As If…

I hear an awful lot of talk about Gossip Girl and this so called Queen Bee, Blair Waldorf.  My naturally curious ways led me to checking her out on a couple of episodes.  The girl has got style, I’ll give her that.  And yes, she’s got the quips.  But there was something about her that irked me.  Blair Waldorf is to those growing up in the new millennia what Cher Horowitz was/is to Gen X.  This is a rather sad statement , beGossip Girlcause my generation got the better end of the deal.

Both girls have classic styles.  Plaid, headbands, pleated skirts, over-knee-socks, coordinated.  clueless All very naughty-school-girl-with-a-penchant-for-maxing-out-daddy’s-AMEX.  Blair’s style is upper-east side all the way.  Perfect tresses, perfectly styled, never caught in pants.  Its too close a call in this category.  Although, the fact that Cher wore an Alai dress in Clueless is making me believe all you fashionistas know which side of the fence you need to be on.

Cher has it on the attitude.  Both girls have the clever, witty comebacks and good use of pop references.  But Blair will never be quoted as often as Miss Horowitz.  Come on, she’s the girl who taught that  “searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for malaiaeaning in a Pauly Shore movie”.  Also, it always helps when you are genuinely good-hearted person that isn’t out to sleep with/stab friends in the back/climb to the top.

Oh yes, and the ultimate barometer of cool.  Cher did something before the Olsen twins—she drank Starbucks.

BERET_08

A wool beret is very Parisian, very classic, oh-so-Cher.

blazer This structured blazer cuts in the waist giving you a very sexy, feminine shape.

sheer button downIn the movie Cher can be seen wearing a sheer button-down, like this one, perfect worn over a mini skirt and tiny camisole.

mini skirt

This plaid mini is the more accessible version of Cher’s pleated skirts.

ovtk socksThank my lucky stars for American Apparel.

loafersChunky loafers that I think Cher would proudly strut around in.

white dressHow to do a party right? Sexy, short designer dress.  And this Alexander Wang is 2009’s answer to Cher’s Calvin Klein.

paris heels I just couldn’t resist these. They feel slightly Cher meets Marie Antoinette.

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