The Ultimate Guide to Fashion Designer Hotels Around the World

Editor's Note: Got an eye for fashion? Check out these haute hotels! Top-notch designers like Giorgio Armani and Diane von Furstenberg are now designing chic hotels around the world that reflect their runway apparel, both in style and in price. 

The bed inside the Hotel Missoni Edinburgh

Click the map icon at right for a Google Maps journey into all of the Fashion Designer Hotels

Put down your "it bag" and pick up your suitcase because it's not about what you're wearing anymore; it's about where you're staying.Fashion Hotels are the new hot accessory now, with everyone from Giorgio Armani to Diane Von Furstenberg checking in to their own places.

These fashion hotels span the globe, but mostly (and sadly) ignore North America. Italy is the most popular country, but we are not surprised since Milan it's mainly Italian designers that began the movement to get their own hotels. Check out our complete list of all 25 after the jump, and do let us know in the comments which one you'd most like to visit.

The Ultimate Guide to Fashion Designer Hotels, after the jump!

Alberta Ferretti
· Palazzo Viviani at Castello di Montegridolfo, Italy: A 13th century castle/guesthouse redone by Ferretti, complete with fireplaces and frescoes. Call for reservations: 39-541/855-350. $134 per night.*

Armani
· Armani Hotel Dubai: The hotel as well as Armani/Dolci, Armani/Fiori and Armani restaurants are located in the first several floors of the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world. $545 per night.* 
· Coming soon: Armani Hotels in Milan, Marrakech, Marassi in Egypt, London, New York, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

One of the restaurants inside Dubai's Armani Hotel

Bulgari
· Bulgari Milano: A Milan Fashion Week favorite hotel, with a lovely private park. 590€ per night with breakfast for two.* 
· Bulgari Bali: 59 villas perched on a cliff, with an elevator down to the beach and some serious exotic luxury. $750 per night.*

Christian Lacroix
· Hotel Bellechasse, Paris: Each of the 34 rooms is completely different, but all a rich Lacroix experience in Paris' Saint Germain district. 179€ per night with free WiFi.* 
· Hotel du Petit Moulin, Paris: Lacroix decorated every room of this restored 17th century building in Le Marais district. 190€ per night.*

Diane Von Furstenberg
· Claridge's London: This iconic London property will have 20 DVF-designed rooms from June 2010 on. £490.00 per night.*

Diesel
· Uxua Casa, Brazil A very small property tucked away in Bahia, Brazil and designed/owned by Diesel's creative director Wilbert Das. $480 per night.*

Elie Saab
· Elie Saab Hotel at The Tiger Woods, Dubai A very Arabian boutique property in Dubai, within the Tiger Woods residential club. Still slightly in progress. No price information.

Karl Lagerfeld
· Schlosshotel im Grunewald: Each of the 53 rooms in this suburban Berlin mini-palace are unique, and designed by Karl Lagerfeld himself. Expect classic Kaiser-ly luxury. 239€ per night.*

A guestroom inside Lagerfeld's Schlosshotel im Grunewald

Louis Vuitton
· Cheval Blanc in Courchevel, France: A "haute couture" alpine ski getaway to the LV standards, with photography on the walls by Karl Lagerfeld. 700€ per night.*

Missoni
· Hotel Missoni Edinburgh: A colorful, contemporary property with a restaurant and bar in the center of old town Edinburgh. $242 with free minibar, movies, WiFi & 2 items laundry.* 
· Coming Soon: Missoni Hotels in Kuwait, Oman, Brazil and Cape Town in South Africa

Miss Sixty
· Sixty Hotel in Riccione, Italy: A very fun, funky and modern hotel for a happening resort town. Only problem is that their official website doesn't work. $194 per night.*

Moschino
· Maison Moschino Milan: A very whimsical first hotel from Moschino, in a renovated train station in the center of Milan. 270€ per night.*

Oscar de la Renta
· Tortuga Bay at PUNTACANA Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Beachside luxury villas decorated by the Dominican designer. $495 per night with breakfast.*

One of the Oscar de la Renta-designed villas at Tortuga Bay

Philip Treacy
· G Hotel in Galway, Ireland: A whimsical boutique hotel designed by milliner Philip Treacy means lots of color and many hat-reminscent design details. 200€ per night.*

Ralph Lauren
· Round Hill Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica A Jamaican beach resort that evokes the days of Grace Kelly and Cole Porter, but with Ralph Lauren interiors. $335 per night.*

Salvatore Ferragamo
· Hotel Lungarno in Florence, Italy: This flagship property offers classic luxury and little clue that you're styaing in a Ferragamo-owned hotel. There are also Lungarno Apartments and Suites. Free WiFi. 380€ per night.* 
· Continentale in Florence, Italy: A contemporary hotel that takes design hints from the 1950s. It was free WiFi and a rooftop lounge. 250€ per night.* 
· Gallery Hotel Art in Florence, Italy: Rooms designed in a contemporary style that both compliments and contrasts the Ponte Vecchio right outside. Free WiFi. 250€ per night.* 
· Villa Le Rose: The ultimate. This renaissance mansion outside of Florence has a ballroom and only 5 suites. Book by phone: +39 055 2726 4000. No price information. 
· Portrait Suites in Rome, Italy: Only 14 suites are available here, in the townhouse above the Ferragamo store on the Via Condotti. Free WiFi and a rooftop terrace. 850€ per night.*

Silvia Tcherassi
· Tcherassi Hotel in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: This 7-suite colonial mansion on the Colombian coast sits in a UNESCO World Heritage Area. To reserve call 1.888.575.2799. $295 per night.*

Todd Oldham
· The Hotel at South Beach in Miami, Florida: This classic Art Deco hotel's 53 rooms were designed by Oldham back in 1998. Perhaps it's time for a revamp? $195 per night.*

Versace
· Palazzo Versace Australia: $400 per night.* 
· Coming soon: Palazzo Versace Dubai

*denotes the lowest price listed on the hotel rates for a regular room, or if none was available, the single nightly rate for a Saturday in June. [Photos: Missoni Edinburgh photo at top by Jaunted; Hotel photos via the hotel websites]