Blake Lively in a micromini at the Chanel show: biscuit- flasher or budget chic?

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Another day, another fashion extravaganza story where Blake Lively is incapable of making Chanel look high-end and expensive. It’s my continuing belief that there are simply women out there in the world who are incapable of making expensive clothes actually LOOK expensive. Blake Lively is one of those girls – she makes whatever she wears look cheap, like she got it at a (discount) mall. Sidenote: Katie Holmes is this kind of woman as well! Anyway, these are some photos from last night’s Chanel show. All of Karl Lagerfeld’s girls came out for the show – which took place on a boat, for the love of God (because it was the “Chanel Cruise Collection” or “Chanel Collection Croisiere Show 2011-12”). They were in Cannes. The light was beautiful. The weather was probably gorgeous. And Blake was flashing her biscuits. I’m actually very happy for Blake – Lagerfeld has been making her cover up in conservative (conservative for Blake) Chanel clothes for too long. FINALLY, she gets to at least show her legs. And ass. And biscuits. I do love this sparkly jacket thing. It’s lovely.

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Other ladies… here’s Alexa Chung, modeling what I’m assuming is the latest Chanel bedspread.

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Vanessa Paradis, looking chic. I love this Halston-esque look on her.

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Rachel Bilson, so desperate to be accepted. Except that looking through all of these photos, Bilson is the one that stands out like a sore thumb. Even Blake Lively fits in more than Bilson.

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Photos courtesy of Fame.

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  1. Rasputina says:

    You know what I just realized? That Depp and Paradis look like brother and sister.

    Also I’m so, so sick of Louboutins. Both Bilson and Lively seem to wearing those.

  2. the_blonde_one says:

    I actually liked the color that blake dyed her hair. until she dyed her face the same color.

  3. Marjalane says:

    Maybe it’s the blah mall hair that’s killing it for Boobs and Bilson; (still don’t know what this Bilson girl “does”)

    I swear Boobs is getting uglier- maybe it’s the hair and skintone all blending together? Or she just looks tired and kind of stoned, but it’s all very blah.

  4. RocketMerry says:

    What is up with her hair?! It’s not even just the colour (that totally matches her skin tone, btw…); it’s the way it looks busted and not taken care of.
    Get back to blonde and condition like crazy, Blake!!

  5. Samigirl says:

    hahahaha@the_blonde_one-I was thinking the same thing. She’s monotoned now. Not a great look for her, IMO. I used to think she was stunning. Now, I’m over her.

  6. ll says:

    She dresses like a hooker, regardless if it’s Chanel and that outfit would fit a street worker.

  7. HotLatino says:

    Okay, I love CB but sayin Blake is cheap is gettin rather old, she’s stunning, and Chanel chose her to be their face, get over it, for God’s sake! and btw Vanessa Paradis is so ugly, I don’t know why she keeps gettin work as a model or w/e because she’s not pretty, she might be married to Depp but she ain’t hot

  8. Hautie says:

    What ever that thing Vanessa Paradis is wearing… needs to be burned. Holy crap, that is just all kinds of tragic. hahaha!

    I am praying that Blake is wearing shorts. Cause if that is a skirt, she spent the evening flashing everyone her business.

  9. hmmhmm says:

    both. & that hair is washing her out. I don’t see why some people like it. Great figure but the test is when you make them a brunette because then you focus on their face. Blondes are pretty but I mostly just notice their hair rather than their face.

  10. gloaming says:

    In the top pic. Lively looks like she’s blending in to the sunset.
    Go on girl, blend away until you are no more!

  11. Lemon Drops says:

    @hotlatino- This is CeleBitchy not CelebDefender…you can go to Perez for that lol 🙂

  12. Vera says:

    The top half of it is nice, but that skirt is just…wow. And the shoes aren’t great with it, either. The last picture of Black is really prom-y – looks a bit strained and awkward. I think part of her making clothes look cheap is that she seems to almost constantly have her hair a bit messy – constantly trying to go for a boho chic look when she should sometimes be a bit more polished. Kind of reminds me of how Cameron Diaz would wear really nice dresses, have fairly nice makeup, then throw her hair up in a scrunchy and call it a day. On the topic of her hair, it looks a bit less red than it did before. But still, overall she was much better then Bilson.

    Alexa Chung…that dress sure is something. I can’t tell if there are feathers under the hem, but it doesn’t help.

    Vanessa Paradis looked the most put together of the four by far.

