How To Dress Like Blair Waldorf

Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, played by Leighton Meester

For the second part of College Fashion’s Gossip Girl Fashion series (and in honor of the season finale), here’s a guide to dressing like Blair Waldorf, everyone’s favorite GG bad girl. 

In case you missed the first article in the series, check out How To Dress Like Serena van der Woodsen.

Blair Waldorf, played by actress Leighton Meester, is Serena’s best friend on Gossip Girl, and the "Queen Bee" of the Constance Billiard School for Girls. With a fashion designer for a mother, it’s no surprise that Blair has amazing fashion sense and a true signature style.

Blair’s Style

Blair’s style is very classic, preppy, and polished. She always looks as if she stepped out of a department store window; her outfit is flawless, and she never has a hair out of place. Blair’s fashion sense is definitely the quintessential upper-east-side stereotype, and she’s not ashamed of it! 

Blair would never step outside with unwashed hair, wear an outfit that didn’t match, or buy anything "distressed" or "boho chic."  That said, here are some of Blair’s signature looks, pieces you can almost always catch Ms. Waldorf wearing around the streets of Manhattan.

Dresses & Skirts

Blair Waldorf Always Wears A Dress or Skirt

When I was looking for photos of Leighton Meester / Blair Waldorf, I quickly realized that I couldn’t find a single photo of her wearing pants! Blair is all about skirts and dresses, worn with tights in the winter and bare legs in the warmer months. She’s not into denim at all, so if you want to dress like Blair, forget about jeans.

For lots of cute dresses, look for designer pieces at ShopBop (their sale section can have some great bargains!), and cheaper dresses at H&M and Charlotte Russe . Look for structured dresses in high-quality materials, with fun details like ruffles and belts to get the Blair look.

Tailored, Classic Pieces

Blair Waldorf Fashion - Tailored, Classic Shirts and Skirts

Since she attends an upscale private school, many of Blair’s outfits are school-uniform appropriate. That means she wears lots of collared shirts, simple skirts, and ties. You can channel a little bit of prep school chic yourself with a structured button-up blouse and navy blue skirt. For extra Blair appeal, add a brightly colored headband and tights.

For classic white shirts, shop at Gap.com , and for structured skirts, try Banana Republic or Ann Taylor.

Pops of Color

Blair Waldorf loves pops of color in her outfits

No matter how subdued Blair’s outfit may be, she always incorporates a pop of color in some way. Whether it’s a bright red trench coat over a navy dress, a technicolor bag, or orange leggings under her school uniform, Blair keeps her look fresh with brights.  Her favorite colors are red (her signature), orange, and yellow.

Girly Details

Blair Waldorf Fashion - Girly Details

Blair is a total girly-girl at heart, and because of this, she loves to incorporate feminine touches like lace, bows, and ruffles, into her outfits. This is also her go-to look for formal events and parties. For a similar look yourself, Charlotte Russe is known to carry lots of girly pieces that Blair herself would approve of. 

Dressed-Up Loungewear

Blair Waldorf In A Negligee

Even when Blair is sleeping, she still looks completely chic! A Waldorf doesn’t wear regular flannel pajamas to bed - she sleeps in a designer negligee. And hanging around the house doesn’t mean wearing sweats! Blair has been known to wear a satin dressing gown instead. Nordstrom carries lots of negligees that are classy, not trashy, if you want to get one yourself!

Blair’s Accessories

Headbands

 Blair Waldorf Loves Headbands

Blair’s signature hair accessories are her hundreds of different headbands!  From tartan to satin, Blair wears her headbands in every style you can imagine. She usually wears them with her hair down, but occasionally pulls a headband over a sleek bun or ponytail. For lots of cute headbands for cheap, check out Wet Seal.

Tights

Blair Waldorf Fashion - Tights

In the winter months, Blair’s wardrobe revolves around tons of different pairs of tights. This season, she rocked every shade of tights imaginable, from bright red, to white, gray, and the ever popular black opaque tights. Tights are on the way out because warmer weather is fast approaching, but of course you can still wear them on cold days or if the mood strikes this summer.

Blair’s Hairstyles

Blair Waldorf almost always wears her medium length brown hair down in loose waves with lots of volume. These aren’t Serena’s messy curls,though. Blair always looks polished, and her hair is no exception.

Blair Waldorf - Headband

To do your hair like Blair’s in the picture above:

  • First, shampoo your hair (Blair would never have dirty hair!) If your hair is thin, use a volumizing shampoo like Pantene Pro-V Sheer Volume. If your hair is thick, your normal shampoo will work fine.
  • Blow dry your hair smooth with your normal styling products.
  • If your hair is naturally very curly, you will want to straighten it with a flat iron before you curl it (this will give you Blair’s super-smooth look!) If you have naturally straight hair, use a curling product like Jonathan Create Curl Curling Serum to help bring out your natural waves.
  • Separate your hair into sections, and starting with the bottoms layers of hair, curl strands with a 1 inch barrel curling iron. After curling, spray each tendril with medium-hold hairspray.
  • Finish your hair off with a shine spray like Aquage Beyond Shine 5oz (amazing stuff), or Citre Shine Spray Laminator to eliminate frizz and make your hair super-shiny and perfect looking like Blair’s!

