Topshop's NewGen anniversary

Sponsoring raw British talent has always been a thing for high street leader Topshop and it seems like only yesterday they began sponsoring the British Fashion Council's New Gen, but it's been 10 years and the two have teamed up again for a collection of t-shirts from some of it's most noted alums including Mary Katrantzou, Erdem and of course, my favourite designer Christopher Kane.

The shirts are £30 each and will go on sale during London Fashion Week.  There are 10 tees and all can be viewed on Vogue.com now.

Whitney Joins BINTM

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows how much I love Whitney Port. As a major reality fan I also love BINTM, although I never found it as fun viewing as ANTM I'm certain that's all about to change with today's announcement that my style icon Whitney Port is set to join Elle Macphereson on the judging panel.

The 26 year old The Hills and The City star is the latest new addition to the panel along with male model Tyson Beckford and the shows usual judges designer Julien Macdonald and the show's host Elle.

The Whitney Eve designer said of her new role in a statement 'I'm a huge fan of the show and am honored to be in the company of the talented fellow judges and host, all fashion figures and designers I admire.  As a designer and someone who loves fashion, this is a role I am really looking forward to'

Whitney's role follows previous co - star Lauren Conrad's guest appearance on the original and American version of the show, and after reports the Kelly Osbourne was to replace Grace Woodward on the panel.  No word on what is going on there but we assume her Golden Globe faux pas was to blame.

Payday Purchase

Since the two recent fabulous Versace collections not too mention the lust inducing Beckham campaigns, H&M is fast becoming my high street favourite.

Working a normal 9-5 office job in the marketing industry can make it a little hard to convey ones fashion sense, but with the expanding trend in Pencil Skirts this season, that job is getting a little easier.

This Pencil Skirts from H&M comes in at only £19.99 and is the perfect way to work trends as seen in shows such as Chanel, Lanvin and Preen.

The ultimate versatile and trans seasonal piece, this garment can be worn with a shirt tucked in, over loose or even with a peplum detailed top as seen in the Badgley Mischka SS 2012 show.

Gossip Girl Revealed

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If you haven't seen this weeks Gossip Girl that aired in America and don't want to know what happens, it's probably a good idea to skip this post!

The 100th episode of a series is always a big one and for Gossip Girl, it proved to be explosive.

Titled 'GG' the episode centred around Blair and Louis' royal wedding, the Blair - Chuck - Louis love triangle, the Blair - Dan - Serena triangle, and the usual Nate irrelevance.  Actress Michelle Tratchenburg returned to honour the occasion, not only ruining Blair's wedding to Louis, but also being revealed as Gossip Girl herself!

After a somewhat cringey dream sequence that saw Serena chanelle her inner Marilyn Monroe and Blair her Audrey Hepburn, the episode began with the usual Gossip Girl narration but with the promise that 'the new Gossip Girl was coming'.  After Chuck poisoning the priest to prevent him from ruining the wedding we saw the return of Georgina Sparks who vowed to ruin Blair and then teamed up with said priest.  Her plan? To seduce Louis and have Blair catch them.  

Like all of Georgina's plans, that didn't go too well after Lily and Rufus caught her before she could do any damage, but lo and behold she was in a room that just happened to be next to that which Blair and her bridesmaids were waiting in for the mother of the bride to return (she'd gone to get Chuck in the hope that he would stop the wedding).

We then saw Blair confess her love to Chuck and tell him the same schpiel of how much she loved him but she had chosen Louis and was doing that to protect him.  Predictably Georgina filmed the whole thing and after showing it to Chuck proceeded to join the rest of the gang and watch the 'wedding of the century'.

Obviously Gossip Girl sent the blast during the ceremony, where Blairs voice echoed all around the church (really, who checks there phones during a wedding?).  After running out, having a heart to heart with Louis and then actually getting married, Blair runs away with 'Lonely Boy' Dan Humphrey after Louis tells her during their first dance that the marriage was in fact a business arrangement and that apart from public appearances they would be strangers to one another.

Oh, lets not forget Nate, he was running around being his usual boring self, pondering over his boring love life debating where he could find a girlfriend as clueless as him.

The final scene?  Gossip Girl writing a post letting us all know she was back and that, while she cant say what she will be writing about next, readers had better hope it wasn't about them.  The usual narration with Kristen Bells voice then changed to match the fact of the girl reading the post - Georgina Sparks.

Whilst people may have been wondering over the last 5 years who Gossip Girl was, I am sure that Georgina was one of the last person that comes to mind.  I mean, thinking about it, this is the girl that become a 'bible geek', got abandoned in Belarus and then exiled to Brooklyn with baby Milo.  Hardly someone who regularly attends the UES events to find out such gossip.  

Many fans are suggesting that the opening sequence in which we were told 'a new Gossip Girl' suggests that Georgina's role is just that, a new Gossip Girl.  I personally always thought that the shows last episode would be the big reveal, if there ever was one and cant help feeling a little let down.  As a hardcore GG fan all I want is for Blair and Chuck to get back together, but with the upcoming Blair and Dan story line I cant help but feel they are just dragging the season out as well as making it a little too incestuous.  

Come on Gossip Girl writers, figure something out, perhaps killing off Nate?

Jonathan Saunders Wins The BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund

Scottish designer Jonathan Saunders has today been revealed as the winner of the 2012 BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund, beating off stiff competition from competitors such as Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto and Richard Nicoll to name a few.

The designer will receive a cash prize of £200,000 as well as becoming part of a exclusive mentoring programme which will help him achieve his business goals over the following twelve months.

He told Vogue 'I am so happy about winning the fund, the last 12 months have been an exciting time for me and my team and I'm very proud of all their hard work. We have many plans for the near future and this along with the support network provided by the BFC will enable us to achieve our goals'.

Saunders has also won Scottish Designer of the Year award for the past two years and after beating industry favourite Mary Katrantzou to the prize can only be a good thing.