I SPY NY: The Casts of Gossip Girl, Project Runway, and More

I spy in NY…

Gossip Girl‘s Jessica Szohr, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ed Westwick and Sebastian Stan celebrating the release of GG costume designer Eric Daman‘s new coffee table book You Know You Want It Tuesday at Henri Bendel’s (top photo), Project Runway‘s Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and season five alum Kenley Collins temporarily renaming 39th Street and Seventh Avenue “Project Runway Avenue” in celebration of the season seven premiere Wednesday morning (middle photo), American Idol season six finalist Melinda Dolittle tearing up Highline Ballroom Sunday night (bottom photo), and Suze Orman signing copies of new book With Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny at Barnes and Noble Union Square Thursday.

[Melinda Dolittle photo by Lisa Pickrel]

Quote of the Day

“I’m grateful every day that I still have a job at Liz Claiborne. I make no assumptions about me… I’m confident that Liz Claiborne, Inc. will pull out of this, because we’re operating so thoughtfully and so strategically… But it is a challenging time.”

–Tim Gunn modestly tells New York Magazine

PETA Sticks to their Gunn

Sir Tim Gunn loves fashion, but hates fashion abuse!

The Project Runway guru hosted PETA’s Fashion Victims expose at the Bryant Park Hotel Tuesday, advocating against the uses of fur, leather and wool.

You’re an inspiration to us all!!!

Tim Gunn Emerges at DvF!

Sir Tim Gunn is verrry particular about the runway shows he attends!

In fact, this is the first one we’ve seen him at all weekend!!

Heidi Klum joins his majesty at the Diane von Furstenberg Fashion Week show Sunday in New York.

The two remained mum on the Project Runway season that never aired!