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Love At First Tights: How Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf Changed My Style

It was love at first tights. In 2007, I was a college sophomore in Boston, still emotionally reeling from my recent transfer to a new school and the cancellation of the O.C. (aka the official ending of the high school me). Gossip Girl filled that void--and before I knew it, I found myself more than willing to trade in my dream of Seth Cohen for another seemingly unattainable infatuation: Blair Waldorf, or rather, Blair Waldorf's wardrobe. But after five and a half seasons of incoherent story lines, confusing plot twists, and apparently disappointing Nielsen ratings, Gossip Girl is really over. Like all great love stories/mediocre basic cable dramedies, the romance couldn't last forever. Things haven't been so great for a while now--but, to quote what's sure to be a future Taylor Swift song, I can still remember that very first 'XOXO'...

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10 Fashion Reunions We Really Want To Happen

Lately it seems like reunions are everywhere: the Beverly Hills gang in Old Navy commercials, Entertainment Weekly's Reunions Issue, the upcoming Arrested Development reunion (the only one that truly matters, let's get real). Funnily enough, no one called us to see who we'd like to see reunited, so we thought we'd make our own list. We're not ones to be left out of a trend after all! We put our thinking caps on to come up with ten fashion reunions we'd like to see here at Fashionista - we will even moderate. It's guaranteed to be way chicer than your high school reunion.

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Fashion News Roundup: Rankin Releases Hunger Magazine, Victoria Beckham Got Career Advice From Marc Jacobs, and Snooki Is Suing/Gets Sued

New Rankin Mag, Hunger Hits Shelves: British photographer Rankin is launching a new biannual fashion glossy titled Hunger, in reference to his models' most prevalent feeling during the shoots. Kidding! Kidding. The first issue has 512 ad-free pages of fashion and music-related stuff and will cost approx $10.86. {WWD} Blair Waldorf Wearing a Vera Wang Gown: Attention, Upper East Siders: We finally have some info on the royal wedding we've really been waiting for! Queen B will wed Prince Louis Grimaldi of Monaco wearing a strapless Vera Wang gown, and FabSugar has some semi-spoilery pics of the event. Something tells me this marriage won't last the full 72 days. XOXO... Gossip Girl. {FabSugar and InStyle} Pippa and Harry K-I-S-S-I-N-G: Speaking of royal weddings, here are some scandalous photos of Pippa and Harry, newly leaked from that other affair back in April -- No, wait -- it's actually some pretty convincing doppelgangers of our favorite royal couple-who-isn't, shot by photographer Alison Jackson. {Daily Mail}

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Gossip Girl-Inspired Clothing Line to Hit Stores This Fall

Well, this is about five years late: The CW is finally cashing in on Gossip Girl's fashion cred with a clothing line inspired by the show, produced in partnership with LA-based contemporary label Romeo & Juliet Couture, WWD, is reporting. The collection will include embellished tops, bottoms, novelty sweaters, outerwear and draped chiffon dresses with touches of leather, pleats and prints--all of it inspired by one of the characters on the salacious show. So we're guessing there'll be a lot of bows (Blair), plunging necklines (Serena) and "funky" colorful separates (Vanessa). Let's just hope they don't take inspiration form Taylor Momsen's written-off character Jenny, who was a fan of sporting pink tutus from time to time. The line will retail for $80-$200 and will be sold in stores like Kitson, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue for fall, which is actually kind of high-end for a line inspired by a teens' show (and past it's prime, no less).

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Nina Ricci Fall 2011: Portrait of a Lady

There was romance in the air at Nina Ricci--this was clear before the show even began. The long gravel pathway to l'Espace Ephemere was lined with tea lights and a white carpet, setting the tone for the elegant, delicate and above all, romantic collection and that would follow. Peter Copping sent out an achingly beautiful, over-the-top feminine collection of tailored suiting with corsetry details paired with glamorous floppy fur hats and waist-defining dresses on the bias with delicate hints of lace and lingerie. The look was "Parisian nonchalant elegance, glamour and sensuality," according to the line sheet. In contrast to the form-fitting looks, there were oversized wrap coats described as "bathrobe-like" in dark green velvet, slouchy menswear-inspired trousers, and one incredibly yummy extra-large grandpa cardigan that looked very un-grandpa like over a silk slip dress with lingerie details. The palette moved from frosty pastels--ice blue, sea green and blush--to deep jewel tones like forest green and "Morello Cherry." To add a bit of princess sparkle, models wore jeweled headbands which mimicked the gem encrusted necklines on several of the looks. It's a collection Blair Waldorf would kill for--if only she were sweet enough to pull it off (no offense, B, you know we love you).

Shopping

Take a Bow

Would you rather get in the holiday spirit with a beaded, embroidered, sequined, primary-colored reindeer sweater or this? Yeah, we'd choose the gold

Business

Mid-Day Snack

Bass Alert! We have yet to personally spy our fair Chuck in the 'hood shooting this season. But thankfully Nylon offers up a scrumptious fix today in