Blake Lively – from bulldog to catwalk queen

Her blonde Californian-head hasn’t disappointed Blake for the last few years. Not only fell all the Gossip Girl-hunks for her at some special one-on-one time, designers also discovered her beauty. Karl Lagerfeld snagged her as the face of his Chanel – Mademoiselle-handbag line. Blake in an interview: ‘When Anna Wintour introduced me to Karl at a dinner, I grabbed my camera the save the moment. I didn’t know that I would be in front of the lens a couple of months later’

Blake, you are a true fashion-icon these days. Did Gossip Girl made you more aware of your fashion-sense?

What do you think (laughs). No, I wouldn’t know, actually.

Well, on set we see you strut around in the most wonderful creations of Burberry, Ralph Lauren and other top-designers. And also in your private life, you’re doing fine without a stylist.

You know, my love of fashion has always been within me. I think I have a very good view on it. Fashion is a form of self-expression. You’re the only one who can give a personal touch to it, and that’s why I don’t use a stylist.

How would you describe your style?

Layers a totally my thing. Clothes don’t have to be expensive to me. I can get really happy from Topshop, for an example. A world opened up to me when that [shop of big brand] came to New York.

You’re saying your passion for fashion has been within you for always. Where did that came from?

I’ve always been very aware of the way I dressed. My mother is a model and my sisters too. My mom used to [make clothes yourself with a machine], and took me to secondhand-shops to buy clothes, and make them into new ones. I always like to be busy with fashion, although it was way different than with Gossip Girl. I didn’t dress anything like I dress now. It was good the way it was, I only lived in LA and was just a teenager.

How different is New York?

New York is a whole different world; we wear in the show all sorts of designer stuff and get the chance to build a personal relationship with designers like Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano. They’re also a big fan of GG. A while back Valentino came to me and said; ‘O, could I please take a picture of you?!’ it was so unreal. And being asked to join tables with Karl Lagerfeld, Zac Posen and Michael Kors... just bizarre. It is an incredible honor to be so appreciated by such icons, and that they ask you to wear their clothes.

Long story short, you’re in heaven?

Oh yeah, big time.

How many pairs of shoes do you have?

I have a complete walk-in closed filled with shoes. I guess I have about 300 pairs, and they’re all lovely. I threw the collection shoes I had before them away, ‘till I had only four left, and collected the rest since I moved to New York, in about 1,5 year time [Jeez, 500 days and 300 pairs of shoes]

What do you remember from High School?

I led a very different life. I doesn’t look a bit to what I’m experiencing right now. My experiences are easy to compare to a very bad Prinze Jr-movie. I was cheerleader and class-president. I went out for charity every Friday night in a local hamburger shop. And I was dressed as a bulldog for the school-mascot.

I went to school from 6 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon, because I spent so much time outside the regular program. I was also in an extremely competitive school-choir. I loved school. I look back to it as a very all-American high school experience that you don’t really think is real. Well, what do you ask for? I lived in Burbank. That takes place in LA but is actually a small village in a big city. The Hollywood Studios are there, but apart from that you don’t notice you are in showbiz city LA.

What do you think of the New York-lifestyle when you compare it to the West Coast?

De city of New York itself. The architecture, the art and culture, the restaurants, the rocks on the pavement. It’s just a fantastic city to live in. In LA everything is closed at night, you can’t go out for a bite in the evening. But in NY you jump into a cab and get anywhere at 11 o’clock. Perfect!

Do you have a good shopping-address?

Of course. But I don’t have that much time to shop, so the best place for me is the closet in the GG-studios. I walk in, make notes, take a couple pictures with my IPhone, and mail them to our personal shoppers to buy it for me.

What is the best beauty-trick you learned from the GG-[people who put on make-up]

You have to take care of your hair. I swear at Kerastase, it’s the best hair-product ever. Kerastase saved my hair when I took extensions for my first movie. My hair already was long, but broke to it. And hot rollers and irons didn’t help. Kerastase made it grow. It’s thick and healthy.

So you don’t have fake hair anymore?

No, it’s all mine.

Do you work out a lot?

I used to do nothing, but I started. It happened when I met VS-model Isabel Goulart in a plane. She told me about her personal trainer who trains all the VS-models, and I thought, if I have to, this should be the best way.

Heidi Klum has one in NY.

Yeah, but he seems really strict to me. I can’t deal with a trainer who tells me I can’t eat cupcakes our brownies.

Did you live change since GG?

I changed very much. You should never forget that acting is only a job. You shouldn’t try to change it into a lifestyle. I think a lot of people go wrong on that one. It’s strange to see how people outside of NY recognize you. We are in some kinda bubble in here. I go home at 11 every night and am on set at 7 in the morning.

Does the fame affect you that much that you rather stay home and order food instead of going out?

No, you know which places to avoid, so you won’t get bothered the whole night.

Like Roberson Avenue in LA?

Yeah, that god there aren’t such popular street in NY, although there clubs where everyone goes. But I don’t like clubbing anyway. I rather stay home, because I love cooking.

You cook?

I love cooking so much; I’m a really good cook!

So when we wanna have dinner tomorrow?

Uhm well, I’m more of the baking. And nice unhealthy stuff. My whole family is from Georia and food is the thing!

About GG real quick, Serena has a good and a bad side, which on do you rather play?

Both. I think Serena is a lot more serious and wilder than myself. I’m more goofy from nature. I’d love to be more [cool-ish] like her, but unfortunately.

