Kelly Rutherford, or better known as Lily Rhodes van der Woodsen Bass Humphrey on American TV series Gossip Girl, has recently released a five-piece handbag line under her own name.

Did you watch this week’s episode of Gossip Girl? On episode 15 of the hit TV series’ fourth season, Leighton Meester’s character Blair Waldorf wore a stunning gilt blazer from Balmain’s FW 2010 collection on a workday at culture and society magazine W.

Remember when we told you Blake Lively is going to star in a Chanel handbag campaign next Spring? Apparently, the battle for Queen Bee status is just getting started. We’ve recently discovered that Leighton Meester is going to be the new face of Varesian fashion house Missoni.

It looks like celebrities should all be lining up for a starring role on Gossip Girl. Just over a month following Leighton Meester’s gig as the face of Vera Wang’s fragrance, Blake Lively, not to be outdone, shows she’s the Queen Bee of Gossip Girl-ville with a new gig as one of Chanel’s brand ambassadors.

We know this has nothing to do with fashion, beauty, shopping, or Dubai, but this is about Gossip Girl and that’s enough reason for us to go typing away on our keyboards.

Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald) was arrested in Texas last night for illegal possession of this medicinal herb called marijuana. He’s posted bail as of this writing, but gossipy officers at the Plano Police Department didn’t disappoint with their …

Groundbreaking is the first thing that comes to mind whenever I try to describe Kara Ross’s work. Fine jewellery is usually boring, while statement accessories are mostly never worthy of being rubbed against our royal, pearly white skin because of the cheap and downright tacky materials often used in making them. I think Kara Ross is groundbreaking – and brilliant – because she was able to successfully fuse bold …

Channel your inner style-wise Upper East Sider with the Westbourne, an opulent python number by London’s cult handbag label NottingHillDesign. This piece has been immortalised for appearing on hit TV show Gossip Girl as Blair Waldorf’s and Serena van der Woodsen’s arm candy, and shall therefore entice fans of exotic skins and wild-child colours for many years to come.

Available on the NHD website for £1,895 (~ AED 10,500).

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Perhaps it’s the windy, sandstormy weather or the plain lack of colour around here, but we’re craving for large statement jewellery pieces today so we’re offering you Kara Ross New York’s gold cuff bracelets for our accessory of the week.

Accentuated with lizard skin and other exotic materials, these cuffs are sure to brighten up your gloomy mood and splash some much-needed chroma on a monotonous outfit.

Hello Dubai recessionistas, priceless fashion is here! La Moda’s penny pinching fashion favourite this week comes from New Look‘s Spring Summer 2010 collection.

We’re loving the twin buckles and the stitch-detailed slits on the beige suede peep-toe pair. It’s all very ancient Rome gladiator meets Alexander Wang Fall 2009. We’d love to see other renditions of this piece, though! Perhaps velvety black and creamy white suedes plus shiny gold …