Sunday, May 4

HIDEOUS gossip

This is the show we long to watch, the one that makes Mondays (or beginnings of the week for us, Europeans) worth living. And to all fashion lovers and freaks, it is also a 45-minute display of endless wardrobe changes and, therefore, surprises and disappointments. It's one of the latter that inspired this post. Gossip Girl has kept us amazed for a few months now with, if you agree, quite a flawless costume design for every single character. However, such accomplishments shall not endure much longer. As I am sure most of you have already seen on your much-needed, daily-updated gossip blogs, there is a wedding coming up in the show. I personally consider weddings the top 1 occasion in which people manage to screw up big time in the clothing department. Tacky, trashy and overdone would probably be the three most used words when I attend one of these ceremonies. Considering the fashion magnitude of the series all this ought not to be a problem at all, nonetheless, it seems even the most skillful stylist can't always get it right. Eric Daman —an old Patricia Field apprentice in the SATC times— couldn't most definitely be on his senses when he picked up Blair's, Vanessa's and Nate's ensembles for the union of the houses of van der Woodsen and Bass. Queen B's pink madness is unflattering both in colour and fitting terms, she looks paler and far from the teen-on-a-power-trip look they often go for with her. Vanessa's expression speaks for itself, although this time the dress does not fit her badly, it's the details and that awful blurred print that make it an absolute fashion faux-pasnon-plus, I'll add. On the male side of things, Mr. Archibald junior goes back to the gangster Chicago of the fifties, in a striped, three-button suit and equally striped shirt. As if the mismatch was not enough, it was decided he should wear brown suede shoes (already seen several times on the show) instead of some good old classic black ones. This will teach Mr. Daman how aiming at a too distant target simply ends up in failure.


On the bright side of things —stylistically speaking, of course— I'd like to make a little flashback to 2006, when The O.C. said goodbye to Marissa Cooper in her dream Chanel from that year's S/S collection. She pulled it off beautifully for graduation paired up with a rope version of gladiators. Back to 2008 we may rest assure not many more unfortunate choices will come our fave show's way. "Living" proof of it is Serena's gown for her mother's wedding —an outstanding sheer Ralph Lauren mixing yellow and florals beautifully together with it's greatly layered skirt and the discrete yet sophisticated details and accessories.


[Pictures credit: JustJared and BlakeLively.net]

I'm off.

22 comments:

Jenny H. said...

i adoreddd marissas prom dress.
she looked incredible.
as she always did!

ohfuckmeimfamous said...

oh my gosh!
gossip girl
you know you love me..
and tomorrow, next episode!
yeah

ohfuckmeimfamous said...

hahha., im moving to barcelona in september
xo xo

Wendy said...

Serena is going to look so good in the next episode.

Ray TETAUIRA said...

oh didnt know inaki u like axelle red !!! i love her ! and do u know her song " ce matin" ? my very favorite actually

Danz said...

Thanks for the link!

I love that Chanel dress that Marissa is wearing! It works extremely well with the gladiators.

I agree with you on Vanessa's dress, the colour with the tie dye just isn't working.

Blake Lively is so loveable and she looks great in everything she wears.

Fashion Addict said...

thanks for adding me to your blogroll! I just added you!

Goncho said...

no problem.
gorgeous dresses.

Rebecca, The Clothes Horse said...

I love Blake's dress, it is gorgeous, especially with those gloves. I actually also like Leighton's dress, it's pretty despite the fact that bubble hems are universally unflattering.

Char Ruiz Manjarrez said...

As always you are right on the money! Vanessa's dress is just awful to behold! It hurts my eyes! And I liked the fabric of Blair's but the shape is unfortunate indeed.

Oh do I ever miss the oc/coop, come back to me. Perfection = Serena's Ralph L.

C.

Coco's Tea Party said...

I think the wardrobe in GG beats the OC, but the OC was a lot better than GG story-line wise!
Why didn't they just stick to the books?
And I think I want to watch some of the Marissa years now! Her and Ryan! Awwww...

María said...

They dress them as if they were in their 30's. I really don't like the styling of Gossip girl.

julie mcclain said...

yeah, i really don't get why they put serena in that dress (i don't think it's really in line with her character's choices)...unless lily makes her wear it :)

zoeeeee said...

i still haven't gotten over the death of Marissa Cooper

atelier said...

Marissa (O.C) prom dress looks so good! I wish I could afford one of those for mine! Serena looks great too, despite the yellow!

riz said...

You know, this show right now...I'm not feeling it. I really really miss the early O.C.!

annie said...

(L)(L)(L)
gossip girl

Mary-Laure said...

Ah, Gossip Girls isn't aired in France, which sucks. I don't have a TV, granted, but still!

nv said...

I hate blairs dress! The blair bitch character wouldn't have picked that and vanessa wouldn't wear a poufy orange dress :S.

Winnie said...

Gossip girl is just so addictive, loving the heads up on the fashion front! Lovee Serena's dress! I'm adding you to my blogroll because I keep coming back :)

the Launderette said...

Although those choices aren't that great it's nice to see it being spring in New York finally. I love the cold weather clothes they use but they were getting kind of old They've been in a constant state of winter since the series began.

Ashleigh said...

I must have wathed that episode like 5 times just for the dress!! Marissa looked so great...finally a man with style and fashion, let me know if you want to link up...Im loving your blog =)