Your Thoughts?

What do you think? Do you love Blair’s style, or are you more of a Serena or Vanessa? What did you think of the season finale of Gossip Girl, and more importantly, the clothes? Leave a comment below and discuss!


Posted on May 19th, 2008 /
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37 Responses to "How To Dress Like Blair Waldorf"

  • lauren wrote on May 19, 2008 at 11:57 pm:

    wow im impressed! i saw a picture from tonights finale already in your post!:) i love blair’s style, i wear a lot more dresses and skirts than jeans and I love that she brought back the headband. My style is pretty much a cross between serena and blair, elegant and refined at times, yet also sometimes casual and trendy. :)
    xoxo

  • prncezz wrote on May 20, 2008 at 10:42 am:

    You spent so much time doing up this article! I’d like you say that you did an amazing job. You really covered everything very well. Thank you so much for posting this! I enjoyed it.

  • Jamie wrote on May 20, 2008 at 12:58 pm:

    What a fabulous post! I love Blair’s style — this just offers up so much information that we regular gals can use to get the look!

  • Marleah wrote on May 20, 2008 at 1:06 pm:

    I love the styles of both S & B! I like S’s a little more but both are so high fashion but yet young, sexy and trendy. Don’t you wish that you had all that money and the life style to wear and buy those beautiful clothes?

  • Kari wrote on May 20, 2008 at 5:22 pm:

    I thought the season finale was really disappointing! But all the other episodes were wonderful. I think they should have made the second to last episode the finale and just tried to tie it up there. It will be interesting to see where they go with the story line next season. I don’t know if they can really make it as juicy as this one. I love your guides are you planning on doing a Georgina one?

  • Amanda wrote on May 20, 2008 at 8:09 pm:

    Thank you so much for this and the article about how to dress like Serena! I love their style so much and the show is awesome. Question…where did you get the pictures/screen shots of them? I’m trying to put together a spread of my favorite GG fashion. Thanks!

  • Liz wrote on May 20, 2008 at 8:47 pm:

    Great post, love B’s style and this article does a great job of summing it up!

    Do you (or does anyone) know who designed the dress she wore in the last scene of the finale — the blue one pictured second at the top? I absolutely love it!

    Thanks!!!

  • Pudding and Pie wrote on May 21, 2008 at 12:22 am:

    Wow! All I can say is great job! It is very obvious how much work you put into this and I must say that it’s amazing! Excellent! Thumbs up bud!

  • Carolina wrote on May 21, 2008 at 11:07 am:

    Hey! This article is fantastic! I absolutely love Blair’s style, I’m so mad I didn’t get a chance to rock any tights with skirts/dresses this winter because of my early class schedule (I can barely get my books together let alone outfit) so I’m looking forward to rocking summer versions :)

    Do you know where the black/white/pink dress that Blair is wearing in your first picture is from? And the white and black flats that she’s wearing with red tights and red bag?? Those are my absolute fav so I hope you can find out where I can buy them!!

    Carolina :)

  • Katie wrote on May 22, 2008 at 11:04 am:

    So cute!! Thanks.

  • xogirl wrote on May 22, 2008 at 7:18 pm:

    i absolutely love blair. and this article covers her fashion so well! props!

  • Briana wrote on May 22, 2008 at 10:25 pm:

    Lauren - Aw thanks! And I know, I agree with you - I think my style would be somewhere in between Blair and Serena, although I think I’m a little more S than B. I’m so sad the show is over for the season! What is there to do on Monday nights now?

    Prnczz- Thanks so much! I’m really glad you liked it.

    Jaime - Thank you :)

    Marleah - Yes, yes, yes! I wish that aaalll the time! Someday….

    Kari - I agree, the season finale was just ehhh to me. And yes, a guide to Georgina style is coming up soon!

    Amanda - I got the screenshots and pics from The CW website and various Google Image searches. There are tons of pics of Serena and Blair out there, not so many of the other characters though!

    Liz - Hmm, sorry, I have no idea about the dress. I’ll check around and let you know if I find out though!

    Pudding and Pie - Yup, it is a lot of work, but it goes by fast when you’re obsessed w/ what you’re writing about! Glad you liked it :)

    Carolina - Hmm, I will do some research for you on the dress and flats! I think I have an idea…

    Katie - You’re welcome :)

    Xogirl - Aw, thank you so much for the sweet comment! I love Blair too, she’s such an awesome character!

  • Carolina wrote on May 23, 2008 at 1:58 pm:

    Great! I did find a somewhat of a copy of the shoes from Anne Klein but they were ivory and totally old-lady. And the dress I looovveee especially with the cinched waist and the patent headband..okay getting carried away haha

  • shane wrote on May 29, 2008 at 2:12 am:

    .she’s a preppy one!.she always wear tights and headbands.i like her style!

