Blair Waldorf's Oscar de la Renta Gold Metallic Lamé Dress, Gossip Girl S3 E8 (size XYZ)

Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester) wore this Oscar de la Renta metallic gold lamé brocade dress in Gossip Girl Season 3, Episode 8, "The Grandfather: Part II."

This dress belongs to one of the most quietly iconic Blair storylines: the day she goes friend-shopping. Mid-feud with Serena, Blair gets cornered in the NYU hallway and claims she's made "real friends" — a lie she now has until sundown to make true. Wearing this dress, she holds a lunch summit with her minions to workshop candidates (when one suggests Vanessa, Blair replies: "I have never heard that name before in my life. Now feel free to see yourself out"), then spots a stranger at the counter carrying the Valentino bag she covets, and recruits her on the spot.  The new friend, Brandeis, turns out to be a high-priced call girl, and the whole scheme detonates spectacularly at the election night party — but Blair conducts the friendship auditions in this.

The dress is peak season-three Blair, when college-era B traded headbands for "grown-up glamour," as one fashion retrospective put it.  Most of us wear jeans and a sweater to school, but Blair experiments with texture, pairing this metallic Oscar de la Renta dress with a brocade Valentino coat and quilted Chanel crossbody. Liquid gold lamé shot through with a bordeaux abstract print, a folded portrait collar gathering into a sculptural pleated knot at the neckline, short sleeves, fitted sheath silhouette. Three luxury houses at once, worn to an NYU coffee shop, to run an errand of pure spite.

Designer: Oscar de la Renta

Style: Folded portrait collar with pleated knot detail, short sleeves, fitted sheath, above-the-knee

Fabric: Metallic gold lamé with brocade print

Size: XYZ

Condition: Perfect. No flaws. 

Availability: One available. Ships worldwide.