Well, you know I must post any reference to Blair Waldorf that I possibly can. Leighton Meester, the actress that plays Blair Waldorf in the hit Upper East Side drama Gossip Girl, sat down to talk with The Moment's Horacio Silva and answered some Gossip Girl-related questions, inclusing some aobut Blair's future. Your character, Blair, is very carnal and knowing for an 18-year-old. Were you a precocious teen? I actually find Blair naïve. I look at young girls like her who are obsessed with guys and with being the most popular and the prettiest, and I just want to shake them. Maybe you just grow up a little faster when you’re a young performer, but I was definitely never like that. To what extent has your personal style influenced what Blair wears on the show? Not at all. If anything, it’s the opposite. Her style is a little expensive for my taste but it loudly communicates that she is who she is and that she does what she does. I find that admirable. And she’s always dressed appropriately, which I can’t always say about myself. Describe the look that your character has popularized. It’s kind of this updated Japanese schoolgirl look. Every other outfit is larger than life — even when it’s prim and proper — and heavily accessorized. I wear ties, bows, colored tights, heels and stuff that you could never get away with at school. But I think that the most important part of Blair’s look is her headband, which is like her crown. Your character graduates from high school next season. What’s going to happen to your look? It’s yet to be decided, but I’m definitely going to college — to N.Y.U. — and not wearing any more school uniforms. Thank god we’re not pretending we all get held back and just continue with high school like all those other high school shows. I guess I’ll wear magnificent clothes every day that don’t have anything to do with school. Ah, any reader not interested in Gossip Girl may pass this over, sneering at the smugness and the false-pretentiousness that the show gives off. But before you judge- this is more than a teenage soap opera. This is a New York drama about rich teens with a sense of style.