TOWIE’s Lydia Bright narrowly avoids a wardrobe malfunction as she leaves the Pride Of Britain Awards in a perilously plunging gown

She’s passionate about fashion and isn’t afraid to experiment with her sophisticated style.

But Lydia Bright was on the verge of taking a risk too far as she almost fell victim to a nasty nip slip at the Pride Of Britain Awards in London on Monday evening.

The 25-year-old TOWIE star was dressed in a perilously plunking maxi dress for her glamorous evening out, which very nearly came to an embarrassing end as she headed home from the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Earlier on in the evening Lydia was picture perfect as she sashayed down the red carpet ahead of the ceremony.

She posed with her hand on her hip as her Grecian-style dress puddled at her feet, looking glamorous with her glossy blonde locks sleeked back into a simple updo.

Alongside her was her boyfriend and fellow TOWIE co-star James ’Arg’ Argent, who looked suave in a crisp white shirt and a navy suit and tie.

Arg flashed a bright white smile as he posed alongside his girlfriend, who looked equally happy to be in his company.

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The couple have – who have had their fair share of ups and downs over the years – appeared to be happier and stronger than ever.

And while they are clearly very much in love, Lydia revealed to MailOnline recently that she isn’t planning on getting married anytime soon.

’We are much older now and we have had some time apart and met other people but we’ve always been drawn back to each other, we are childhood sweethearts,’ she confessed.

’It is definitely long term but marriage isn’t on the cards for now.’

And the TOWIE sweethearts weren’t the only ones representing Essex at the pride Of Britain Awards on Monday.

Jasmin Walia was also there looking beautiful in a baby pink, diamante encrusted full-length gown while Lauren Pope smouldered in a black halter neck number.

Elsewhere, Billi Mucklow went all out in a white mini-dress with feather trim and lace-up sandals as she posed alongside her fiancé Andy Carroll.

Joey Essex and Mark Wright were also at the event looking dapper.

Joey looked slick in a green blazer, matching sneakers and thick-rimmed glasses, while Mark kept it simple in an evening suit and bow tie.

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When outgoing U.S. House Speaker John Boehner greeted Pope Francis the other day, the speaker began talking about his choice to wear a green necktie for the pontiff’s visit.

An 8-year-old elementary student from Winslow Elementary School No. 4 was suspended last week for wearing a kelly green polo shirt that violated the district’s uniform requirement. The shirt was not deep green enough, the vice principal reportedly told the mother of student Kylie.

TV station Fox29, which originated the story, didn’t disclose the family’s last name, but quoted the mother as saying, ”My child messed up. I messed it up for my child … but to suspend a child over the shade of a shirt, I found it a little ridiculous.”

Kylie was barred from class the day after she wore the offending shirt, the mother said, after she arrived a few minutes late at the school with Kylie and her twin sister. Both were allegedly dressed that day in regulation shirts.

We don’t think that Kylie messed up. We don’t think her mother did, either.

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First, photographs of the girls holding acceptable and non-acceptable shirts side by side don’t show much variation. Woe to any harried mom or dad who mistakenly puts even color-safe bleach in a load of dark laundry.

Second, the code permits white shirts, navy blue shirts or dark green ones. It’s typical of public-school dress requirements that attempt to make everyone look alike – but don’t require an actual uniform. If white or blue can fit, it’s strangely picky to make kelly green verboten.

The larger point here is about zero-tolerance polices in schools. Their value when it comes to expelling students who bring in weapons or drugs is still an issue of some debate. But zero-tolerance on polo-shirt shades? That’s just silly.

It’s possible that Kylie was suspended for some reason other than failing to coordinate precisely with a Pantone color chart. The mother allowed that her conversations with administrators over the issue were, well, lively. Why punish the student, though?

The school district’s terse response to the controversy suggests that officials are squeezing the dye vat a little too tightly.

”We can confirm that there was a violation of the district’s uniform policy, but we can’t go into detail about the specific violation,” a spokesperson said.

The district’s dress policy states, ”The Winslow Township Board of Education believes that school attire can influence a pupil’s behavior and potentially impact the academic environment.”

Well, yes. But so can restrictions that crush even the tiniest smidgeon of creativity, independence and non-conformity among those pupils.

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