Coming across photos from the Gossip Girl set all the time can be sort of frustrating, as it seems to tease certain aspects of the plot. But fear not, fellow spoiler-phobes: The following stills are as as innocuous as I can make them. I mean, it should not be any surprise that Blair Waldorf may or may not be seen in an episode -- wait for it, wait for it -- ON HER PHONE.
[Photo: Splash News]
The skort is a slightly bigger surprise, although I don't know why -- Chuck Bass has already proven that it's been a very retro summer in The Hamptons. I should have figured that a skort, a shirt tucked in with almost military precision, and the bastard child of Docksiders and loafers would've come into play. (You would think Blair Waldorf, of all people, would be on Cankle Watch for herself and yet she still wears those shoes, which were invented by the Mayor of Cankletown. Bad form, B.)
While I know the clothes on this show are deliberately over-the-top, this ensemble made me feel 11 years old again, because I'm pretty sure that's the age at which I owned a green version of that skort and I thought it was the coolest thing ever to land inside a wrapped box on my birthday. It's fashion's version of the spork -- all the benefits of both, with none of the style. I'm not sure whether to laugh or pull out my hair in anticipation of The Gap deciding to mass-produce these in every color.
[Photo: Splash News]
The skort is a slightly bigger surprise, although I don't know why -- Chuck Bass has already proven that it's been a very retro summer in The Hamptons. I should have figured that a skort, a shirt tucked in with almost military precision, and the bastard child of Docksiders and loafers would've come into play. (You would think Blair Waldorf, of all people, would be on Cankle Watch for herself and yet she still wears those shoes, which were invented by the Mayor of Cankletown. Bad form, B.)
While I know the clothes on this show are deliberately over-the-top, this ensemble made me feel 11 years old again, because I'm pretty sure that's the age at which I owned a green version of that skort and I thought it was the coolest thing ever to land inside a wrapped box on my birthday. It's fashion's version of the spork -- all the benefits of both, with none of the style. I'm not sure whether to laugh or pull out my hair in anticipation of The Gap deciding to mass-produce these in every color.
For anyone out there who picked the last option, you'll be pleased to know that I am nothing if not a giver. Behold:
[Photo: INFDaily.com]
It's not just a skort -- it's a skort with a BOW. A POINTLESS bow. It might even actually be culottes with a pointless bow; I'm not even sure any more. Nothing is clear to me, except perhaps that the genial crew member pictured here on his walkie is about to radio the guy on Camera A to say, "Listen, try not to get a shot of the back, okay? It will only confuse people." Again, my 11-year old self -- the one who loved wearing giant bows in her hair on clips, because Sarah Ferguson did it and she was so pretty -- would have experienced seizures of joy, but modern-day me just wonders why it looks from the back like she's wearing an apron, and whether Blair Waldorf has taken a job in a soup kitchen. And no, not the kind of "soup" we used to use as a euphemism for hooking up (as in, we found it amusing to repurpose the iconic Seinfeldism, "NO SOUP FOR YOU"), although if Chuck Bass is manning the stoves then she might just submit an application for that gig too. Maybe that's the point of the bow: It's meant to confuse and alarm, and ultimately repel, boys. YES. It's a chastity skort. In that case, tee 'em up, Limited Too.
Speaking of Chuck Bass, you're probably wondering what he's up to while Blair is safeguarding her virtue. Ask, and ye shall receive:
[Photo: Splash News]
He's just loafing around town. Nothing to see here. Well, unless you're casting a remake of Pretty In Pink, in which case, please consider Ed Westwick for the smarmy James Spader role. Seriously, The Spade is one of the only other people I know who could slither around sockless -- or otherwise -- in shoes like that and still close the deal.