  13. Jen34 says:

    Yikes. They all look awful, especially Vanessa Paradis. Did she miss the POTC premiere for this? Perhaps it was contractual. I would have been at Johnny’s side instead of at this fugfest.

  14. Crash2GO2 says:

    Wow, doesn’t she have anyone helping her with her hair?? The roots need doing, it needs washing and blow-out. STAT!! She looks like she washed up on the beach and scrambled into those clothes.

  15. ViktoryGin says:

    Co-sign with those that hate the hair.

    Not only does the color make her look really ruddy; but in this instance the style (or lack thereof) looks sloppy. Like she rolled out of bed, decided that a month is a perectly acceptable lenght of time to go without washing your hair, ran her fingers through it because she couldn’t be bothered with a brush, and then decided that it was a good idea to don designer digs with crackhead hair.

    This…is just “Trailer Park Goes to Nieman Marcus”.

  16. Blue says:

    Lmao @ #2. I was thinking the same thing.
    . She does have great legs and she certainly won’t need any help to go pee, I swear u can see her vagina. Rachel Bilson needs to stop, I haven’t seen her in anything since the OC. she doesn’t even look like a guest, more like staff.

  17. katiemarie says:

    Something about her face (and maybe the new red hair?) contributes to her making everything look super cheap. So ironic that Chanel picked her to be a model, isn’t looking cheap Lagerfeld’s worst nightmare???

  18. Micki says:

    I get that she has great legs.What I don’t get is why is she bothering to put a skirt anyway.
    Save yourself trouble girl if you can’t pull it off

  19. Jackson says:

    I’m with the dude in the white pants giving the side-eye in the first picture. They all look like crap. I do like Blake Lively’s shoes though. And I might like the pale shirt that Rachel Bilson is wearing but I can’t see enough of it.

  20. Luci says:

    Blake Lively may not be the chic-est person on earth, but I love that she is always smiling and has a great, but healthy body. She’s not smug (or doesn’t look like), which I totally appreciate.

    Also, I think this is maybe an american thing, but French ladies get a pass over anything and are always considered chic (?). Vanessa Paradis in that jumpsuit is FUG

  21. Abby says:

    Love the louboutins.

  22. tapioca says:

    Blake looks fabu from the neck down, and with her hair “done” the rest could have easily matched, because the girl IS genetically blessed (and her nose job was perfect), but I completely agree with the guys here – you can’t do beachy hair with Chanel!
    Similarly, Rachel needs to ditch the dip-dye and slick her hair back into a high ponytail, like Eva Longoria did with her hotpants/jacket on Letterman(?)- she’d look so much more polished.

    Is Alexa Chung famous for anything in the US? In the UK she’s kind of a skinny Peaches Geldof-type!

  23. Mick says:

    She desperately needs help. The hair is
    her major problem. She has the boobs, the legs, the waist, tall enough, but the hair and her face don’t help her. I feel sorry for her, she needs someone to tell her, she needs a total makeover, now! Like I always say about her look, she has potential, she’s just clueless about how she comes across.

  24. bros says:

    megan fox is another one who makes everything look cheap.

    id kill for blake’s legs though.

  25. Micki says:

    To (20)

    I don’t know if this is an European thing but there is sort of rule about being classy.You either emphasize your bum/legs or your upper body. Never BOTH of them. Tight dresses with a great body are great too.Tight clothes with lots of lycra are simply rarely classy-regardless the body. And if you’re fit you’ll look it even if your clothes are not revealing- see Vanessa P.

  26. Faye says:

    She looks the best out of the rest of the pictures you put up, imo. If she just did something with her hair, she’d look a lot better in all these things. Her hair always looks a mess to me.

  27. Nanea says:

    Seems like they kept the old bedspreads from a few years ago at the Hotel Du Cap/Eden Roc in Cannes, before they had that major renovation and did away with the frilly stuff, just to provide Uncle Karl with fabric for people like Alexa. Ugh!

    I don’t like any of the stuff they are wearing, I’m over Louboutins as well, and I don’t get how people want to appear to slouch in posed pics.

  28. Dee says:

    This is significantly better than the pop pom dress and girl really does have killer legs. Apparently short shorts are a Chanel thing judging by some of the other outfits too? Also, Blake>Bilson always. What does Bilson do at this point except get photographed?

  29. Lisa Turtle says:

    Just say NO to “formal” shorts. The Queen thanks you.