How do you think her relationship with Dan will evolve?

I don’t know. It’s like a ping-pong table with those two.

Do you know what’s in your script?

I think S en D are compairable to Ross and Rachel from friends. You want them to be together. I’d love them to be together, I think they’re cute. And I think the vieuwers think so too. Let’s wait and see..

translation

Thanks Wijin

Busy Blake staying behind

Hot couple Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio are attending star-studded events this weekend, but on different sides of the Atlantic. Lively -- who very publicly gallivanted around Italy with DiCaprio in May -- is staying in Hollywood and will attend BAFTA's Brits to Watch gala tonight rather than be by the "Inception" star's side during producer Ryan Kavanaugh's wedding weekend in Capri. Sources said that Lively stayed put because she's shooting Oliver Stone's "The Savages." She'll join a guest list tonight that includes Prince William and Kate Middleton as well as Hollywood royalty Barbra Streisand, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez. DiCaprio, meantime, is in Italy for Kavanaugh's wedding to ballerina Britta Lazenga. Lively shouldn't worry, though. Her heartthrob brought his mom as his date to hang with fellow guests Gerard Butler, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Seacrest.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/busy_blake...O#ixzz1Rb1HkPEf

I hope GG never ends!

^I agree so we never have to stop seeing their clothes!

Wow thanks wijn!

And I agree I am Eden, posting those pics were not necessary

And thanks Barbie for the pics! the Stars Uncut photo of them looks soooo real! Also you should rent The Town. Its a really good movie, its quite gritty and raw like The Departed, and Blakes performance in it is steller!

Also thanks fash for the article. Hope we get pics of her at the BAFTA even tonight!

A little info on how to get Blakes body (I just really want her legs! )

Leonardo DiCaprio's new squeeze Blake Lively eats 5 meals a day

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively has lost a stone, going from 9½st to 8½st, dropping two dress sizes to a slim size 8.

The 5ft 10in actress has been training with fitness expert Bobby Strom, who's helped her get results fast.

Blake, 23, went from eating calorie-laden Greek and Mexican food to having five small high-protein meals a day and is said to have seen a change to her body in just a few weeks.

‘Eating little and often means she's never hungry and her metabolism is at its optimum level,' says Bobby.

‘If she wants chocolate cake, I tell her to have a few bites.

'If you satisfy the craving, you're less likely to binge, get depressed and lack motivation to work out.'

Blake has gone from doing no exercise to doing two 90-minute sessions of intense cardio as well as yoga and pilates classes each week.

‘We put on loud music so that it's fun and we mix up the workouts, working several muscle groups at once,' says Bobby, who wasn't surprised how quickly she got results.

‘If you get rid of empty calories like fizzy drinks and frothy lattes and work out four times a week, you'll see a difference in just a few weeks.

‘Now Blake loves working out because she feels as if she's accomplished something.

'It's really given her confidence.'

With legs like hers - and Leonardo DiCaprio on her arm - we'd be feeling pretty confident, too.

http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-new...-meals-a-day/1/

Thanks Kat sounds like a good meal plan she's got going on

Thanks for transcribing, win.

E! will be livestreaming the BAFTA event in a few minutes. I could care less about the royals, but I hope they talk to the actors there.

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b250662_we..._middleton.html

Preview of her red carpet look for the BAFTA dinner

love the dress!! More pics..

@ the BAFTA Brits To Watch Gala held at the Belasco Theatre on Saturday (July 9) in Los Angeles

Just Jared

Hello everyone . I didn't really read that much, but just want to preempively make sure everyone is clear on some things. We all know that there is a certain thread here that is known for being a circus and we all know the common denominator there. This thread is about Blake Lively and we will keep it that way. Everyone that comes here may not be interrested in who a model or actress is dating, so aside from pics of them together, there's no need to overdo it when said person has their own thread. Also, for general banter there is also a "Chat Thread" in the General Discussion forum for all of your general discussion needs. The extent of boyfriend oriented material should be limited to pics of them walking the red carpet smiling at the cameras ect. Soap boxes and drawn out discussions about the relationship and all that stuff isn't going down here as I fefuse to have another thread like the one I previously referenced that will remain nameless. I know he's a great actor and we love him and him dating someone new may take time to adjust to for some of us, but this thread will not become a circus and Blake Lively is the star here and the fans will be allowed to enjoy that star without the drama. Thank you all in advance for your cooperation .

HQ pics

I dont like it. She looks too tanned so it makes her look ... no very pretty.

YEAH! Less Q & A, more T & A It breaks my heart a little bit, every time I click on "Blake Lively" and don't see her beautiful A!

Of course Joe Average we understand.

Thanks fash and aOMG! I love the new pics! I think the dress is sooo pretty, and I think her hair looks fantastic with the dress! Although I'm not a huge fan of the drapping on the fabric. I don't find it very flattering to her body.

Two more with Quinton Tarintino and Ed Westwick!

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.a...x=AllEditorial#

thank you girls!

I like her dress and her hair style is just stunning!

Vid from popcandiesTV of last night. She looks soo gorg in the vid and soo sweet.

Love it when that guy says "You my #1 gay" And Blake goes "Really? Thats a bold statement!"

She was soooooo sweet with all her fans and she took pics with like all of them. How sweet

aww this vid is soo cute! she so sweet to fans! thanks kat!