Gossip Girl Fashion News

OMG. Is Blair borrowing a page from Jenny?

That's what it looks like in the photo below? Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester looked almost unrecognizable thanks to her raccoon eyes, pale skin and red lipstick at Tuesday's American Eagle Outfitters flagship store launch in NYC.

What do you think of her eye-popping look?

Does the heavy makeup work on Leighton Meester?

At a screening for her new movie The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee in New York, Blake Lively wore the kind of ensemble only she could get away with.

Seriously ... this is a new one, even for her. She's kind of like a delicious, decadent wedding cake with cleavage, you could say. Or you could say wow ...

Only Blake Lively can wear an outfit like this.

It's as if she's heeded the call of one of our Round Table panelists, who has been distraught by the lack of Serena cleavage for the past several episodes.

She shows a lot more than cleavage in The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, interestingly. We haven't seen it ourselves, but there's a Blake Lively nude scene.

 “I think it’s uncomfortable, laying in strategically placed clothes taped on your body, in front of some strangers,” said Blake Lively of that part of the film.

Her co-star in it? Oscar winner Alan Arkin, 75.

“We’re all actors, we’re all professionals and we all understood what was happening. Everybody is uncomfortable with those scenes. You’re not going to be comfortable being half-naked in front of anyone. But, it was fine. It was short.”

Yes, you read that right. According to the N.Y.Times, on an average day at the Robert G. Salon in the West Village in Manhattan, Robert Gioria fields many different requests, but fueled by the same goal: to have "Blake Lively hair."

In the '90s, there was the “Rachel,” named for Jennifer Aniston’s character on the TV show Friends. Before Rachel it was the “Farrah,” for Farrah Fawcett.

As we know, Lively, 22, who plays Serena on Gossip Girl, has extra long, ultra-shiny blond tresses with a mussed-up tussle frolicking through the ends.

In other words, the woman and the tresses combine for "aspirational hair,” said John Barrett, whose salon sits atop Bergdorf Goodman in Midtown Manhattan. His clients “don’t just want the hair, they want the lifestyle.”

In the last six months, Lively’s cut - an exercise in studied dishevelment - has been his most requested. “I didn’t really realize the extent of it,” Blake said of her hair’s popularity, though she says she gets a lot of questions.

“It's always kind of odd, but unbelievably flattering.”

On Gossip Girl or in real life, Blake Lively's hairstyle is a popular trend - even an aspirational one for many women in New York City and beyond.

In fact, a Google search of “Blake Lively Hair” produces 713,000 results, many of them “how to’s.” Whether it works on just anyone is another story.

Some say Lively's look only works for tall, slim women, but clearly her hair appeals to all demographics. “Textured and Tousled," or "Curled and Swirled” styling is rising in popularity, rather than the flat-ironed look of seasons past.

This is attributed in large part to Blake Lively.

“I was born with a head full of hair,” said Blake, who maintains her look is mostly natural - no extensions, but some blond touched up by her stylist.

The only problem? "Some girls are born with amazing hair,” said one stylist, adding that hair like Lively’s “may set some unrealistic expectations.”

Hard to argue with that.

When Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen launched their mens collection for Elizabeth and James, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood guys caught on.

Sure enough, Elizabeth and James for Men has been popping up all over Gossip Girl, including on Dan Humphrey in the now-infamous threesome scene.

Maybe it was the clothes that turned O and V on ...

Penn Badgley wore the Elizabeth and James Easy V Cashmere Sweater on the show, as you can see above, but it wasn't the first appearance for the line.

Dan wore two Elizabeth and James designs a week before the threesome, and last month Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) sported an Elizabeth and James suit.

Looks like a brand Gossip Girl hunks can depend on!

Blair Waldorf's attitude would not be the same without a sheer red, plump pout. Okay, it so would, but that lip color gives it a certain extra element!

In real life, Leighton Meester, the girl behind the Gossip Girl character we know and love, favors scarlet lip gloss, too. Her absolute favorite product?

"L'Oreal Infallible Plumping Lipgloss in Plumped Red gives me that extra little color and boost when I really want my lips to pop," the actress said.

The result? A gorgeous Leighton Meester ....

What's the best complement to the season's super-bold lash look? Decidedly pretty, sweet rosy lips, as seen on Blake Lively at a benefit hosted by Chanel.

Makeup artist Angela Levin, who created the look, tells Us Weekly she wanted something to match the stunning simplicity of the star’s diamond brooch.

She thus opted for dark, sexy eyes, but the rest of her face light and fresh.

To get the look, Angela said she lined the Gossip Girl actress' upper and lower lashes with shimmering black liner and stroked on three coats of mascara.

She then created the perfect pink shade for lips by blending two shades - first, a nude shade, followed by a slightly darker one to get the perfect pink hue.

The result? A gorgeous Blake Lively ....

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?