Blake Lively in Chanel couture in Cannes: old-school glamour or cheeseball?

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Here are some photos from last night’s Cannes Film Festival premiere of Mr. Turner, again bringing out lots of fashion girls and fun styles. Let’s get to it! Blake Lively wore this Chanel Spring 2014 Couture gown, which… I mean, she has a banging body. This gown just emphasizes how Blake’s body is incredible. If I had my way, I would have made the dress longer, perhaps with a train, and I would have snatched that chintzy wrap from her so the whole look would be cleaner. On the runway, this dress seemed more like a tea-length, so I kind of wonder if this is just some awkward tailoring. Still, everything else looks good – her hair looks fluffy and beautiful and her makeup looks fresh and pretty. Her jewels are Lorraine Schwartz and the heels are Sophia Webster ‘Etta’ pumps.

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Julianne Moore in a custom Louis Vuitton Fall 2014 gown with LV accessories (clutch and belt). From the neck up, she’s beautiful and I love her. But God help me, Julianne Moore needs a new stylist. She’s needed a new stylist for years now. Her red carpet style always hurts me. And I feel like she’s really drawn to these kinds of gowns too – these gowns that look like two ugly dresses hatef—ked and made one really ugly dress baby.

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Zoe Saldana in Jason Wu Fall 2014. Personally, I think Zoe always looks try-hard on the red carpet. Like, she always has that look on her face like “MODEL. FACE. POSE. SMOLDER.” But the reality is that she just looks like she’s taking it way too seriously. I think Wu wanted the dress to look slinky, but it just looks sort of boring and zzzz….

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Liya Kebede in a Roberto Cavalli mini. Eh. Cavalli and Cannes go hand-in-hand. I’m sure Mr. Cavalli is already there, on his yacht with his young nurse/girlfriend. This dress is boring and standard-issue for Cannes, is what I’m saying.

This lady is named Elena Lenina. And she is fabulous. Would you have the BALLS to walk the red carpet with that necklace?

Photos courtesy of Getty, Fame/Flynet.

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  1. Snowpea says:

    Goddamn Blake…that hair of yours just looks plain ratty. Cut it off for the love of god. Plus, I can see your extensions. Am I the only one that finds Blake as interesting as tofu wrapped in iceberg lettuce?

    • Jules says:

      No. And her hamster husband is just as interesting……..

      • Snowpea says:

        They just strike me as extraordinarily uninteresting people…as if a fun, crazy weekend would be hot chocolate and Uno and updating FB statuses by the gas heater.

      • Belle Epoch says:

        Yay JULES! Somebody said it!

        This is Old Hollywood Glamour only in her head.

      • Val says:

        Haha, straight up you guys.

      • stickershock says:

        lol. that’s the perfect way to describe him

    • Diana says:

      +1
      boring and that dress of hers is fugly.

      • Shiksa Goddess says:

        I mean the dress is nice…for a nightgown or something.

      • Pandy says:

        The dress has too much going on. Silly waist, pockets, sheer with feathery panels, beaded bust … and then her hair covering it all. They are a boring couple. Now Liya in that mini Cavalli =- wow.

      • The length of that dress is criminal. The puffiness is laughable, and the colour insipid. That is all.

    • kri says:

      Blake looks like a slutty wedding cake topper. I am looking askance at her. Someone spray her with “Boring Begone!”

    • Ramona Q. says:

      Yes! Blake’s hair and fake tan are the same gross matching orange color. It looks so weird and cheap.

    • kimmy says:

      The two most interesting things about Blake:
      1. Her body. Its banging, bolt ons or not.
      2. How she played Leonardo DiCaprio. Wasn’t that the last time she was at Cannes?

      • jill says:

        How did she ‘play’ Leo? She had a nice Summer, he needed a beard – it was a win win. As for Affleck now that’s a different thing.

    • Marybel says:

      Nice body. Blah everything else, hubs included

    • Godwina says:

      Really? I think her hair is Bardot-rific and lovely. And I’m no fan of this person.

    • Sacred And Profane says:

      How old is this Miss Lively person? I was of the understanding (from what young friends say), that she was fairly young, but she looks about 40ish. Try-hard 40ish.

    • qwerty says:

      She won’t cut her hair cause she doesn’t have much besides it, they’re her best feature. Look at her pics in a sleek bun/ponytail etc, you take away the hair and it’s very clear just how plain her features are.

      She should’ve gotten smaller tits, they look silly cause she’s so slim.

      +I agree, they’re boring as fcuk, the ONLY way I’d care about them is if there was a video leaked where the fight in an elevator.

  2. Aurie says:

    She’s become a mocktress……getting to Jessica Alba level.

    • Penny says:

      I’d say she’s still above Alba’s level. She get’s to go to Cannes and wear Chanel haute couture, that’s beyond Alba’s reach. She’s more like a low rent Diane Kruger.

      • Jegede says:

        Blake, like the pictured Julianne and Zoe, is there as a L’Oreal ambassador.

        L’Oreal girls are alloted times and dates for their Cannes’ appearances per their contracts.

        I dunno why some are singling Blake out here as if she just showed up to Cannes for the free food!

      • QQ says:

        On the one hand Penny, YES she is allowed Chanel… On the other, Cash still lets Jessica take an odd job here and there and she has that website thing so…could we call it a draw?

