Blair Cornelia Waldorf

Blair Cornelia Waldorf

Born November 10^th, 1990

Nicknames: “Queen B”, “B”

Blair Cornelia Waldorf is, debatably, the central character of the entire series (if not tied with Serena)! Gossip Girl creator Cecily von Ziegesar describes Blair as “a girl of extremes”. She is the Queen B and b*tch of Manhattan’s Elite, and the Gossip Girl blog follows her b*tchy activities very closely.

Background: Blair Waldorf was born to a prominent businessman of a father and a high-end fashion designer of a mother; she has been spoiled all her life. Blair spent the majority of her high school career securing her spot as the most popular, talented, and smartest girl in her school. She severely suffered from an eating disorder in her freshman and sophomore year, possibly even during Junior High. Blair dated Nate Archibald from kindergarten up until her junior year of high school, Season 1 & 2 of the show, when her best friend Serena inexplicably moved back to Manhattan. Blair’s father also left her mother for a male model during this time. During her junior year, she also fell for Chuck Bass, solidified her status as the most academically talented girl in her class, and participated in social warfare with Jenny Humphrey. This was a very turbulent end of high school for Blair, but Blair continued to seek love, power, and knowledge. Blair first attends NYU, then Columbia University. Blair also earns a job at W Magazine. Blair’s main focus at the moment is becoming a strong, influential career woman in the world of magazine editors.

Relationships: Blair and Chuck have a long-lasting love. Blair dated Nate for the majority of her life. Blair has also dated Lord Marcus Beaton and Prince Louis Grimaldi.

Personality: Blair loves foreign films, romantic classics, and Audrey Hepburn movies. She loves the island of Manhattan more than any other place in the world – even Paris! While Blair is hard working, she is still extremely spoiled. She tries very hard to succeed in all aspects of her life because, while she very much enjoys having all things handed to her on a silver platter, she subconsciously (and perhaps consciously) doesn’t feel as deserving and feels as though she needs to earn more things in her life than buy them. Still, Blair is very proud of being a snobbish b*tch, and enjoys being the Queen B of the social world. Unlike most other characters on the show, her most complex mental and emotional problems not only include love and dating issues, but issues of friendship, family, work, disease (her eating disorder), self-confidence and just life in general. Because of these reasons and many more, Blair is considered by critics and sometimes fans to be the most acclaimed, complex, remarkable character of the series.

Style: Cecily von Ziegesar, the creator, claims Blair “dresses as if she were putting on a costume. A trench coat and huge sunglasses when she’s stalking her ex-boyfriend. Towering heels when she’s feeling powerful and wise. Ballet flats when she’s feeling energetic and sweet. She never just gets dressed.” Blair’s signature pieces include headbands, long curls, skirts/dresses (she never wears pants!), collars, lace, ruffles and other classic feminine touches. She is very fashion-forward and wears the latest trends the week before the become mainstream. Blair’s makeup, hair, and outfits are always near perfect and very carefully chosen. Even when she is lounging around her house, she never dresses down.