Serena van der Woodsen may look melancholy in this picture, but don't let her pensive pose fool you. In last night's episode of Gossip Girl, the new reigning queen of the Upper East Side showed her true colors and relished in her beauty with a new friend — leaving Blair in the dust.

You can loathe her but you can't deny her rockin' style. Before taking the stage, Serena arrived to the fashion show in a chain dangling La Rok Navajo mini halter dress. Funky and Fab.

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