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Hey Upper East Siders. Hot on the Blog: Blair Waldorf—everyone’s favorite Manhattan socialite, high priestess of headbands, purveyor of withered quips—is making a comeback. original gossip Girl Author Cecily von Ziegesar Forthcoming Blair, A standalone novel that takes place 20 years after the original series.
While not much is known about the storyline, we do know that the book will roughly follow Blair, who is in his forties, as he returns to New York and climbs a very different social ladder. according to deadlinethe novel will be released in the summer of 2027.
this gossip Girl The 13-book series was adapted into the pop culture-defining TV series starring Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, which aired in 2007 and 2012. Blair’s ending is very different from the trajectory of both shows. (The 2021 revival frequently mentions the former queen bee, but she doesn’t appear.) After six seasons, the show’s Blair Waldorf is happily married to Chuck Bass, with whom she has a son, Henry Bass. She runs her own successful fashion brand, Waldorf Designs. Then, after a five-year time jump, we see her teaming up with Jenny Humphrey to launch clothing line J for Waldorf. In the book, we don’t get that far: Blair moves beyond her toxic relationship with Nate Archibald and leaves Constance’s drama behind at Yale.
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What does the arc of a modern-day Blair Waldorf look like? Perhaps her brand is struggling to keep up with the ever-evolving fashion industry in the age of influencers and algorithms. (And more transparency—a former Waldorf Astoria design intern’s “story time” on TikTok could get nasty.) Maybe she’s tough, and she’s back to being Constance Billard—this time, as principal, turning the school into an elite conduit for power, ambition, and expensive therapy for parents. There could be a Waldorf-Bass political dynasty (and some pretty awesome fundraising), or maybe a Blair Waldorf protégé goes rogue and threatens her carefully crafted legacy. She may be trying to raise a completely different child reject She essentially wrote an Upper East Side script—no fledgling dreams, no dynastic ambitions, entirely out of the elaborate tableaux Blair had crafted over the years.
Blair sparking a competitive auction that also included the film and television rights to the novel — and there’s not much to say only No word yet on a TV adaptation, but Time Gap is set for Leighton Meester (who just had a Excellent Play the unhinged millennial female boss Alyssa i love los angeles.) Pick up the padded headband again.
