By Liz Hemmerle After the shocking yet stylish season 4 of Gossip Girl. The show has returned with a night full of daring, fresh glam. “Add a pop of color, or two, or three” Serena shows up this episode as a true Cali girl wearing a sensational Mike Gonzalez yellow and pink illusion print wrap dress. [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Gossip Girl really made the finale easy for me – keeping the same outfits as the last episode for half of this one really cuts down on the number I had to look at!  Before we get started on the (very brief) wardrobe analysis, I have a quick note on the structure [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Is it wrong of me to say that Gossip Girl’s Blair-centered plotlines are much more interesting than the Serena-centric ones?  Serena’s problems always seem to shoot off into the extreme in a completely unrealistic way (duplicate Serenas at a party trying to simultaneously drug the real Serena and ruin her reputation, driven by [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Welcome back!  It’s exciting to make our way back into the Gossip Girl world after so many weeks away, and what a world it is – a long-lost cousin, who Serena will eventually corrupt!  Lily reads Martha Stewart for tips on jail! A Chuck-Dan-Blair love triangle!  The inevitable end of show party [...]

By Francesca Claybrook This episode was heavy on the fabulous earrings – Serena, Lily, and Raina all wore gorgeous pairs at various points during the episode.  I really liked Raina’s bright red and pink dress; I thought the color looked beautiful on her.  The trench Serena wore when she showed up unannounced in Brooklyn was [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Our favorite Upper East Siders were remarkably well-dressed this week, even if this week, like last week, everything came gift-wrapped in shiny sequins.  Blair’s first outfit was amazing (as was the scene of Dorota dressing her).  I love the dress she has on, and while I prefer it without the blazer, she [...]

By Francesca Claybrook With all the excitement of Fashion Week I have to confess that I almost completely forgot about Gossip Girl. Lucky for you all, I remembered just in time to write the weekly fashion recap.  Serena opened the show in an oversized white button-down shirt, which I actually wished she had worn as a regular top [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Thank you, Gossip Girl, for resolving most of the major issues before going on break for the holidays!  I feel relieved now that I know who Juliet is and why she’s been targeting Serena.  I can also rest knowing that with this episode pretty much every character went into the break looking [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Ah, the Thanksgiving episode – always an exciting one on the Upper East Side, no?  So although Thanksgiving was actually last week, I’ll make a list of things Gossip Girl characters should be thankful for this year. Blair – be thankful that your wardrobe is pretty much impeccable (even this episode’s plaid [...]

By Francesca Claybrook So after complaining last week that the characters are relying on blazers too much as their only outerwear option, what’s the first thing I see this week?  Serena’s blazer.  Well, technically I first saw the absolutely amazing Venn diagram Eric and Elliot were making to help Serena figure out her love life, [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Yes! It happened! An episode where I don’t have (many) complaints about what people are wearing! Most characters knocked it out of the park this time, and even the complaints that I might normally have I can’t seem to summon today. Let’s see, where to begin…well, Serena’s first outfit I thought was [...]

By Francesca Claybrook I’m sitting here trying to figure out how to sum up last night’s Gossip Girl fashion, and I don’t know what to say. I didn’t really like it, but I didn’t hate it either, so that makes it hard to work out exactly what I think. So far, my thoughts seem to [...]

By Francesca Claybrook Just when I was thinking that this show was getting a bit much, and that it wasn’t holding my interest like it used to, holy cow – I am going to be on the edge of my seat until next Monday, because I can’t wait to see what happens! I wish I [...]

By Francesca Claybrook In this episode, it seemed as though each character was willing to settle for a pass on their clothes, rather than gunning for an A. There was something holding back each one, keeping it from being a knockout. Let’s go through some of Blair and Serena’s outfits and see what could have [...]

By Francesca Claybrook While I have some issues with the clothes the characters wore in the first half of the episode, when an episode features a big event like Chuck’s charity gala, let’s be honest –it’s really all about the party dresses. Let’s start with the good: Blair’s dress is gorgeous. The color is beautiful [...]