Why It Works: Blake Lively's Winter Style
(Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)
All cascading flaxen locks and endless limbs, blonde bombshell Blake Lively is one of those irritating celebs who always look great, regardless whether she’s million dollar apartment hunting with Ryan Reynolds or naively inviting her faux cousin to play Single White Female with her on the upper east side. (Really, S? We honestly thought you’d sense the weird Charlie vibe. Or was it because you were too distracted by the ridiculousness that is the Royal Wedding subplot?) And what do you mean we don’t know the difference between Serena and Blake? Of course we do.
The Scarf: Evidently Blake has seen Steel Magnolias because lord does the girl know her colors. Here she lets the cerulean of her scarf play MVP in her winter ensemble, emphasizing those sparkling baby blues—the ones that Scarlett Johansson likes to scratch out in her copies of US Weekly.
The Jacket: It’s black, it’s quilted, it’s got a pleasingly trenchy silhouette and a subtle crocodile pattern, but let’s be honest, this coat could be ho-hum if not for the illusion it is helping to create. Lively’s all-black ensemble (see tights and boots—more on those in a sec) elongates her already statuesque frame, so all you really notice is that uber-flattering pop of blue and that Barberella mane. It’s like a magic eye picture and the ‘do is the illusion. Only it’s real. Damn her.
The Boots & Bag: These Bond girl stilettos quite literally up the ante. Super-conducive to standing on the street looking fetching and perplexed, as she does here. Not so helpful with the walking to places, but really it’s a small price to pay.
And: There’s a purse-handle-that-matches-the-scarf tie-in going on here that we’re not usually crazy about (maybe it’s the post traumatic stress from our dyed-to-match bridesmaid pumps) but in this case it’s clearly a strategic move to direct your eyes back to the scarf, for a sort of high scoring Fashion Pinball effect. It’s working, we’re looking at her eyes again. Sigh.
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