I’m sure there’s some practical interpretation of this outfit, despite the fact that it’s been totally warm in New York lately, and that’s where Gossip Girl films, and there is literally no reason for Leighton Meester to be wearing this bizarro concoction:
I don’t even watch Gossip Girl anymore. But that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t tune in if Blair — wracked with depression over something that is, I presume, yada yada Chuck yada yada Dan yada yada split ends yada yada yada — turned into a sad and wacky layers enthusiast whose big plot line involves her trying to make Birkenstocks happen in a way that doesn’t say, “I’m walking around this historic city a lot, so just appreciate that these Birkenstocks are vaguely good and shut up.” (I say this as someone who wears her metallic one-strap Birks on walking heavy vacations and is also someone who had to buy said Birks ON vacation last time she was in England. You win, London. You always win. My feet hurt and I really want to walk all over your interesting streets.) But the sweatpants under the cocktail dress? Even you, Blair Waldorf, can not make that happen. I HOPE. I HOPE TO GOD.
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she normally does this actually between tapings of gossip girl, wear something comfortable esp if she’s wearing gowns or flirty dress during takes
Yeah, I am guessing this was a day when she was only being shot from the waist up, which explains the Birks. But it doesn’t explain the sweatpants. It’s summer, girl. Maybe she forgot to shave.
OR the jacket. It’s hot out. The shoes, I totally get. The rest of it is bizarro.
I read that they try to cover up the dress so it’s more of a surprise on screen…
I agree this is clearly a walking to/from set look. I agree it seems unseasonable but the way she is clutching it shut does make it looks like she is cold. Or sometimes when there is a chance of people getting photographed walking to set wardrobe will insist that they cover up all or some of their costume. When I worked on Mad Men this year Paul/Michael Gladis had to wear a baseball hat, sunglasses and a full length coat to hide his new look when he went outside.
Fascinating!!!!
Is she holding a tampon?
I was wondering the exact same thing!
Stars… they’re just like us! They even menstruate!
Haha! LOL, she’s clutching her sweatshirt closed and the contrasting zipper fabric is showing.
Add an apron and a babushka and this is EXACTLY how my college roommate’s Eastern European grandmother used to dress.
I’m guessing it’s an early morning shoot, while it’s still cold, so she’s bundling up between takes. Wearing a dress like that when it’s in the 60′s is still pretty cold.
Having just come back from a walking heavy vacation myself, I have to say that not only did I give up on my cute sandals and buy a pair of Birkenstocks halfway through (best life choice ever) I also wore pj pants under my dresses whenever I could. And while that was usually in the hotel room and not out in public while I was being photographed, I still feel solidarity with Blair here.
Maybe it is part of some nightmare dream sequence where she is no longer Audrey Hepburn and it is predicting what she will look like 5 years from now if she stays with Dan/Lonely Boy…
Thank you Fug Girls for the admissions re: Birks. I try not to wear them in public much and especially around my friends, who are horrified, but, dang! It’s not like they are Crocs, after all.
I’m thinking longingly of cool weather, and I love that jacket.
It looks like she escaped from an apartment fire.
Her face, hair & makeup are so GORGEOUS, that I barely notice the outfit! The cocktail dress is darling & the Birks look comfy… I completely absolve her of all responsibility for fuggin it up on set, I mean she’s working! And, where can I get metallic Birks for my aching feet? WANT!
I’m having flashbacks to my senior year in College circa 1993 and I’m heading to my Econ final at 8am. Throw on what you find (Birks! Sweats! Prom dress! Jacket!) and run out the door.
Sweet jesus, I wouldn’t go in the back garden to hang out washing in this…
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I didn’t know they still made sweats with elastic bottoms. Except for maybe babies.
THERE ARE BIRKENSTOCKS. Sacre Bleu. Chuck Bass would not approve.
Yay!!!
In the Pacific Northwest, we know the appropriate deployment of Birkenstocks requires heavy wool-cotton blend socks. Couldn’t she wear a bathrobe, or trench coat?