Gossip Girl Fashion: "The Witches of Bushwick"

Before I start with this week's Gossip Girl shenanigans let me apologise (even though it's not my fault at all) for the lack of fashion in a section with that word in it. Eric Daman's fun work seems to have evaporated from the show and I can't help but pay more attention to other matters. I do promise to appropriately report anything relevant (there's a small but cool fashion moment coming up). And, once again, let me warn you: there might be spoilers if you read on. Blah, blah.
Now, episode 9 was a little dull. I mean, a lot of things happen with everyone but nothing we haven't seen before. I didn't even get my favourite opening breakfast scene this time. But what we got instead was quite hilarious. Eric and his boyfriend make a diagram about Serena's choice between Dan and Nate. It's a real shame we don't get to see more of it because if you read it closely on the screen caps there is a lot of work that has gone into it for no apparent reason.

I have missed Lily a lot! Ever since she and Rufus made up we rarely get to see much of her, which is a shame because I loved her the most (I have a thing for older sophisticated women). This week she gets back in the bitchy zone at a meeting with Serena's Columbia dean. Definitely one of the highlights of the episode.

My worst nightmare has finally become a reality with Jenny and Juliet teaming up to take down Serena (if we got a nickel for every time we've heard that line...). Jenny's look is quite honestly atrocious and the back of her hair do absolutely escapes me. But it's Juliet that has begun to really disturb me. Not only she makes this creepy boards with clippings of everyone claiming she just likes "visual aids" but she goes completely mental at the masquerade later on the show. First, Jenny and her come out of a taxi in matching 'Eyes Wide Shut' outfits and then she takes it off after which she put on this mask looking like a lacy version of Hannibal Lecter's (Serena would never wear that!).

However, I did like the scene where Serena is trying to get into Chuck's hotel masquerade party and the bouncer say she can't. It's kind of funny, specially if any of you have been or have seen anyone in that situation. She sort of handles it with grace.
Serena also steals the best and worst fashion moment of this week's episode. She attends the party in a beautiful Carolina Herrera dress (the designer's name mispronounced by Gossip Girl), which helps to finish the episode with a good fashion note. It's the beginning's all-studded-and-sparkle ensemble with the rib tights and the asymmetric ankle boots that gets a big big miss.

Just like any other week, the boys don't get up to much. Eric wears the best outfit to the masquerade party —a sartorial version of a Julius Cesar toga and laurel crown.
Dan and Nate have they buddy-buddy moment of the week. This time they still don't look at each other much but they play some indoors mini-bascket ball, which is, I guess, a step forward.

Watching this episode I realised how much of a bored life-less weirdo Gossip Girl has to be. She keeps getting her pictures (and video!) much faster than normal and it takes her mere minutes to edit them in pretty layouts before sending them as blasts. She definitely needs a shrink.

Regardless of everything else, Bluck keep stealing the show every week. Chuck has been my idol and role model from the beginning of the show but he just keeps getting better. Blair and him have a phone conversation while they both get pedicures. I not only think the scene is genius but I find that Chuck still looks ridiculously cool with one foot up.
They also had their mandatory torrid pre-sex scene and a later romantic one. I found very useful that Blair's dress easily opens like that from the front and I found her underwear terribly sexy. I'm starting to like her more than Serena... It was only too bad they couldn't end the show with that magnificent kiss scene where they both match the colour of the room.

I'm off.

[Pictures: Screen caps, gossipgirlfashion.net]

Gossip Girl Fashion: "Juliet Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

I warned you last week and the one before that and I do it again now. If you haven't seen Episode 8 of Gossip Girl do not keep reading or scrolling down. There are major spoilers ahead in the shape of text and images.
After this week's episode I have realised I have a true fixation with GG breakfasts. This time I was mesmerised not only by the litres of orange juice and the kilos of fresh strawberries on the table but also by the crazy amount of humongous waffles on the breakfast table at the Humphrey-Van-der-Woodsen-Bass table. I counted a total of 6, which could feed half a hotel considering their size. I am also starting to worry about where all this clearly uneaten food goes to. The crew?

Continuing with the food thread i'd like to point out how all-present macaroons were in this episode. And here I thought they were Blair's favourite treat which she could only eat if produce at Ladurée. In any case, she goes through a box of, at least, 20 while she's in the bath. And yet Chuck still has some to play with later on. I was ever so confused. Although I was glad to see Blair's favourites are pistachio —so are mine.

Back to the actual plot. I love how Bluck have been returned to the centre of focus of the episodes. As nice as it is to just contemplate Blake Lively I have to admit her insatiable man hunger really gets on my nerves (probably because I am not one of them). Blair and Chuck also have a handful of quite kinky scenes in this episode, which really caught me by surprise. I didn't expect such explicit (for this kind of TV show) scenes and references but I am enjoying them! They also have some of the best lines of the show like:
C: "You know what's even more effective? Excess." or B: "Sex in a limo. We've literally come full circle."

Another of my favourite bits was Juliet being banished outside the Lincoln Centre. I love the fact that Nate, Blair, Serena and Chuck place themselves around her so that she feels threatened from every angle. And it was kind of reminiscent of those high school moments in the first seasons when episodes resolved like this. This was also the best fashion moment of the episode. The casual day wear has become duller over the last couple of weeks but evening wear has strengthened. I really loved Blair's SS08 Ralph Lauren (hated the hair, though), especially because it was from the same season as the yello one Serena wore for Lilly's wedding to Bart Bass. I also loved Serena's FW10 Zuhair Murad and how it's really a cocktail dress but then it has all that lace that keeps it sexy but makes it a night gown. And, for the first time, I very much liked Juliet's choice. The soft lilac and nude of her SS10 J Mendel dress were all she needed to look beautiful.

On the men's fashion front, not much to report. Nate did wear a checked shirt I really liked (when he meets Juliet for coffee) and I particularly enjoyed Chuck's take on black tie. It was ever so clever to wear  a white shirt with a black collar and a bow tie. It was appropriate but it has personality.

I find funny how Nate and Dan have this moment in every episode where they talk side by side barely looking at each other. They become 'frenemies' for a couple of minutes and have what would be the equivalent of gangsters exchanging unkind comments from car to car at a parking lot.

And lastly, I enjoyed how they ended the episode on the same note as last week's but on a different octave. Bluck go from passion to meaningless sex to friendship? This is something they haven't done so far, so it might be entertaining to watch. Although, personally, I don't think it's going to work.

I'm off.

[Pictures: Screen caps, cwtv.com]