She’s not quite a big-screen star just yet, but Leighton Meester’s character on Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf, certainly has a wardrobe fit for the silver screen.  The look fashionistas the world over will soon be copying?  Elegant and feminine-but-preppy.  Blair is singlehandedly bringing back preppy headbands, perfectly set hair, and stuffy tweeds for the younger, hipper set.  All in all, it’s very Chanel (but yours doesn’t have to be real, of course).

Why is Blair so popular a character, though, on a show populated with well-dressed young girls?  Perhaps it is because she acts as the tightly wound foil to free spirits like her “friends” Jenny and Serena.  One would never find Blair looking bohemian-chic - she is put together, she knows what she wants, and - despite her scheming - in many ways she is preternaturally grown up.  In other words, she’s an aspirational, ambitious, whip-smart girl-for-today.

Blair would never be caught with a “trendy” handbag.  This tote by Botkier is subdued and unique but still oh-so-polished.

DKNY’s tweed and taffeta jacket and a headband by Marc Jacobs complete the look.

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by ashley