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-pas —non-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.
