It's almost time for two highly-anticipated fall events: a new season of Gossip Girl, and a new school year to wear your favorite fashions. What happens when you mashup styles worn by a true bad girl, Georgina Sparks and the Queen Bee who looks innocent but is really the fierce strike of lightening hiding in the storm clouds?

Queen Bee Blair Waldorf
Leighton Meester is a true picture of a good school girl, in her plaid. Blair Waldorf loves her tartan coats and plaid skirts. She completes further creates the illusion of being the good schoolgirl with her colorful and youthful tights. Always feminine in a skirt or dress, Blair Waldorf is the true Queen Bee, with a sting.

She further softens her look with girlish embellishments on her clothing, including puffy sleeves or long sailor collars. She adds contrasting color bows to shirts and adorns her perfect coif with headbands. Sometimes she reveals her power as the Queen Bee and wears power red, but she does it with style and modesty, with a pair of red tights or cropped jacket.

Really Bad Girl Georgina Sparks
If Queen Bee Blair Waldorf is the wolf in sheep's clothing then Georgina Sparks, as portrayed by Gossip Girl guest star Michelle Trachtenberg is a wolf all the way. Not afraid to wear bold black peep toe boots with buckles or a pair of painted on pants, Georgina Sparks embraces her dark side through fashion.

You won't catch Georgina Sparks in plaids or skirts, her style needs to wear the pants, to let everyone know who's boss. Think about Olivia Newton-John in Grease. What did she do when she wanted to be taken seriously? She traded in her layered skirt for a pair of liquid black pants, similar to those worn by Georgina Sparks.

Play the Queen Bee, and dress the part of the good girl, keeping your gossipy stinger hidden, or show the world your more jaded side, with a touch of bad girl style from Georgina Sparks' wardrobe.

The warm weather is approaching and soon summer will be here. It seems that with summer comes bright colors. Celebrities have been seen wearing some brightly colored frocks lately, and not only clothes but accessories, like handbags and shoes.

Celebrities are welcoming the summer with quite a loud fashion trend. It appears that the days of neon and bright colors are back. But, don't start whipping out your 80's neon clothing just yet. These bright colors are being worn in updated and modern ways that look nothing like the neon days of the 80's. Singer Ashanti even told OK Magazine, that she rearranges her closet when spring and summer rolls around. She told the magazine that "I love all of this season's bright colors."

A lot of celebrities have been rocking this trend with the bright shoes. Fergie was seen wearing bright orange shoes with her white dress on the red carpet. The shoes definitely gave her outfit the pop of color it needed to add interest. Other celebrities that have been sporting the bright shoes are Nicky Hilton, Mariah Carey, and Eva Longoria Parker. If you want to keep your bright colors simple this season, then you may want to stick with bright shoes to add the pop of color. Try these neon pink shoes by Juicy Couture.

Other celebrities are going full force on the bright color fashion trend and are sporting clothing that definitely stands out. Kate Moss paired a bright pink long tunic with her black leggings. While Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen went the opposite route and paired a bright pink mini-skirt with a black top and leather jacket. Other celebrities that are standing out in their bright clothing are Paris Hilton, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Alba, Blake Lively, Fergie, Demi Moore, and Vanessa Hudgens.

If you don't want to draw that much attention to yourself but you want to stay in fashion, then try adding bright colored accessories to your outfit. As mentioned before, shoes can help liven up an otherwise boring outfit, but you can also wear jewelry with bright colors or carry a handbag that is brightly colored. The possibilities are endless with this fashion trend.

Sources:
www.okmagazine.com

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about *Gossip Girls*' Kelly Rutherford being pregnant with her second child. Well, it seems like she will be raising her two kids as a divorced mom. Kelly filed for divorce this past week from her husband, Daniel Giersch, according to TMZ.com. The couple has been married for two years and has a two-year-old son and another child due in summer. Of course, like any other celebrity divorce, the reason is "irreconcilable differences." Kelly's previous marriage only lasted 5 months. In my opinion, maybe she needs to try a little bit harder at marriage, especially considering she has two kids to think about now.

Another couple that has also called it quits on their relationship is singer Katy Perry and Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. The couple dated for approximately a year. According to a source, the couple has been fighting, and Katy was going on tour and needed to concentrate on her music. If you have ever seen a picture of Travis McCoy, you know that Katy Perry is way too pretty to be dating someone like him. It's good that they broke up, now she can find a guy that doesn't look he just got off the streets.

Instead of being charged with a DUI, Heather Locklear pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of reckless driving. If you remember, back in September, Locklear was pulled over and charged with a DUI after someone called 911 on her. Those charges have been dismissed as part of a plea deal for the lesser charge. As part of the deal, Locklear will receive three years of probation, was fined $700 and ordered to complete a driving safety class. I would say she got off pretty easy on this one!

Sources:
www.usmagazine.com
www.people.com

Will Donna Martin really be coming back to 90210? Yes, there are reports that Tori Spelling is once again making negotiations to come reprise her role as Donna Martin on the new 90210 show. It had been rumored that Spelling was going to be making an appearance on the show back when it first started, but she later dropped out, stating that she wanted to concentrate on her new daughter Stella. There were rumors circulating that the real reason she dropped out was because she wasn't being offered as much money as Jennie Garth and Shannon Doherty were for the show. If Tori Spelling agrees to make the appearance on 90210, she should be shooting her scenes later this month. If only they could get Luke Perry back or Tiffani Thiesen, because their characters were so much more interesting than Donna!

