Abigail Lorick

Alas, Poor Lorick: Gossip Girl Designer's Presentation Smooshes Together Virginia Woolf, Karen Finley

Alas, Poor Lorick: <i>Gossip Girl</i> Designer's Presentation Smooshes Together Virginia Woolf, Karen Finley
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"Eat the cake! Do it for real now!" the photographers were shouting at Abigail Lorick's spring/summer '09 presentation on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 4, at a penthouse in the garment district.

They were screaming at the models, who in a counter-Fashion Week moment were asked to eat large, tiered cakes covered with pink and blue frosting as they stood around in confection-colored party frocks (also tiered) and '50s-style hairdos.

The "Cake Coma" room was just one of seven live-action sets built for Ms. Lorick's presentation, titled "A Room of One's Own." The other rooms included a bedroom scene with models in silk garments poised atop an oversize bed, a garden scene, and a library set that we're sure would've delighted Virginia Woolf.  read more »

Art and Life Get Blurred for Gossip Girl Fashion Designer Abigail Lorick

Fashion designer Abigail Lorick.
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Fashion designer Abigail Lorick.

On September 4, former Ford model Abigail Lorick will debut her Spring '09 collection. Ms. Lorick's line, Lorick New York, is the real-life fashion line behind Eleanor Waldorf's fictitious fashion house on Gossip Girl. According to Steven Rojas, a spokesperson for Archetype Showroom (which will be producing Lorick's New York Fashion Week show), Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, and Leighton Meester have been invited. But it won't be the first time that they'll be seeing Ms. Lorick's latest collection.  read more »