Blake Lively/Serena Van Der Woodsen Style: On and off the small screen

Although it’s been said before, Eric Daman and the Gossip Girl fashion team are constantly outdoing themselves. Season after season, they combine the hottest up and coming designer’s pieces with luxurious classics, creating a set wardrobe even the most experienced fashionista might covet. Today’s post is dedicated to one of his Gossip Girls dress up favorites, Blake Lively.

Daman has clearly influenced Blake Lively’s sense of personal style. The days of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are long gone. Blake’s personal style has been replaced with an elegance not un-similar to her Upper East Side alter ego Serena Van Der Woodson.

Here are some of our favorite Eric Daman and Blake Lively outfits:

1. Serena Van Der Woodson in Nanette Lepore's Party Girl Coat, Chanel Sequin Flap Bag and M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza earrings.

2. Blake Lively in Alexander Wang’s Max Fanny Pack, DL1961 Kate Slim Straight Jeans and Burberry Giant Check Scarf.

3. Serena Van Der Woodson in a Nanette Lepore Darjeeling Dress in Ebony.

4. Serena in a Phillip Lim Go Green Go Multi-Flap Pocket Coat, Carlos Falchi Brooke Matte Caiman Tote, DKNY Mod Plaid Tights

5. Blake in Balmain’s “Paillette” Minidress and Jimmy Choo Private Strappy Sandals at the Emmy Award’s HBO afterparty.

6. Blake Lively in SMYTHE’s Tweed Slouchy Boyfriend Blazer and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.

7. Blake in a Vena Cava Synthesizer Dress.

8. Serena in Jimmy Choo “Jet” Pumps, Mason by Michelle Mason Zip Shirtdress and Christian Dior Granville Handstitched Medium Tote.

Lanvin Spring Tokyo Show Pushes Cultural Boundaries

Last night, the worlds of fashion and sport collided when Lanvin staged a fashion show at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo. 

Creative director Alber Elbaz said the sumo stadium appealed to him because he couldn’t miss the chance to break a cultural taboo.

Traditionally, women are prohibited from entering the stadium’s center ring, which is considered a sacred space. But Lanvin managed to secure permission to build a runway right in the middle.

“This is what life is all about,” he surmised. “Tradition can be nice, but tradition can be dangerous if you go only with that because you don’t go forward.”

Wednesday night’s event, a reprise of Lanvin’s spring women’s and men’s collections, attracted more than 1,000 guests, including Kanye West, who camped out in the second row with his entourage and attempted to conceal his identity with a black hooded sweatshirt and a scarf covering his face. It’s no wonder after his recent Taylor Swift stint that he’d want to stay hidden. 


Elbaz took a dig at celebrity clothing designers while talking to WWD reporters: 

“They may think that all it takes to do fashion is to be famous,” he said. “[But] you have to devote your life. You have to work hard.” Might he be referring to Lindsay Lohan’s recent Ungaro line? Hmmm...

Vogue cover veteran and Japanese actress Ai Tominaga opened the women’s portion of the show in a black asymmetric dress with a ruffled collar and a glove on one arm. 



Jimmy Choo's New H&M and Charity Lines

H&M has finally revealed the new Jimmy Choo collection on their website. Here are a few of our favorite items:

WWD also revealed this morning that Tamara Mellon, the founder and president of Jimmy Choo, has decided to raise money for African women and children exposed to HIV. Tonight she will unveil a limited edition capsule collection of shoes, bags and small accessories as part of the charity Project PEP. Choo plans to donate 25 percent of net sales of the PEP line to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The money will support funding of the Simelela Rape Centre in Cape Town and allow it to remain open 24 hours a day.

Today's Inspiration: Caroline B.

While researching social networking sites today at work, I ran across fashion networking site lookbook.nu where Caroline B. is clearly a fashionista favorite. I decided a quick procrastination break would be okay, and took a deeper look.

Turns out Caroline Blomst is a the fashion editor of the swedish blog network Feber.se and a newspaper called City and has a popular fashion blog: Caroline Mode. She also runs the Swedish fashion look book site Stockholm Street Style. At the age of 27 Caroline pulls off some of today's biggest labels with the ease of a seasoned fashion veteran. Scroll down and hopefully you'll be as inspired as we were.

Jeans with biker detailing from MQ, Balenciaga jacket, Chanel bag, Acne cardigan and Rick Owens tee.
Zara coat, Balenciaga bag, YSL ring, Rodarte tee, Acne jeans, Diesel hoodie and Prada shoes.
Zara top, Acne jeans, Alexander Wang shoes and bag, vintage fur collar and Balenciaga jacket.
Jacket from Glitzy.se, tee from Wang, hoody from AA, MQ faux leather pants, shoes from Rizzo and Balenciaga bag
Balenciaga Perfecto jacket, faux fur gilet from H&M, faux leather pants from McQ, shoes from Minimarket and Givenchy Nightingale bag

Fashion Police...no really.

The culprits behind the recent celebrity home invasions have finally been caught. According to the LA Times, "Police allege that the friends, fascinated by Hollywood fashion, would case the stars' homes and then break in, taking clothing and jewelry."

"Like many teenage girls, these friends were fascinated by the high fashion and flashy bling of such young Hollywood celebrities as Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge."

Apperantly the teens studied television shows, celebrity magazines and websites and picked out the clothing and jewelry they wanted. Then they figured out where the celebrities lived and, after casing the homes, broke in and took what they wanted. Talk about morally upstanding young citizens.