If you are one of those religious Gossip Girl fans who can’t wait to get the DVD, you can now pre-order the Season 2 DVD.  The title will be released Aug. 18.

Amazon is taking pre-sale orders for the Gossip Girl Season 2 DVD for a special price (at the moment) $38.99. Regular price according to the website is $59.98.

Twenty-five episodes in the 7-disc box set.

Here’s the DVD description: “It’s senior year for our beloved Upper East Siders, and the drama is at an all-time high. Applying for college is only one small part of the story, as new romances (and some not-so-new romances) bloom and fade, scandals erupt at every turn and alliances shift even faster than Gossip Girl can send an update. Families and reputations are destroyed and made; so are fortunes. And even the strongest friendships are tested. In this sizzling 25-episode, 7-disc Season Two, you never know what’s next for Serena, Blair, Dan, Nate, Jenny, Chuck and Vanessa. Good thing Gossip Girl is always there to provide us with the latest, juiciest info!”

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• 5th Ave. Meets Gossip Girl: Click icons on a graphic map and tour the Gossip Girl crowd’s favorite haunts
• Faces Behind the Design: Creative forces behind the show’s art and fashion
• Chasing Dorota Webisodes
• Gag Reel
• Downloadable audiobook of the bestselling novel Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar, read by Christina Ricci 
  Unaired Scenes
• For a limited time, the DVD release of Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season will also include an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming book Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You by Cecily von Ziegesar, which will be released on November 3, 2009.

  EPISODES FEATURED

  1. Summer, Kind of Wonderful
  2. Never Been Marcused
  3. The Dark Night
  4. The Ex-Files
  5. The Serena Also Rises
  6. New Haven Can Wait
  7. Chuck in Real Life
  8. Pret-A-Poor Jenny
  9. There Might Be Blood
  10. Bonfire of the Vanity
  11. The Magnificent Archibalds
  12. It’s a Wonderful Lie
  13. O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
  14. In the Realm of the Basses
  15. Gone With the Will
  16. You’ve Got Yale
  17. Carnal Knowledge
  18. The Age of Dissonance
  19. The Grandfather
  20. The Remains of the J
  21. Seder Anything
  22. Southern Gentleman Prefer Blondes
  23. The Wrath of Con
  24. Valley Girls
  25. The Goodbye Gossip Girl

And here’s an exclusive clip from the Gossip Girl Season 2 DVD:

If you don’t have Gossip Girl Season 1 DVD, it’s on sale for $33.49 right now (regular price $59.98). At one point, the DVD was even lower. Sure wish I had taken advantage of it at the time!

Image: Pacific Coast News

Recently, I had the opportunity to interview designer Stacey Lapidus, whose hair accessories have been featured on Gossip Girl numerous times.

Lapidus recently launched a Holiday line of hair accessories, as well as bracelets, belts and scarves.

Lapidus’ designs have been featured in dozens of magazines and worn by celebrities including Mischa Barton, Sarah Michelle Geller, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Kelly Ripa, Eva Langoria, Hilary Duff, Heidi Klum, Joss Stone, Stacey Kiebler, Paula Abdul, Charlotte Ronson.

She also collaborated with The O.C.’s Mischa Barton for a limited edition hair accessories line called Mischa Barton for Stacey Lapidus.

The Interview:

One of my favorite shows is Gossip Girl. Tell me about your experience providing hair accessories, especially for Leighton Meester who plays Blair Waldorf.

I have been a huge fan since episode one…way before I saw my first piece appear on the show. It’s quite a funny story how this relationship happened. I saw my first piece appear on the show and had no clue how it got there! I figured it was bought in a store as wardrobe often is, and I was just so excited to see it, as well as flattered! Read more

Spotted: environmentally friendly products in Blair Waldorf’s makeup cabinet.

The folks at whiteapricot.com are reporting that Brigit True Organics products were featured on Gossip Girl. The organic skin and beauty products were seen in Blair’s bathroom.

Are they worth it? White Apricot thinks so. The site reports that the Organic Olive Oil Castille Soap “lathered up nicely in the shower and left our Brigit Organics Skin Care on Gossip Girl skin squeaky clean (literally).” The site also had good things to say about the Organic Shea Butter Solid Lotion.

But don’t take my word for it. Check it out.

Warner Home Video has announced the upcoming release of Gossip Girl: The Complete First Season on DVD slated for August 19, 2008.

The five-disc set includes all 18 episodes from the first season plus four hours of Special Features including three all-new Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, Music Videos and a FREE Download of the original bestselling book read by actress Christina Ricci. It is expected to retail for $59.98.

The DVD will include all 18 episodes:

1. Pilot
2. The Wild Brunch
3. Poison Ivy
4. Bad News Blair
5. Dare Devil
6. The Handmaiden’s Tale
7. Victor, Victrola
8. Seventeen Candles
9. Blair Waldorf Must Pie!
10. Hi, Society
11. Roman Holiday
12. School Lies
13. A Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate
14. The Blair Bitch Project
15. Desperately Seeking Serena
16. All About My Brother
17. Woman on the Verge
18. Much ‘I Do’ About Nothing

Leighton Meester has joined with Sunsilk to promote the “Life Can’t Wait” campaign. As part of the promotion, Sunsilk is hosting a contest. There are some amazing prizes. There will be 2 grand prize winners (one US, one Canada): each will have the opportunity to have the winning story filmed and made into a docudrama. 25 finalists will win a trip to New York.

You can enter online at www.lifecantwait.com. Tell the judges your “life can’t wait” moment in a short story (150-200 words). Explain your life changing moment - and why you made the change. You must also send an original photo to accompany your story.

You can read the full details and rules here.

When Serena dangled about her Coach bag on Gossip Girl, my friend who works at Coach noticed immediately. She commented, correctly, that there would likely be a lot of interest in the bag following the show. She was right.

Unlike Serena’s boots, which were surprisingly affordable, the Coach Legacy Satchel (available in black or whiskey) will set you back a few dollars. The bag retails at Coach for $768.