Upon marriage women no longer wore their sashes and wore a very full caftan with a slanting collar, sometimes with a short-sleeved jacket opening down the front
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter as the show came to a close in 2012, The CWs former Entertainment Chief Dawn Ostroff noted how the show influenced consumer choices: People watch the show the way they read a magazine: They want to know where to get the clothes, where to get the music and where to go in New York. By the start of the second season in 2008, the show was influencing not only teen fashion but fashion for women in their twenties and older, as well, despite the characters portrayed on the show still being in high school
The shirt was worn with a kind of vest, a spruce (tree) with open breasts, from under which the shirt's embroidered breasts were clearly visible
The Valentino Gown features a deep v-neckline, delicate pleats, and side cutouts
Adding the extra complexity that comes with it being for a black-tie wedding takes it up a notch
Women in Uzbekistan and Georgia were given black/crme printed silk head scarves as part of their wedding trousseau, which they would subsequently use in a mourning period