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Did you know Blake Lively doesn?t have a stylist?!?!?! This is the biggest breaking news since ?Friends costars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are friends in real life!? One of Blake Lively?s biggest claims to fashion-fame is that she doesn?t have a stylist, that she talks to designers directly, that she has developed her own fashion eye, and that she really enjoys styling herself. It?s her ?thing.? Now, do you believe that? I believe she doesn?t technically have one stylist working for her. But I believe she works with stylists who work for particular designers or design houses all the time. Still, there is a distinction, so whatever. In any case, Blake Lively gave an interview to Women?s Wear Daily about how she?s her own stylist. You can read the piece here. Some highlights:
Acting as her own stylist: ?It?s a lot of work ? I mean, it?s not hard in that we all dress ourselves every morning. So once you have the clothes, you just pick out what to wear like any other human being does. But it?s easier because you have access to clothes and so it?s not that hard. The hard part is going through all the fashion shows and screenshotting all the looks you like and calling them in. I have an assistant who helps in calling in the looks. But a lot of it is I have relationships with the designers.?
This year?s Met Gala look is already in the works: ?I just sent Lorraine Schwartz and Christian Louboutin my dress, and said, ?Ok let?s do something special.? They?re making something custom for it. So it?s kind of nice, because I have a bunch of artists around me who I have direct relationships with. It?s sort of a group effort with that. I rely on people who do that for a living rather than outsourcing it to someone else.?
She does it because she has control issues: ?Probably because I have control issues and a big ego ? that?s probably the honest answer. I just like it. I love design and I love fashion and it?s a way to be creative. In my job I get to be creative, but it?s over a period of time and so many other people are involved, whereas this is a beginning, middle and end, and I get to be creative and there?s an end date in the near future. It?s the same reason why I like doing my friends? hair and makeup or cooking ? you get to be creative and finish it. Whereas with my job you do it and then two years later it?s finished. It probably goes back to the control issues; it?s like, ?Ok I did it, I completed it, it?s done!??
[From WWD]
I think if you?re one of those women who enjoy fashion and styling and makeup, then you probably should act as your own stylist. It does seem like fun, especially if you have those designer connections and you can just call up Michael Kors and ask him to make something for you. The thing is, all I can think about is how time-consuming it must be, especially for any given actress who has to attend dozens of red carpets a year. Don?t you get sort of burnt out on it? Doesn?t it become un-fun at some point?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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