  • Lilly!! wrote on June 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm:

    Thank you sooo much for this series!! My favourite is S although I do like B!! Plz Plz Plz can you do jennys!!! Thank you XoXo

  • carly wrote on June 1, 2008 at 10:03 pm:

    This is amazing!
    For an idea on another blog, you could find cheaper versions of blair’s outfits.

  • micha wrote on June 6, 2008 at 9:27 pm:

    your posts are amazing, and this one was very fun to read!

  • How To Dress Like Georgina Sparks wrote on June 16, 2008 at 8:59 am:

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  • How To Dress Like Vanessa Abrams wrote on June 16, 2008 at 9:07 am:

    [...] In case you missed the other articles in this series, I also wrote about How To Dress Like Serena van der Woodsen and How To Dress Like Blair Waldorf. [...]

  • Niya wrote on June 27, 2008 at 10:26 pm:

    i love Blair, thanks this really helps, blair rox!!!!!

  • elle wrote on June 29, 2008 at 12:30 pm:

    Gosh thanks for posting this article!!
    whew i really loooove it..im really into blair’s fashion!!!
    i really LOVE headbands…unconsciously im into blair’s style…
    again thanks!!!God bless!!!
    I hope next time there are more photos of her!!!
    but i also love serena..im into serena’s style since its very casual!!! =)

  • Linda wrote on July 2, 2008 at 6:39 am:

    hey,
    im in love with blairs style!!
    thanks for posting this!!!

    kisses from Belgium!!!
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • Tammy wrote on July 7, 2008 at 10:01 am:

    omg!!! this is such a cool article i love blair!!!! could you put up pictures from blair waldorf must pie(her hair is straight in the b4 scenes)

  • Bombchell wrote on July 12, 2008 at 12:36 pm:

    Love Blair’s Style!!!!!!!!

  • Elizabeth wrote on July 14, 2008 at 8:10 am:

    Carolina - The black white and pink dress is by Milly, it comes with or without sleeves but it was out ages ago so I’m not sure if you can still get it =\.

    Does anyone know who the navy and white sort of sailor style dress is by?
    Thanks so much if anyone does.
    x

  • carlyy88 wrote on July 14, 2008 at 10:21 am:

    http://www.celebritystyleguide.com/?op=component&sid=12&cid=239&page=1

    it shows where you can get alot of the outfits on gossip girl!

  • Swati wrote on July 14, 2008 at 9:44 pm:

    I’m getting my hair cut lexactly like Blair’s for school! Yay me!! :]
    And I’m gonna get in between S & B style clothes! Lol can’t wait till school starts =P

  • stephanie wrote on July 17, 2008 at 5:33 pm:

    Does anyone know where I can buy the orange dress in the 2nd picture to the far right?

  • Blair wrote on July 18, 2008 at 11:59 am:

    I love the artical and i love blair (my parents named me after her lol)
    n e way ur artical is very very very good it is book marked on my lap top but i have seen blair wear red skinny jeans in the episode victor/victrola when her momwas talking about what she should wear to the archibalds. I think blair likes jeans she just never wears them in public because in another picture i have seen she was wearing trouser jeans and a green top
    great job on the artical

  • sodakiss wrote on July 24, 2008 at 8:37 am:

    i love her so much!
    honestly, i’m kinda serena’s style than blair..
    i’m not likely with girly style.. but she does make me really wanna dress girly

  • Sarah wrote on July 25, 2008 at 3:45 pm:

    I love her handbands and tights. Where can I get red tights like hers?

  • Sarah wrote on July 25, 2008 at 4:19 pm:

    *headbands

  • Ash wrote on July 27, 2008 at 12:46 pm:

    Hey Sarah, check out welovecolor.com that’s where I get all of my colored tights. xP

  • BRITTANY wrote on July 28, 2008 at 4:38 pm:

    aCTALLY SHE DOES WEAR A PAIR OF SKINNY JEANS AND HIGH HEELS IN THE EPISODE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO THE DEBUTANTE BALL. SHE WALKS IN TO GO SEE NATE GETTING HIS TUX AND THATS WHEN SHES WEARING THE JEANS

  • Shannon wrote on July 29, 2008 at 9:28 am:

    For Liz and Elizabeth:

    I adore that dress too and I think I’ve found it (if not it’s practically identical so shouldn’t really matter)
    It’s by Blue Velvet Vintage and can be found here: http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/BETTIE-PAGE-CAPTAIN-NAVY-BLUE-WIGGLE-DRESS-p-729.html
    One blue and white sailor dress! Gorgeous!

  • aj tucker wrote on August 17, 2008 at 7:04 pm:

    Blair wears jeans in the episode high society (the one with the ball)

  • reyhan wrote on August 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm:

    i absolutely love blair’s style! but i’m more like serena,altough i would wish being like blair!!! she’s goergous and she should have been the main character in GG! in the books,she already is!

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