Dolce&Gabbana's exclusive Martini Gold, a collaboration between the design duo and the drinks maker, while canapés were handed around the sleekly designed lounge.

'The room looks amazing, I'm really impressed with it, I didn't realise it would look so good,' said Sturridge.

'Dolce&Gabbana are top class designers, everybody knows them world-wide and it's beneficial for the club that we have a brand on the same level as we are.

'We are one of the biggest clubs in the world and they are one of the biggest brands, so we'll be able to make the club stand out as it should, it's a really good partnership,' he added.

The main theme inside the new lounge has been created with clean, crisp design in the Dolce&Gabbana style and includes brand new materials and details.

Walls, furniture and fittings have all been created in blue which is in contrast to the steel of the chairs and the sofa, to the oak wooden floors and to the gold and silver of the picture frames.

All five players were also impressed with the new club suits: 'It is very nice, I like it very much,' said Hilario, 'it is one of my favourite brands and all the players like it. Saying that, it's not about the brand, it's about the quality, and this has a lot of quality.'

Mikel added: 'I love it, it looks really good. It's a different look for me and I like it a lot, I might start dressing like this all the time.

'I need to start wearing some shoes, suits and ties, because it looks so good! I am really pleased with it.

'I do wear Dolce&Gabbana, I wear the jeans a lot, t-shirts and shirts, but I have never bought a suit. I will now!'