Gossip Girl Garments

Among all the hubbub of NYFW, a new clothing line in the making has been announced between line Romeo and Juliet Couture and the CW's Gossip Girl (according to WWD).

According to sources, the line will feature lots of embellished tops, novelty dresses, leather, prints, and more!! If you could imagine it on one of the characters -- you can now imagine it in your closet! The line will be sold in both higher end stores like SAKS and Neiman Marcus, as well as in stores like Kitson and will feature price points anywhere from $80-200. Rumor also has it that the line will expand shortly after it's debut into accessories and bags as well.

Here's the real question: is this collaboration a little past it's prime? The show was down 22% in ratings this year during sweeps month alone -- and averaging a decrease in 28%. Only time will tell; maybe this is just the boost those Upper Eastsiders need.

Text Corinna Fabre

Source: Rolling Stone

Blake Lively: The New Face of Chanel

Blake Lively is now promoting Chanel's new blood red handbag in the latest ad campaign. This seems to be an obvious choice with the way this actress has been almost everywhere lately. Now, I do not mean everywhere as in all over the tabloids. You will rarely see her there unless mentioned in a "Best Dressed" category. She is in almost every fashion and beauty magazine, if not for her makeup, hair, or the latest trend she's sporting by top designers. Designers are smitten over her. From Michael Kors to Lanvin to Karl Lagerfeld. How lucky is this young woman? Those are three designers any person interested in the fashion industry would kill to be oogled by. Who could blame them, though? She is around six foot, blonde, and has a great body. She is sexy but not provocative. Last summer she did a spread in Vogue where her curves were obvious, but covered up for a surf and beach shoot. She might be considered perfect. She has played the classiest but most controversial "It Girl" in the Upper East Side in Gossip Girl, as well as a sell out drug addict playing the ex of Ben Affleck in The Town. Lively is a young woman to be inspired by, in the acting industry, as well as in the fashion industry.

Text Alexandra Faye

Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Spring 2011

Alright, I'm sorry, but what is going on here? I would really love to know what this leather belt-attached-choker is that Alber Elbas has invented. This thing may be innovative and futuristic, but in my eyes, it is completely hideous. From the first time I saw the thing on Blake Lively, I thought, what is that? A friend of mine was with me and said the same comment out loud.

I decided to interview a few friends of mine. One man said he thinks the accessory looks flattering on the model, and he thinks a thin woman would look stylish and beautiful wearing it. However, if a woman was a little heavier and actually had a chest, she could not pull the look off. According to a female college student (a.k.a. my roommate), she said she thinks it would be very hard for an every day woman to be able to pull that off. She said if she were walking around in that, any person she knew would say, "What the fuck?" I asked another young man in his early to mid-twenties, and he said he would think, "I didn't know we were in the movie 'Gladiator'. Do I need to wear a shield and start fighting?"

Now, see, this is not okay. I would very much hope that I never see a person wearing this in my lifetime.

Text Alexandra Faye