Category: Clothing

Over the last few decades, few TV shows have remained in the cultural lexicon for their fashion the way that the CW’s “Gossip Girl” has.
The show became known for its over-the-top, high-fashion-meets-private school style that made actresses Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, who played Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodson, respectively, fashion icons in their own right.
Costume designer Eric Daman curated the show’s coveted costumes, dressing the stars in looks that were often straight from the fashion week runway. This includes some of the show’s most memorable fashion moments, such as the Elie Saab spring 2012 couture dress Meester’s character wore at her impromptu wedding to Chuck Bass in Central Park during the series finale.
The show also attracted many of the industry’s biggest names for cameos throughout its six seasons, including Karlie Kloss, Tory Burch, Rachel Zoe and Cynthia Rowley, among others.
Now as HBO Max is gearing up to release its “Gossip Girl” reboot next month, WWD looks back at some of the most iconic fashion moments from the original series. Scroll on for more.

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Ariana Grande is giving fans a closer look at her recent wedding.
The Grammy-winning singer shared photos from her intimate ceremony with real estate developer Dalton Gomez on Instagram Wednesday, posting several photos of her and her husband and closer details of her custom Vera Wang wedding dress.
The Vera Wang wedding dress is a lily white, silk charmeuse strapless dress with an Empire waist and a sculpted neckline. Grande paired the dress with a matching handmade, shoulder-length veil with a satin bow accent that sat atop her signature high ponytail. The wedding look was styled by Mimi Cuttrell and Grande wore pearl and diamond earrings by Lorraine Schwartz. Gomez wore a black suit by Tom Ford.
Grande and Gomez were married in a small ceremony on May 15 at the singer’s home in Montecito, Calif., with 20 guests, according to Vogue. The couple has been dating since January 2020 and got engaged in December.
Grande’s wedding isn’t the first time the singer has worn a custom Vera Wang look. She previously wore an ethereal, screen-printed gown by the designer to the Met Gala in 2018 for the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibit. The gown featured images from Michelangelo’s “The Last

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The first season under its new name, the American Collections Calendar marked New York’s second digital fashion season — and with an extended timeline. Designers like Tom Ford, Joseph Altuzarra, Michael Kors, Tory Burch and more are slated to show through April. Within the fall season, designers bridged the fine line between the mood of the current times — embracing cozy, work from home attire — and that of the brighter future ahead, with optimistic, exuberant designs.
Here, WWD breaks down the top seven trends from the American Collections week.
1. Knits
The biggest trend of NYFW? Knitwear. From sweater dresses and innovative statement knits to sweater vests and head-to-toe knit dressing, the fall season has it all. As seen here in Jonathan Simkhai’s cut-out number, 10 Crosby Derek Lam’s sweater vest and Ulla Johnson’s standout, asymmetrical cable knit dress.

From left: Jonathan Simkhai, 10 Crosby Derek Lam and Ulla Johnson. 
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2. Edgy Winter Florals
Floral blooms with a darker edge were plentiful this season. Flowers popped up in moody tones, as seen at Prabal Gurung and Tanya Taylor, and with grunge attitude, seen here from R13.

From left: Prabal Gurung, R13 and Tanya Taylor. 
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3. The ‘Bridgerton’ Effect
As seen during spring 2021

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Duncan
Year founded: 2019
Design aesthetic: After-dark glamour: a focus on tailoring and modest dress with an edge.
Inspiration: A love letter to New York, inspired by founder Michelle Duncan’s time spent as a tourist in her own city. Over the holidays, Duncan took advantage of the pandemic-driven, tourist-less city to explore popular sites that she had never visited before. “Even though it’s quiet, this is the greatest city in the world,” she told WWD. Duncan interpreted this love into architectural lines, fine tailoring and a moody élan.
Key pieces: Tailored separates inspired by classic men’s wear, but fitted to accentuate the female form: an Italian gray overcoat, two new trousers (one wide-leg, high-waisted, the other cropped and with fishtail backs, a cropped blazer with signature bleeding heart embroidered decoration). The introduction of moody, deep black, velvet dresses for nights out — a dramatic, cupcake version or slinky body-hugging number with a sweetheart neckline and nipped waist. Updated pleated skirts and modest dresses zhuzhed up with metal grommets, elongated pleated collars and beaded embroideries.

A look from Duncan. Courtesy of Duncan 
Courtesy of Duncan

Marcell von Berlin
Year founded: 2012
Design aesthetic: The label has offered modern streetwear and statement pieces with an urban edge since its inception in Berlin. Due to its celebrity

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