Gossip Girl Fashion News

In real life, Blake Lively may not be very similar to Upper East Side vixen Serena van der Woodsen. Well, except for her Gossip Girl alter ego's style.

“I dress just like Serena!” Blake admits in the November issue of Nylon magazine. “I own half her wardrobe, so it’s far too similar to how I dress!”

“I feel ridiculous at times with her, because I’m, you know, killing someone or marrying someone, but I look like me. I’m like, ‘Oh, this is absurd.’”

Having her Gossip Girl fashion mesh so seamlessly with her personal signature style, however, isn’t something that happens with most of her roles.

Blake Lively and Serena both look amazing.

“When I’m doing a movie, I hide behind the character’s hair or makeup or clothes. If I can transform myself, then people will believe that’s who that is," says the 22-year-old Blake. "And I need to believe that’s who that is.”

One fringe benefit of trying out a persona? Getting in new products that she might not try on herself, including her latest beauty obsession which she picked up on the set of her next movie, The Town: press-on nails.

“They’re really amazing,” she says.

Starring in perhaps TV most fashionable show - and dating stylish co-star Blake Lively - has taught Penn Badgley a thing or two about fashion.

Well, at least regarding what it says about a person: “What a woman wears says a whole lot about her confidence,” Penn tells Cosmopolitan.

Penn includes sweater dresses and V-necks amongst his favorite items to see on any woman: "A sweaterdress really can be the sexiest thing."

"As a man, I just like the simpler things,” says the Gossip Girl star. “A plunging V-neck looks like she pulled it off the floor of a man’s bedroom."

"There’s something so sensual about it.”

Penn Badgley sizzles in the new Cosmpolitan.

Penn Badgley is even a fan of fall’s hottest shoes, the over-the-knee boot. “If a strong, secure girl wears thigh-high boots, it can be stunning and powerful.”

At least Blake knows her on-screen friend and off-screen love appreciates her style! Not that it's a huge chore for him to be dating Blake Lively, we imagine.

Click to enlarge two more sexy shots of the 22-year-old actor (and a mystery blonde model) from the magazine's recent feature on him ...

Tyra Banks and Hilary Duff weren't the only famous guest stars on Monday's episode of Gossip Girl – designer Tory Burch made a cameo as well.

“I have never acted before, so I was a little nervous about messing up my line," she said, adding that despite all her jitters, "Blake Lively made me laugh and put me at ease though, and the crew was so gracious.”

Though Tory’s scenes weren’t filmed in her actual office, the designer says that the set was a dead ringer: “They did an incredible job recreating my office, down to the books I have on my Lucite shelves and framed photos of my boys!”

While she didn’t get a chance to dress Gossip Girl’s leading ladies, Tory Burch has some ideas on what she would like to see Blake’s Serena van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf wear from her real fall collection.

Serena (Blake Lively) and Tory Burch on last night's Gossip Girl.

“Serena’s style is sophisticated yet rebellious,” says Tory. “I think she’d live in leather leggings, with an embellished top and oversized vest. It’s a cool, sexy look Serena could wear uptown, downtown, and everywhere in between.”

As for Blair Waldorf? “[She] has a quirky ladylike style and looks great in contrasting colors, prints and textures."

"The booties and leather driving gloves add just the right amount of edge. I would add a custom-made headband that would be cool enough - even for college.”

Here's a neat little ad released by the CW strictly for Gossip Girl fashion aficionados. Below are some of the photos from Monday night's "The Lost Boy," along with the makers of the clothes the ladies (and Mr. Baizen) are donning.

Whose style do you like best?

The 2009 Emmy Awards Sunday evening did not feature our favorite show nominated in any major categories, but Chuck and Blair were named the TV's #1 hottest couple during E!'s Emmy pre-show at least. Goooo Chair!

Also, the Gossip Girl cast's two leading ladies were on hand for the festivities, looking totally fabulous on the red carpet as you might expect.

Here's Leighton Meester in white and Blake Lively in red. Whose dress do you like better? Vote in our fashion survey below and let us know!

Which Gossip Girl star looked better at the 2009 Emmys?

You may not look like Blake Lively, but you can dress like her.

Semi-affordably, too! At least sometimes, thanks to Anna Sui.

The Gossip Girl star turned out at Fashion Week to celebrate Anna Sui's Gossip Girl-themed line for Target, which tops out at under $100.

Not a bad deal for something a glamorous gal like Lively would wear out.

Here's Blake in one of the line's offerings. What do you think?

Combining fashion-forward looks and traditional elegance, Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester is considered by many to be a style icon for her generation.

But the 23-year-old beauty was surprisingly modest and self-conscious when asked about her fashion at the 3.1 Philip Lim show at Fashion Week in NYC.

“That’s a very nice thing to say,” a blushing Leighton Meester said when asked about her style icon status. “But I don’t ... I don’t know. It's not me.”

As for what she’d tell her fans about picking the right outfit, she keeps it simple: “I guess it’s just fun,” Leighton explained. “Just wear what you like.”

The Gossip Girl star went to Lim’s show for the second year in a row.

“It’s just very original and inspired and it’s feminine and beautiful,” she said. “I just saw a few little pieces backstage and I closed my eyes."

"I wanted it to be a surprise!”

In the past few weeks we've seen a fashion retrospective and preview of Serena fashion and Blair fashion thanks to Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman.

Now he's taking us behind the scenes for a look at how he outfits Jenny.

From her more conservative outfits to her Courtney Love-inspired look (which sparked quite the rant from Courtney herself), the video below is sure to inspire a wide array of reactions, as Jenny Humphrey fashion always does ...

Below is a four-minute video feature in which Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman discusses how he is outfitting Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) this season.

We previously saw Eric's breakdown of Serena's style for Season 3. Now he's talking about how the show is reinventing Blair's look with her matriculating at NYU.

Blair, of course, is anti-NYU by nature, and this shines through in her fashion choices. How will she reconcile this in the coming season of Gossip Girl? See below.

Check out this preview of Blair Waldorf fashion - with a bonus look at Chuck Bass' new look (modeled after Michael Douglas' character in the film Wall Street) ...

Below is a video feature with Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman, who discusses how he is outfitting Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) this season.

In short, everything old is new again as her party girl persona shines through!

Not that Serena hasn't always worn some revealing clothes, but this season, Daman says we're really going to see her "try to get attention through her clothing."

Gulp. Check out this three-minute preview of Serena van der Woodsen fashion - with some cool clips from the upcoming Season 3 of Gossip Girl - below: