I love Jennifer Behr

I love Jennifer Behr.  I do.  She's wonderful.  Definitely just makes me think of Blair Waldorf though and a wonderful life where a headband is not just a headband, it's a crown...and you know what?  I want a crown.

 Images from the Jennifer Behr Website

Sailors Knot ($172), Encrusted Ribbon/Chain Wrap ($228), Denim Rosette ($138) and Patent Spiked Bow ($228)

Due to a big dance festival work closed early as our bosses headed off the weekend and we got to go shopping.  Well, we got to go shopping after I made some elasticated headbands, painted flowers, cut feathers and added them all to make some fabulous head dresses.  So today I went scouring the high street to find some Jessica Behr knock-offs as she is massively out of my price range.  (Even though the prices are in dollars I still know when a headband is out of my league!)

I failed completely in my search.  Well...that's a lie, there are some nice headbands out there.  Not Jennifer Behr but good, from chic to embellished.  The only problem is as I can actually now make flamboyant head dresses I'm sure I could embellish a simple headband or, indeed, make an elasticated/ribbon based one myself.  Therefore, I couldn't bring myself to part with over 10 well earned pounds for a headband.  The only problem is I'm pretty sure I'll never get round to making one myself.  I'll definitely need to bribe myself to the haberdashery store.

Leighton Meester: From Blair to Brilliant

Blair Waldorf is the classical beauty looking stunning in Jennifer Behr headbands, making girls across the world pine for headwear.  In reality the Gossip Girl actress, Leighton Meester can pull off any look.  From casual chic to stunning fashionista Leighton is so often over looked in comparison to her counterpart Blake Lively.  She may have jumped up Glamour's best dresed list, moving up 32 places to the number 4 spot...beaten to number 3 by Blake herself.

It has to be said the Gossip Girl cast know fashion but they can't all pull it off this well.  Not only does Leighton dock the works of emerging designers, such as London's Emilio de la Morena, with the same bravado as if she was in Louis Vuitton (which some days she is) but she so easily pulls off Blair's upper class style one moment before chucking the headband, mussing the hair and emerging as a beautiful rock chic.  That's what's so refreshing about Leighton...her own style is not that of her character.

Glamour mag even compiled a list of  '15 Reasons To Love Leighton Meester' and they are all correct, I think you'll agree...

...from Blair to Brilliant in costume, Emilio de la Morena, Christian Cota and Louis Vuitton!  Click the link above to see all of Glamour's great Leighton pics.