Fashion for Sale

Won't it be fun to get a little something of your favorite stars such as a bag they've worn while portraying your favorite character on your favorite show? One Tree Hill has just answered your wishes as they have put up a portal in which fans can have a little token of their favorite celebrities on the show.

If you just love Peyton's vintage look, or Brooke's girly dresses, then you can log on to the show's official website (http://www.cwtv.com/shows/one-tree-hill) to browse through their items on sale. Just click on the Style tab and items can be browsed by brand, character, or product. They have pieces of clothing and accessories which where used in various episodes of One Tree Hill, including those by designers Liz Claiborne, Couture Candy, Gap, Calvin Klein, Old Navy, Diesel, Guess, Gucci, and Hobo just to name a few. In fact, you can get a hold of a number of clothing showcased by a number of One Tree Hill characters, including Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray), Nathan Scott (James Lafferty), Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton), Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush), Hayley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti), Dan Scott (Paul Johansson), Mouth McFadden (Lee Norris), Karen Roe (Moira Kelly), Deb Scott (Barbara Alyn Woods) and Rachel Gattina (Danneel Harris).

Moreover, it seems like this marketing trend is also being applied by other CW shows such as Gossip Girl, the new teen drama based on the novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model, Smallville, and Supernatural. Brands such as Anne Klein, Levi's, Ralph Lauren and Alexis Bittar are available on the Gossip Girl site, while America 's Next Top Model feature items from brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas and Nike.

One Tree Hill returns to television screens with its fifth season on January 2, 2008, 8/7c only on The CW.

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Does One Tree Hill Send a Poor Message About Teen Pregnancy?

There's not one television show that can please all the critics all at once, that's a fact. Recently, television reviewer for the New York Times, Gina Bellafante wrote an about One Tree Hill's fifth season, and in it accusing the coming of age drama of displaying "an almost aggressive aversion to moralizing about teenage pregnancy." She's referring to Haley's (Bethany Joy Galleoti) recent pregnancy, claiming that it "[refuses] to lay out the grim consequences of premature motherhood, [and] wants to make fans on either end of the political spectrum stick their heads in fiery hampers." With the recent events in the media, including 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy, is One Tree Hill really biased in showing just the joyous side of young motherhood?

Bellafante also took offense to the lack of realism in Haley's struggles. She wrote, "Haley, a teacher, isn't applying for food stamps or stripping to keep her child in clean pajamas. She is living instead in a nicely appointed house, dealing with middle-aged problems."

Bellafante also pointed out that because the show skipped the college years, we did not get to see Haley go through all the struggles of pursuing her education while being a young mother. Bellafante wrote, "we never get to see how Haley balanced psych finals and colic, keg parties and vaccinations, and just having to say no, presumably, to any chance of a junior year abroad in a hedonistic Western European capital."

Surely, Bellafante has a point. However, we must take into consideration that One Tree Hill is a show that never really thrived in reality. In fact, this series is more of escapist, soapy fantasy. If one wants to watch a show depicting teenagers with real teenage problems, then head over to NBC's Friday Night Lights.

As for Haley's struggles, or lack thereof, One Tree Hill may have overlooked this, and all the pieces of Haley's life may seem unrealistically perfect. Nonetheless Bellafante admits that she can't resist the addictive nature of the series. "One Tree Hill is a no-arrogance, no-entitlement zone and I'm (shamefully) happy to pull up and park."

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