  30. dovesgate says:

    Why isn’t it in her contract that she look groomed for every appearance she makes in Chanel? Hello, its CHANEL! A fat peeon like me can’t afford it nor look well in it and then this girl comes along who doesn’t bother doing her hair; eeesh.

  31. Franny says:

    with all the money these girls have, they should not have hair like that. Listen, I’m a college student (for only 5 more days…hello graduation!) and I still get my hair done ~ 4 months. come onnnnnnnnnn.

  32. mdf says:

    Blake is just so….plain. That’s all I can come up with, she just blends into the background for me. That and her head looks like it weighs more than half her body weight in these pics.

    I really like bilson’s outfit here but the brassy dried out streaks in her hair look like shit. Not a good look at all and now hudgens got it done too. ugh.

    and Vanessa’s outfit would have looked a lot better if the hem was closer to the ground but stopping at the ankle killed it.

  33. DeeBee says:

    Blake is so BLAH! And she always looks like she’s sucking something out of her teeth. I never understood how CHANEL could have chosen her.

    And yes, that hair is sad.

  34. DGO says:

    Sheer poetry: “here’s Alexa Chung, modeling what I’m assuming is the latest Chanel bedspread. ” 🙂

  35. thinkaboutit says:

    What’s with the Loubs? Chanel makes a much better shoe…and Blake’s Louboutains don’t even match her “outfit.” The jacket is phenomenal, but that skirt is too short and too tacky to work even on the runway.

  36. SassyOne says:

    1. agree. She was perfectly cast in her role as skank in The Town. Naturally pigeon-holed.

    2. kind of funny that she was rumored to be knocking about with Affleck, because she looks more and more like him somehow.

    3. bet she knows #1 above, and dyed her hair as a result of the criticism of her ability to hawk for Chanel.

  37. Roxy75 says:

    Why are we still hearing about Blake? I still want to know whotf she is…she needs to go away. I can’t STAND to look at her face…just the look she gives, ugh,

  38. Solveig says:

    First picture: the guy on the right. Enough said.

  39. lin234 says:

    Blake is the ultimate California bikini girl. She’s perfect for that. But for the face for a ultra- luxurious brand that charges 4 grand for a classic purse? No. Btw, Chanel recently increased their prices so I’m probably off.

  40. Newbie says:

    I don’t mind the outfit. The brooch is a little too much for me, but whatev. It’s the hair that needs help. And the overdose of fake tanner. I don’t know much about Alexa Chung, but girl is gorgeous in a girl-with-a-dragon-tattoo-sort-of-way. Except…minus the tattoos…and nose ring…does that still count, then?

  41. sarah says:

    Ack, Blake’s eyebrows are just killing me! Someone take the tweezers away from that girl.

  42. prettylights says:

    Her body is amazing but her hair is soo sooo sooooooo ugly and greasy, I want to shave it off. I wear jeans and hoodies to my casual workplace and make sure my hair looks nicer than that. Plus the fake tan looks atrocious! She would look better pale.

  43. Kim says:

    Her orange hair and orange/fake n bake face would cheapen the most couture of outfits. She just isnt classy looking no matter how hard she tries or what she wears – she has that hard living trailer trash look.

  44. bagladey says:

    The message I get from Chanel via their use of Blake Lively is that they’re no longer as up-market and the absolute height of sophistication as the name used to signify.

  45. Slim Charles says:

    OMG, her hair, her HAIR! Unkempt and sticky looking. I think she is pretty and could use her big-boned American look to her advantage, but she needs to learn how to pose and stand and work on her facial expressions.

  46. kazoo says:

    omg. the sequined jacket. i want. it probably costs a whole year of my rent, though.

    i love vanessa’s entire look.

    i know nothing about rachel bilson, but she looks like a haughty bitch in all pictures.

  47. Nibbi says:

    what’s up with the house of chanel right now?? this girl is supposedly famous for her fab bod (i’m not actually sure what’s she’s known for, i’m in europe and don’t watch whatever show she’s on) but the cut of that skirt makes even HER thighs look chunky

  48. dj says:

    What is happening with Blake’s side-head in most of her pictures? Someone must have told her it makes her look interesting or something. LOL. Vanessa P. looks chic and I am loving her shoes. Notice to Blake: this is how to look effortless and confident.

  49. Chris says:

    Okay, just a thought: what if Bilson and Blake switched outfits?
    Blake’s all-American-ness needs clean lines and structure, and Bilson can pull off the fussy stuff.

  50. LuckyLilGem says:

    What is CB’s definition of “biscuits”? Lol, I need a CB dictionary.