Costume Spotlight: Blair Waldorf

Blair pictured left

In my search for a new series to obsess over on Netflix, I decided to humor myself and start watching Gossip Girl. I don't typically watch shows like this, and as much as it hurts my pride to admit, I actually really like Gossip Girl x'D Set in New York City, it is basically a big dramafest about this group of friends/enemies and all the good and bad things that happen in their lives. The costumes for the series were styled by Eric Daman (from what I understand he didn't design the clothing, just put everything together). A good majority of the characters come from wealthy families, so many of their costumes are name-brand, up-to-date, and fashionable. For my costume critique I wanted to focus on Blair Waldorf and how her clothing reflects her personality.

Blair Waldorf is the only child of a fashion designer. She lives with her mother and maid who basically raised her. She's an arrogant, driven, sophisticated character who wants to become a successful, powerful women. While she sounds pretty horrible, she does have her moments and can be pretty funny. Deep down she is actually a caring person (at least to a chosen few). In the beginning of the series, she spent a lot of time at school where she wore a uniform, always accessorized with a headband. Known as "Queen B", this headband was her signature and basically her crown. After graduating, she moved into the world of college and began to dress more business-like. She ditched the headbands and wore a lot of pencil skirts, blouses, and dresses, always paired with jewelry, a nice handbag and probably a weird hat. She also wears a lot of heels. Blair never wears anything twice!

One of my favorite outfits she wears is her burgundy peplum dress (pictured left). Strangely enough, she's actually a fairly modest character. Her skirts and dresses are almost always to the knee. She does wear sleeveless clothing a lot, but her party/social event dresses are always long and very classy. You can definitely tell she cares a lot about what her appearance says about her. She's a mature lady who wants to be taken seriously (even if her actions aren't always as good at representing that).

Now, back to Netflix ^_^'
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