Leighton Meester Goes Topless for ‘Flaunt’

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Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester covers this month's issue of Flaunt and strips down for one of her most provocative editorials yet.

The 26 year-old appears topless in one photo while a model touches her breast in another - both in black and white (seen after the jump).

Leighton is excited about the photoshoot: "It was the best magazine cover shoot EVER. Everyone was so open. The clothes were amazing and the pictures turned out great."

Following the end of her filming for Gossip Girl's sixth and final season, Leighton cut her hair short, which is featured in the photos. The series finale will air on The CW on December 17.

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Leighton Meester’s Vera Wang Ad Unveiled

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Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester has appeared in the latest Vera Wang advert.

The actress - who signed a two-year deal with the brand last year, which was reportedly worth $3 million - has starred in the fashion designer's latest commercial for her new scent Vera Wang Lovestruck. The 25-year-old beauty - who is also a spokesperson for shampoo product Herbal Essences - filmed the broadcast in New York City in November - and she is set to appear in both TV and print ads for the perfume.

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Items Du Jour: Natalie for Dior, Sasha for Miu Miu, Leighton for Missoni

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-- Natalie Portman  is stunning in her Christian Dior ad for the fragrance Miss Dior. Knowing that she's an animal rights activist, I can't help but feel reminded of the "I'd Rather Be Naked" campaign...

-- Sasha Pivovarova returns to Miucci Prada's fashionable arms in her Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2011 ads, shot by Mert and Marcus.

-- Take that, Blake! Not to be outshined by her Gossip Girl co-star's Chanel gig, Leighton Meester strikes a pose for Missoni. When there's a will to do high fashion, there's a way.

-- Lindsey Wixson gets in front of Terry Richardson's lens for Opening Ceremony's Spring/Summer 2011 lookbook. Apparently, Terry can do cute and adorable without being sleazy.

-- Speaking of Richardson, Paris Hilton (remember her?) posted a picture of the two on her Twitter, propagating the news that she's going to be in a Vogue editorial -- Vogue Turkey, that is.

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Items Du Jour: Karl on Gossip Girl, Dita Von Teese For JPG

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—Fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin recently shot Daria Werbowy for Yves Saint Laurent. The pair explain the appeal of women like her and Raquel Zimmerman: they’re—gasp—women.

—Megan Fox impresses her boss Giorgio by wearing an Armani Prive dress for her wedding in Hawaii. The gown had a 16ft train and was surprisingly neither black nor red and was rather conservative compared to her usual red carpet fare.

—Karl Lagerfeld was seen strolling around Paris with Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, sparking rumors that the designer is to appear on the show. He is after

commercial domination, after all…

—Muse and couture collector Daphne Guinness was spotted hopping onto a motorcycle as she left Chanel’s couture fashion show yesterday. Yes, she wore shorts under her lavish, sparkling gown. Are you surprised?

—David Sims photographs Freja Beha Erichsen, Monika Jagaciak and Tati Cotliar for the Valentino Fall 2010 campaign. Continuing with the black-and-white trend, the women also tend to shed more clothes than usual in the series.

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First Look: Lady Gaga on Gossip Girl

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Fashion-lovers, get ready to set your DVR on The CW for November 16th—Lady Gaga will be strutting her acting chops on Gossip Girl!

The episode, titled “The Last Days of Disco Stick,” features Blair (Leighton Meester) arranging a secret Gaga show. The popstar herself is set to perform her latest single, “Bad Romance” on the small screen.

Meester describes Gaga’s style as “very avant-garde and kind of gothic.” It’s certainly no surprise, considering her crimson costume with outer pastries (above) is reportedly 30 feet long!

Aside from having a vested interest in fashion, Gaga reveals that she had another reason for guest starring: “My little sister is the hugest Gossip Girl fan ever.”

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Gossip Girl Wardrobe Costs $19 Million

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The Gossip Girl wardrobe is worth an estimated $19 million.

The hit TV show, which follows a group of wealthy New York teenagers, is famed for its designer clothes, bags, jewelery, shoes and other accessories. Each episode of the series, which stars Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, features a string of exclusive outfits, which are stored in an impressive wardrobe spanning 1,500 sq ft and five floors.

Chace Crawford, who plays Nate Archibald on the show, said, “The girls disappear into that wardrobe for hours. They are like kids in a candy store! In fact, I always ask them not to schedule my fittings after Blake’s, because she always makes me late for my next scene. I tell them they have to get her enough Disneyland time.”

Costume designer Eric Daman has revealed it is a lengthy process trying to decide which pieces are featured on the show: “We average five to six looks per character—a total of 80 outfits per episode. And you have to go through 500 to get to that 80.”

Chace insists most of the wardrobe space is occupied by outfits for the leading female characters: “I have five pairs of shoes in a large box. They have clothes spread over five stories!”