One celebrity that won't be appearing on the television set anytime soon is Nicole Richie. Rumors were started that Nicole Richie was going to be guest starring on the hit show Gossip Girl. Well, Richie's rep has set the record straight and said that the rumors are "not true." At least fans of Gossip Girl don't have to worry about the show being ruined by having Nicole try to act in it.

Staying on the topic of television, two co-stars decided that they were going to tie the knot. Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, who both star on the television show Dexter, eloped on New Year's Eve. The couple had been dating on the down low for over a year and decided to make it official. The weird thing about this is they play brother and sister on the television show!

Source:
www.usmagazine.com

Can you imagine Tina Fey 30 pounds heavier? Well ,according to the actress and writer, her career only took off once she shed 30 pounds of extra weight. Fey says that she knew that she had to lose the weight when she saw herself on the set of Saturday Night Live as an extra in the background. She used the ever popular Weight Watchers program to lose the weight. Fey also states that she still watches her weight, but she has found "a happy medium" and is healthy.

Guess what *Gossip Gir*l star is pregnant? No, it's not a scandalous rumor like the ones on the television show. Kelly Rutherford and her husband, Daniel Giersch, are expecting their second child next June. The couple already has a two-year-old son named Hermes. It will be interesting to wait and see what she names her second child, as Hermes is not a very common name. She can put her second child on the ever growing list of uncommon and unusual celebrity kid's names.

All you Britney Spears fans, get ready, because she has announced the dates for her Circus world tour. The Pussycat Dolls are scheduled to be Britney's opening act for the world tour. The Circus tour will start on March 3 in New Orleans and will also have dates in London and other places across the ocean next summer. This is the first tour that Britney has done since her Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004. I'm guessing that this is going to be a quite popular tour for Britney as her fans have missed her. Also, her single, "Womanizer," is gaining a lot of popularity. There are many people betting that this is Britney's comeback and she is back better than she was before.

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www.usmagazine.com

One of the hot new shows for fashion is Gossip Girl, a delightfully trashy drama about privileged teens in New York City. The fashions on the show are so popular that several blogs have already sprung up to document the show's clothes, hairstyles and makeup.

While much of the show's look is dependent on exclusive designer names such as Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Juicy Couture, many key items to the show's style are more pedestrian and familiar than you might expect. For that prep school look, French Toast offers uniform basics, although they're made for kids and will only fit smaller-sized adults. But gray or navy pleated skirts aren't that hard to come by, and with the right accessories you can definitely make it into something stunning.

Gossip Girl favors classic looks with lots of color and mostly feminine (the show is a big fan of ties on girls) styles for women, and khakis and sweaters for men. To get the Gossip Girl look, think texture and patterns. Tweeds and corduroy, as well as knits and more sumptuous fabrics like velvet and silk are sure winners. Plaids, stripes and piping, as well as great accessories are critical. And the accessorizing isn't just limited to women - men need to consider French cuffs in order to show off cuff-links and also will want to have great ties, pocket squares with the right jacket, and if you're really daring, the oft-seen-on-the-show ascot.

Part of the show's appeal is also its love of outrageous costuming, which is often showcased during the exclusive parties its characters attend. Whether it's a themed birthday party (think 1920s or Marie Antoinette) or a high-profile event like the White Party, the fashion of Gossip Girl is driven by special-event looks, which hold particular interest as we enter the holiday season.

Gossip Girl understands that all fashion is costume, and while every look on the show won't necessarily translate easily to our more mundane lives, the show is a great inspiration to be completely serious about making your wardrobe absolutely playful.

Even though it's into the fall season, many celebrities are still seen wearing sandals and peep-toe pumps. Peep-toe pumps are all the rage on the red carpet now. From plain peep-toe pumps to ones with embellishments and flowers on them, the shoes can be seen all over the feet of the famous woman in Hollywood. Such celebrities as Kim Kardashian, Tori Spelling, Jennifer Hudson, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron and Halle Berry love wearing peep-toe pumps on the red carpet and to special events. These celebrities love the peep-toe pumps by designer Missoni. Actually, peep-to-pumps are a great show for the fall season. They add a little drama to the shoe but still are appropriate for the colder weather. One thing to remember when wearing the shoes is to never wear pantyhose with them, which allows you to see the end of the pantyhose where the toes show.

The cropped leather jacket is another huge fashion trend right now with the female celebrities. Such celebrities as Heidi Klum, Joy Bryant, Miley Cyrus and Rachel Bilson have all rocked out in the cropped leather jacket. Despite what you may think, the jacket can be worn with more clothing than just jeans. A cropped leather jacket can be worn with a cute casual dress, a pair of trousers, or you can go all out rocker and wear it with a pair of leggings. It makes a great alternative to a plain, fall jacket. Just stay away from wearing the leather jacket with leather pants; you might end up looking like you belong in a motorcycle bar.

For a quick update to your wardrobe, try what many celebrities are doing and add a studded handbag to your outfit. A studded handbag can jazz up an outfit and add some quick style to an otherwise boring outfit. Rihanna has been seen carrying around several different studded handbags. The girls on the television show Gossip Girl also have been sporting some studded handbags around the set. The handbags make a great accessory and everyone will be asking where you got that cool handbag from!