It’s one of the most striking style transformations in British politics. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has left her boxy jackets and severe suits in the past - and she proved her new style credentials with a stunning appearance yesterday morning. The 44-year-old looked particularly glamorous on her way to BBC’s Andrew Marr Show in a fuchsia column dress that flattered her slimmed-down physique. Scroll down for video . SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has left her boxy jackets (in 2012, left) and severe suits in the past - and she proved her new style credentials with a stunning appearance yesterday morning (right) Miss Sturgeon (pictured last year, right, and in 2009, left) is rumoured to have hired a personal shopper and employed a stylist in the run-up to the Scottish parliament election in 2007 . She looked svelte in the £179 knee-length 1940’s-style ‘Blitz’ dress by Edinburgh fashion label Totty Rocks, which was paired with a pair of raspberry stilettos. Miss Sturgeon has been praised recently for her sartorial choices. She now favours skirt suits that cinch in at the waist and skim the knee. She is rumoured to have hired a personal shopper and employed a stylist in the run-up to the Scottish parliament election in 2007. And her hair has been dyed lighter and cut it in a shorter, sleeker style. Miss Sturgeon’s new look is a world away from her appearance in 2010 when she modelled clothes made from blankets in a charity event (left) In earlier photographs, from the late 1990s (left), Miss Sturgeon’s dark hair, cut into a choppy style, made her look older than her years. Nicola Sturgeon as a schoolgirl, right . Although the SNP leader claims to be uninterested in splashing out on expensive clothes and bags in the past, she has admitted to a fondness for Kurt Geiger shoes. Miss Sturgeon’s new look is a world away from her appearance in 2010 when she modelled clothes made from blankets in a charity event. In a shapeless knee-length yellow shift dress, Miss Sturgeon looked less groomed and glamorous than she has in recent months. And in earlier photographs, from the late 1990s, Miss Sturgeon’s dark hair, cut into a choppy style, made her look older than her years.
SNP's Nicola Sturgeon looked glamorous as she arrived at BBC yesterday . Nationalist wore fuchsia dress that flattered her slimmed-down physique . Miss Sturgeon has left her boxy jackets and severe suits in the past . She is rumoured to have hired a personal shopper and a stylist in 2007 .