Wednesday’s Reading List

Gossip Girl tried to titillate viewers this week with its steamy menage a trois episode, but fashion fans were too busy lusting over Serena Van Der Woodsen’s thigh-high boots to notice. Glamour

Licensee revoked! Luella may have been in the holiday mood Monday night for the debut of her Liberty of London store windows, but today’s news that she has lost her licensee puts a damper on the designer’s shopping season. Fashionista

“The scene was positively dead compared with Versace shows a decade ago: no celebrities posing with Donatella for paparazzi, no bodyguards holding back the throngs, and no pals swilling champagne . . . It all felt feeble, pathetic—a sad, soulless charade to promote something that no longer exists.” writes Dana Thomas in her Versace profile for Newsweek. Is it time for time Donatella to say arrivederci to the family business? Fashionologie

Nicole Richie reveals her sultry new Winter Kate line. Lots of loose, easy to open blouson tops just right for a glam SAHM. Bohemian motherhood has never been chicer. nicolerichie.celebuzz

Don Draper where are you? Clients interested in hiring ad agencies are thrown by hipster creative directors sporting sloppy tees and trim goatees. The show’s season may be over, but for men in the ad game the fashion expectations live on. Mediabistro