Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Notorious Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman is bringing some fab set style to the world of legwear. For the first time, Daman has partnered with DKNY Hosiery on an 8-piece collection of uniquely patterned tights for fall 2011. Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen would approve.
Edited by Samantha Lim
Every budding fashionista and almost fashion graduate usually has the same question on their mind this time of year: “How do I make it in the industry?”. We know there is no better way than to hear it from the experts themselves, so we were psyched to hear that the Vitaminwater style council had come to the rescue. Read how after the jump.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Blake Lively has risen as a style icon and is a muse to Karl Lagerfeld, so it’s no surprise she’s the newest face of Chanel. Gossip Girl stylist Eric Daman gives some insight on what makes her great for the brand.
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Ready-to-Wear may be the bread and butter of the fashion industry, but Haute Couture is the impossibly expensive Foie gras used as a garnish. Couture week is the only part of fashion that consistently excites me, as it all but guarantees incomparable beauty, a larger than life fantasy and impeccable craftsmanship. In short, couture is why I love fashion. There are only a few true couture houses — Chanel, Dior, Armani Privé, Givenchy, Gaultier, Valentino and a handful of others. It’s an exclusive club, but (incredibly hot) 26-year-old Maxime Simoëns is throwing his chapeau into the ring.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Gossip Girl stylist and kilt aficionado, Eric Daman, is designing a line of cheap party dresses for teen/tween girls. Now little girls everywhere can go into Kohls and use their babysitting money to look like an Upper East Side tart on her way to ruining lives, sleeping around and leaving cokeheads for dead in seedy motel rooms. God, I’m so glad this show is back!
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Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman on dressing Chuck Bass:
“Bass goes beyond my personal style, I wish I had the money and youth to carry off his looks. It’s just un rêve (a dream) to dress a womanizing straight boy in such dandy apparel. I’ve read blogs from different colleges that actually have Chuck Bass Fridays. There is a whole movement behind him and his wardrobe which is sooo gratifying because, lets face it, men really should dress better. There is no one favourite look, I just try to keep him up to par each episode, which is no easy task.”
LINKAGE: NY Mag via A Shaded View of Fashion
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Eric Daman, stylist behind the Gossip Girl crew and creator of the GG inspired windows at Henri Bendel, talks about Chuck Bass:
“I love dressing Chuck Bass (played by Ed Westwick). I think we’ve worked to make his character dress really well. I want to try and pioneer a movement where straight men dress better.”
Funny quote, cuz it seems as though many are attempting to dress the straight male, yet once he is dressed, everyone starts to wonder if he is gay, or words like metro-sexual are thrown around. Why does the way a man dress have to do with his sexual preference? Why can’t men be groomed, take care of themselves, and dress fashionable without anyone questioning their sexuality? Have to give Eric props, for making Chuck Bass one of the shows most fashionable characters, but a pioneer he is not…all he did was bring back plaid.
Source: Fashionista via WWD
