Gossip Girl: The Power of Aesthetics 

Charles Bass is Trump. 🤷🏾‍♀️

exactly, in S2 when blair was hosting a party for the colony club, the old ladies mentioned bart bass being new money in a derogatory way 😂

@@beautifullEternalwhat? 😭

I think Blair is closer to old money but preppy

No, serena not style as new money , she is the it girl, the fashion icon, who bestfriended haute couture designers. New money wouldnt where vintage ralf lauren dress😂. For Nm, is only luxury,luxury brand. And her approach abt her super exp stuff is soo old money. She never ever blink an eye to lend all girls fr jenny,charlie, or even girl whos uncle yale director. New money? Dont touch my exp stuff! I lock it in security max.

⁠@@MA-yc7pznate and blair are very old money, nate from his van der bilt side and blair being based off the waldorf-astorias

Thank you so much!! I totally agree with you❤️

From New England and I'm glad someone pointed this out. Chuck and Serena are new money and it actually really shows in both of their personalities and families.

I never read the book, i had no idea Blair was old money. I just assumed she was new money from her mother’s EW designs and her father

​@@myman2930she kinda goes off on a rant in the show about how well bread she is lol

In the book they mention that the Vanderwoodsen family got rich in the 18th century from owning a shipping company.

In the show, Serena's mother comes from old money, but her father does not.

I ALWAYS get stuck in season 4/5 I think I only finished once, I love the first 3 seasons, but for me, after Jenny leaves it's just all over the place. But it's my comfort show, I'm always watching some episode from early seasons while doing stuff around the house/getting ready

Same🙂 even i heard that ed and leighton did not treasure there friendship after 6yrs series.🙁 im sad when i heard that because they should treasure there friendship even they already have there own lives.

Yes I totally get that!! Also I loved how Jenny’s style evolved the most over the course of the show.

I love the fact that they dressed up all the time. As a millennial, I don’t understand how today everyone in the states wears pajama like outfits. Thank heaven in Europe we still make an effort. It shows u respect urself & others in a way too, by putting in effort into ur style.

Thank you so much!!❤️and I totally agree with you

Omg thank you!! I appreciate you so much 🤍

Actually, Serena appears to come from half-old, half-new money. The old money in the show comes from Lily, specifically Cece (Serena’s grandmother). Cece always had that “disdain” for the lower social classes (never approved of Rufus) that was a common trait in old money types (not as common in new money types especially if their wealth is very recently accumulated, they are more “cautious” in a sense to not tip the scales and fall out of favour with anyone, but Cece never shakes off her prejudices lol so she knows her money is good for a very very long time). And if I recall correctly, she controlled Eric and Serena’s Rhodes (Lily’s maiden name) trust fund (I remember an episode that the two of them discuss getting access to their trust funds earlier than stipulated). In the books (or according to the character wiki pages), the VDWs are Dutch shipping magnates (depending on how far back this goes, this could be new or old money derived but I don’t think it’s ever stated, but I like to think that Serena’s paternal family ran in the same crowd as the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers which I consider to be old money). The Vanderbilts in the show lean more into the “politically powerful family” than they do old money which is not exactly the case for the irl Vanderbilts oops I went off on a tangent. TLDR: I think Nate and Serena are the only ones in the NJBC generically considered to be old money. Chuck and Blair are new money through and through. Disclaimer: I didn’t read the books but I’ve watched the show several times and am quite interested in history so just an analysis!

@@leticiakohyes Chuck is new money, I remember in one of the earliest episodes when Bart bass was telling Lily what he gave up to gain his wealth suggesting he didn’t have it before hand

No Blaire is old money also

@@R_S747 Blair’s money doesn’t go enough generations back to be considered old money, and regardless her mother is the one who created generational wealth using her designer brand

@@s4lly79I’m pretty sure Blair’s family (Astoria) is a nod to the Astor family, so she’s like REALLY old money

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Thank you so much!! You’re so kind 💗

Me too🥰

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Thank you!!🥳🥳

Example: Chuck Bass

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Haha don’t worry, I’ve definitely watched the whole show! This video was not meant to be a review of the show, but rather a dissection of the aesthetic and its overall look. Apologies for the character mistakes I made. But thank you for your feedback!

no blair is old money do check up the astor family from her dads side