Gossip Girl Fashion: "Gaslit"

After a week of Gossip Girl due to the most American of November holidays it was rather obvious we would have to go through the traditional Thanksgiving shenanigans on the show. As usual, I warn you of the spoilers that may be ahead if you haven't yet seen this week's episode.
The beginning to the episode is, quite possibly, the most fashionable one yet. Blair, in a beautiful orange tartan dress from Barney's, is checking up on Dorota's to-do list in anticipation for her trip to France. "Have you picked up my Burberry?", she asks. To which Dorota Responds showing her a beautiful coat. "Do you want me to freeze? I need the shearling!" So Dorota takes out one of Bailey's worship pieces from the wardrobe. I am glad she chose one of the longs ones, I'm just disappointed we don't get to see it on. Brilliant PR, this is.

I very much enjoyed the clothing in this episode. Everything has been picked out in a sunning musky and earthy palette, which fits the occasion like a glove. Blair and Chuck are, once again, as matchy as can be (only outdone by Brangelina). Serena looked cool in her relaxed look but I wonder how she managed to pick it out (jewelry included) when she hasn't stopped home. She only wears the one outfit in this episode, which must be a first. And Lily and Eric look ever so chic in their respective camel cape and mustard jumper. I do worry about Lily's sleeveless situation, she's gonna get ill.

Nate and Dan take their bromance to another level. "I got your text", Dan says. Nate needs some reassurance from his best pal. How fun and weird would it be if they got together. Ohhh the giggles! The moment is brought to an end by Nate giving Dan 'the eyes'. Love is in the air...

My classic stupid moment of the week is brought to us by Longchamp. I love the fact that even Serena's luggage coordinated with the furniture and I, too, love the fact that I have the same bag in black.

And, surprise, surprise, the three drag-keteers bring us the worst fashion moments of the week. I still don't quite get why Juliet wears cocktail dresses 24/7 and HOW on earth she can afford Louboutins, wasn't she poor? (And why didn't she takeout the bin? It's not only rude but minging!) Jenny makes her last scheduled appearance on the show (woop!) wearing disastrous plastic-looking accessories and an ill-fitting coat. And Vanessa, whose close have become a joke at this point, walks aimlessly around New York City in a not-very-winter outfit. The shoes are a nightmare but the jacket wouldn't be too bad better styled.

I had to wait until the end of the episode for my GG food fix. I can't accurately explain how bewildered I was when I found out Lily and Rufus pass on their Thanksgiving feast to spend the holiday with Serena at the rehab centre. I want to be hired as GG set's leftover hover. I did appreciate the french fries nod to the Thanksgiving episode from seasons past.

Bluck is kind of dissolving by now, which means we don't really get any of the awesome Blair-Chuck moments. The closes thing to one of those this week was Blair's room service delivery to Chuck of a pie. Brilliant card, though.
Blair did, however, share a moment with Dan. I love how his faces goes from naive to mean in about a second and I loved GG's closing line: "Come together... right now" (another PR genius moment from iTunes?)

I'm off.

[Pictures: Screen caps, CW.com]

It's a first

It has taken all this time for someone famous to finally wear one of Burberry Prorsum's shearling coats! I have to admit this has made me anxious for a while because I couldn't understand how, if you can afford them, you wouldn't have one. I have to thank Anne Hathaway (or Rachel Zoe) for this. Jake Gyllenhall and her arrived in London today to promote "Love and other drugs" and Hathaway was clever enough to bring the trendy jacket to our icy city. While I didn't quite agree with the styling choices, particularly the ill-fitting high-waisted jeans, I understand that it must be difficult to find anything that covers the bit from where the jacket ends to where your trousers would normally be. In any case, I love how it gives Anne a kind of après-ski look. Hopefully we'll get to see it in some other outfits during her time in London.

I'm off.

[Pictures: community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt]

Bailey's flock

I'm not sure if I have finally decided I'm done with summer or if my recent trip to Edinburgh reminded me how much I lover colder weather but the thing is I can't stop thinking about my FW10 wardrobe. Just today, still wearing flip-flops and having an aperitif outside, I had a chat to one of my dearest friends (who is also one of the most stylish people I know, btw) about the kind of shearling jacket we should get. Everyone from Zara to H&M to Acne and Rick Owens is doing at least one for next season so there's plenty to choose from. The problem is I don't just like any jacket and the ones I'm coveting the most go up to the four figures, which is terribly frustrating. I had a look online to see what's the offer a few weeks before the new season dully hits the stores and this is what I found —including shearling accessories that look super chic and very warm.

The truth is that no matter what you find or how hard you look the best shearling jackets are those with the Burberry Prorsum knight on the label. Bailey singlehandedly created the biggest trend for the season and he put Burberry at the head of it. The craze about the jackets in questions is such that the brown leather cropped one (at £1,895 a piece) is already sold out on Net-a-Porter and it's only the middle of August. Cr-azy.

Who do you think will be sporting of of Burberry's coats or jackets during the next fashion month?
I'm off.

[Pictures: product websites, Zimbio.com]

Burberry is so hot

By mid August I am usually so done with the summer I'd wear a coat and a pair of boots if I didn't melt. This summer my FW urge will probably take a little bit longer to kick in because June in London pretty much sucked (weather wise) and because it won't go below 30ºC here in Madrid until mid September. However, there is one particular FW10 item that I'd wear to a dinner party (Rachel Zoe style) without even thinking about it —the shearling jacket. The August 2010 issue of Interview features Christopher Bailey's Q&A along with a stunning short editorial of his FW10 outerwear for men and women. The pictures are beautiful and I love the make-up but the best part of it is how someone thought of layering the coats. I mean, not even the most fashionable eskimo could bare to wear a wool coat under a shearling jacket. But it looks cool. Very cool.

I'm off.

[Pictures: The fashionisto]

Cogito ergo Prorsum

I love Christopher Bailey almost as much as I love Burberry. And I do not only because he is extremely talented but because he has a very positive and forward vision of what bloggers can do these days. Which is why, even though their FW10 campaign doesn't officially come out until July, the pictures have been released online so all of us fashion and Burberry freaks can spread the word much better than a double page in Vogue can.
I can usually do with a little less Burberry check on the campaigns, which is why I truly love this one where Bailey has given us a very welcome overdose of his stunning shearling jackets instead. I always love the fact that everyone in the adverts is 100% British and they have that aristocratic pale beauty that kind os epitomises the young Burberry customer.

What do you think of the new campaign? Aren't you dying to get a shearling jacket?
I'm off.

[Style.com, JustJared.buzznet.com]