‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Fashion Breakdown Compared to Original Series – WWD

The extremely anticipated “Gossip Girl” reboot is lastly right here, and with it comes a brand new vary of coveted fashion seems.

Whereas the present’s authentic costume designer and stylist, Eric Daman, returned to curate the over 200 costumes featured within the reboot, the brand new present is leaning right into a younger, various and avenue style-inspired vary of trend than its predecessor.

Like the unique sequence, the “Gossip Woman” reboot has already made an affect with its outfits, with the characters carrying fashionable items from Balenciaga, Fendi, JW Anderson and Louis Vuitton.

A nonetheless from HBO Max’s “Gossip Woman” reboot. 
Courtesy of HBO Max

The reboot’s fashion has some similarities to the unique, specifically the characters’ personal faculty uniforms which have lengthy been an indicator of the sequence. Characters like Audrey (performed by Emily Alyn Lind), Luna (performed by Zión Moreno) and Monet (performed by Savannah Smith) have leveraged the preppy aesthetic of the unique sequence for his or her faculty uniforms by styling the seems with items like Burberry’s iconic plaid, assertion luggage from heritage designers and lavish brooches.

The present’s main character, Julien Calloway (performed by Jordan Alexander), nonetheless, has put a street-style spin on her faculty uniform, pairing the look with items just like the JW Anderson cap leather-based crossbody bag, crocodile pores and skin knee-high boots and chunky sneakers.

It’s already clear from the reboot’s first episode that trend shall be enjoying simply as massive of a job within the present as the unique sequence. The episode included a trend present by Christopher John Rogers — who additionally had a small cameo — the place Calloway, a social media influencer, closed the present carrying a black and white costume from the designer’s spring 2021 collection.

Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway carrying Christopher John Rogers. 
Courtesy of HBO Max

Cameos by trend designers weren’t unusual within the authentic sequence, with the likes of Tory Burch, Cynthia Rowley in addition to different trend trade figures like Rachel Zoe, Hamish Bowles and Karlie Kloss making appearances throughout the present’s six-season run.

The unique “Gossip Woman” sequence was one of the widespread, and fashionable, TV reveals of the late 2000s and early 2010s, with then-up-and-coming actresses Leighton Meester and Blake Vigorous shortly turning into type icons for his or her characters’, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, type.

With 9 episodes left of the reboot’s first season, extra high-fashion moments — and cameos — are to be anticipated.

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