When Jay-Z decided he liked it—it being Beyoncé—and to put a ring on it, he went with one from jeweler Lorraine Schwartz. So no surprise to find the singer at the debut of Schwartz’s 2BHappy collection at Lavo in New York last night (and not much of a surprise to find her more than fashionably [...]

It didn’t take long for Alber Elbaz’s Spring ‘11 Lanvin collection to make its real-world debut. Blake Lively donned the opening look from the new collection—one of the tone-setting long, slit-skirt numbers, complete with Elie Top’s fabulously bedazzled bug at the neck—for this weekend’s Spike TV Scream Awards. She dressed up the look with a [...]

Long and wide isn’t a trend only on the men’s runways; ladies in the know have been rocking the wider look, too. Blake Lively (and, to be fair, her Gossip Girl costumers) chose the style while filming on location in Paris. (While she’s been there, Lively’s been taking in a few couture shows, too.) We [...]

Attention, budding labels-to-be: For firsthand research, hit the sales floor. “We were all salespeople at Ron Herman,” designer Molly Coonan explained about meeting her muse, Alice Barlow, and Mike & Chris designer P.J. Faulstick (pictured). “I was the worst one, though. P.J. was amazing! He would outsell everybody, so he would ring some of his [...]

The food blogs have been salivating over the impending opening of the Breslin, the new restaurant inside the Ace Hotel from the people behind New York’s most popular gastropub, the Spotted Pig. At last night’s party for The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, a little bird—OK, one of the wait staff—told us that they’ll begin [...]

It’s not even the end of October, and we already feel as if we’ve seen every last dress from the Fall 2009 Balmain collection on the red carpet. Don’t believe us? Click here for a slideshow of Balmain babes on parade, from RiRi to Blake Lively.Last night, though, Sienna Miller one-upped her fellow starlets, wearing [...]

Gossip Girl co-stars and real-life paramours Blake Lively and Penn Badgley spent their off-duty hours yesterday strolling Fifth Avenue. We couldn’t help but notice the level of coordination: white cotton (dress for her, tee for him), blue accessories, matching tans. Lively’s cell phone even picks up the hue of his messenger bag. This may all [...]

No one said being the reigning queen of New York young society was an easy job—even if you only play that role on TV. So it comes as no shock that Blake Lively, in a gray cashmere dress and brown leather jacket at Ralph Lauren, had no idea she was coming in on the tail [...]

Mention the words “gossip” and “girl” together, and the sea practically parts—and part it did on Saturday evening at the Vitamin Water-sponsored “Gossip Girl” season 2 premiere party at the EMM Estate in Sag Harbor. The GG cast, along with creator Josh Schwartz, was in attendance, dancing to top 40 tracks and sipping theme-appropriate, Vitamin [...]