Most Of Blake Lively’s Met Gala Looks Share A Satisfying But Overlooked Detail

We wouldn’t expect anything less from the woman who played Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl — a character who not only was fashion forward but also spent a lot of time on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

There has been a certain theory swirling around the internet about Blake Lively’s outfits at the Met Gala over the years — and learning it will further affirm her keen eye for pleasing aesthetics (which was already clear because, well, Ryan Reynolds).

As one Twitter user pointed out Monday night during the 2022 Met Gala, the actor has a tendency to match her outfit to the event’s red carpet.

So, let’s take a look and see if this theory rings true, shall we?

Here’s her outfit from the 2016 Gala:

Blake Lively at the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" event in 2016.
Blake Lively at the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” event in 2016.

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And here’s another number from 2017:

Lively at the 2017 Met Gala, which had the theme "Art of the In-Between."
Lively at the 2017 Met Gala, which had the theme “Art of the In-Between.”

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Her 2018 dress seems to compliment the patterns on the red carpet:

Lively in 2018 at the gala for "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination."
Lively in 2018 at the gala for “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination.”

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And her 2022 Met Gala gown seemed to follow the same theme:

<img class="img-sized__img portrait" loading="lazy" alt="The theme for 2022 — "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" — had a dress code of "gilded glamour."” width=”719″ height=”1080″ src=”https://www.wellnessmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/most-of-blake-livelys-met-gala-looks-share-a-satisfying-but-overlooked-detail-8.jpg”>
The theme for 2022 — “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” — had a dress code of “gilded glamour.”

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If the coordination is intentional, it’s unclear how Blake could pull it off — though she was a co-host at the 2022 event, which may explain her getting some intel.

According to a piece in Curbed about the history of the gala’s literal red carpet, more work goes into its design than one would think.

Phillip Bland, a decorative artist on Long Island who came into the job seven years ago after working with Anna Wintour on her various homes, is responsible for painting it. And although he’s one of the first people to know the gala’s theme each year, he implied that most celebrities are unaware of his final design.

“My hope is when the final design comes out, it doesn’t clash too much,” the designer says of the stars walking the carpet.

“If someone spent all this money on this beautiful dress and all of a sudden they get out there — I’m sure they don’t know what the carpet is gonna look like.”

Mm-hmm, sure. So we’re starting a new internet theory — that Blake’s got Phillip’s number in her contacts.

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Olivia Wilde Served With Legal Docs From Jason Sudeikis While Onstage At CinemaCon

Olivia Wilde’s presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday night turned out to be a family affair ― but not in a good way.

The director and actor was onstage at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas discussing Don’t Worry Darling, her upcoming thriller starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, when an unidentified person came up front, placed a manila envelope on the stage and slid it toward her, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

As she picked up the envelope, Wilde asked, “Is this for me?”

Turns out it was.

Deadline is reporting that the mystery envelope, which was marked “personal and confidential,” held custody papers from actor Jason Sudeikis, Wilde’s ex-boyfriend and the father of her two children.

Despite the awkward situation, witnesses said Wilde handled the situation like a pro and continued to talk up her film to the audience, which was mostly theatre exhibitors.

Olivia Wilde/ Jason Sudeikis
Olivia Wilde/ Jason Sudeikis

It is unknown how the person serving the papers got into the event, but CinemaCon official Mitch Neuhauser told Variety that security protocols are going to be reevaluated in light of the incident.

An unnamed representative of Sudeikis told HuffPost that the papers were drawn up to “establish jurisdiction relating to the children of Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis,” but said the actor had nothing to do with how and when the papers were served.

Mr. Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered as this would solely be up to the process service company involved and he would never condone her being served in such an inappropriate manner,” the representative said in a statement Wednesday.

Wilde and Sudeikis were together for nine years before splitting at the beginning of 2020. They share two children: son Otis, 6, and daughter Daisy, 4.

Sudeikis told GQ last July that figuring out exactly what went wrong in the relationship was going to take him a while.

“I’ll have a better understanding of why in a year,” Sudeikis said. “And an even better one in two, and an even greater one in five, and it’ll go from being, you know, a book of my life to becoming a chapter to a paragraph to a line to a word to a doodle.”

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25 Times Alison Hammond Was Basically The Best Thing About British TV

With her infectious laugh, naughty sense of humour and incredible interview style that can have even the most notoriously difficult A-listers in stitches, Alison Hammond is a real one-off.

After finding fame as a housemate on Big Brother in 2002, Alison was quickly signed up as a roving reporter for This Morning, and made appearances on the likes of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing.

In recent years, her fame has skyrocketed after a much-deserved promotion to one of the main hosts on This Morning alongside Dermot O’Leary, as well as her role on the BBC’s I Can See Your Voice, which has even seen her nominated for a Bafta.

In fact, we’d go as far to say that she’s basically now the best thing about British telly – and here are 25 clips that prove it…

1. When Alison accidentally pushed a man into the Albert Dock

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2. When she told Holly and Phil she wanted a man “with a strong back”

3. When she nearly got arrested while presenting live from Pisa

4. When she conducted a live ceremony for a woman who wanted to marry her dog

5. When Alison forced Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to propose to her during an interview and was totally cool when he put the ring on her finger

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