  3. T.fanty says:

    Hate the dress. Hate sparkles. More than anything, I loathe the optical illusion that makes a caricature out of the *ridiculous* expectations that contemporary culture places on our bodies.

    • T.C. says:

      That dress is straight up ugly. She looks like some type of light fixture. On top of it all she looks old. Julianne Moore looks younger and fresher. Hate the fashion on all the ladies though.

    • Juliette says:

      The dress is hideous and bizarre and Blake styled it extra tacky with the huge hair, pink lips, and glittering earrings. She’s a very attractive woman, but, its the bolt on boobs and the tiny waist that pain me the most. Its just such a horrid, out of date version of what a perfect woman should like. More Sparkles! More Pink! More Boobs! More Hair! More Blonde!

    • pru says:

      When I saw these pictures, I was reminded of “Boobs Legsly”, is the moniker the GFY gals gave her. She always must show off boobs or legs, or preferably, both. She probably loved this dress when she saw it as it gave her the opportunity to show it all off , with the added miniature Barbie-doll waist. Plus, always posing with an open mouth? Yep, ridiculous.

    • Nikki L. says:

      Yeah I’ll be happy when Lagerfeld’s illusion waist is over.

  4. GiGi says:

    So… Blake Lively… I’m so on the fence about whether I like her or not. I’m not loving her look lately. I kind of feel she needs to freshen it up. How old is she?

    And Liya Kebede’s legs! My god – I’d like a pair like that. *she says as she shovels danish and latte into her pie hole*

  5. mkyarwood says:

    Holy 80’s Barbie, Blake.

  6. PHD Gossip says:

    Julianne Moore’s dress is hall of fame ugly.

    • Mystified says:

      You are so right! It makes the skin on her upper chest look sunken and washed out. Julianne’s look is usually on the play- it-safe/boring side, but apparently when she tries to be edgy it’s a complete fail.

  7. Liz says:

    I love, love, love Julianne’s outfit. Cool and edgy without looking to youthful.

  8. smee says:

    I think BL’s dress is a nightmare. The whittled waist illusion, the patch pockets on the front and all the little flounces – is looks crazy. She does have a great figure.

    J Moore looks great from the waist up – that color looks incredible on her, but the print on the skirt over-powers her.

  9. blue marie says:

    I don’t hate the dress on Blake, but I don’t really like it either.
    Elena Lenina looks like she just stepped out of the Jetsons.

  10. poppy says:

    liya looks fabulous.
    blake looks cheap and crammed into her dress. the length is definitely off. the dress is fug to begin with but she manages to look plastic in just about everything she wears.
    louis vuitton should be embarrassed if that dress is custom. to make someone look stunted, smh.
    zoe’s face looks tired and strained.
    idk who the last person is but the hair is definitely WTF (double bun?!?!) and the necklace looks like something crafted from supplies at michaels.

  11. Buckwild says:

    Blake’s body is incredible – full chest, long toned arms and legs, tiny waist – god! Her skin and hair look great as well. Damn. No amount of gym is going to make me into that lol.

    • Louminary says:

      some surgery might though 😉 she sure wasn’t blessed with that bod naturally

  12. LadyRay says:

    yikes is it me or does blake lively look really old for someone so young? Her face is so haggard

    • MissTrial says:

      +1

    • kiki says:

      I was going to post the same thing! I never got the hype over her and she always looked older than her age to me. Especially in that movie she was in not too long ago. Can’t remember the name. Salma Hayeck was in it? Anyway she was supposed to be a teen still in highschool in that movie. In one scene she is at the mall and calls her mom and I’m just thinking “Yea, no.” the whole time.

      And IMO she looks even older now and it’s only been a few years. I don’t get it. I mean, she IS attractive. There is nothing wrong with being older and older =/= ugly. That’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is….. I don’t understand why or what it is that ages her features? Is it the laugh lines? And if it is — it’s weird because I actually think they’re kind of…cute? Sigh. BL confuses me haha okay I’m rambling now

      • lrm says:

        well, there were rumors that she fudged her age, so commonly done in the music and movie businesses. Maybe that’s true in her case, which would explain her looking ‘older’.

    • Racer says:

      She really does. It doesnt seem like shes going to age well. Her face has no volume.

    • Sacred And Profane says:

      I asked the same question up-thread. I thought it was just me, not usually following celebrities of any kind. My daughter and her friends watched some series she was in, but I understood her to be young, like them. She looks much, much older than in other pictures I’ve seen. Does anyone know her age?

    • homegrrrl says:

      Extreme diets will thin out the face and cause a sunken appearance, and also her make up is ashy here for some reason? I’m sure she will live to regret the gigantic breast augmentation which contributes to an outdated appearance.

  13. lucy2 says:

    Blake looks amazing, but I don’t really love the dress.
    Julianne is so lovely but never chooses gowns I like.

  14. Shelby says:

    That “BALL” necklace…I’m speechless

  15. AG-UK says:

    Liya’s dress may be sort of ugghgh but she is stunning

  16. Black orchid says:

    I can almost hear Blake sighing everytime she tosses her hair and poses!!!!

  17. Eleonor says:

    I’m not fond of it, but Blake lively wins hand down.

  18. Jegede says:

    Love Blake and Liya

    Red Carpet Colour contrasts –
    Blake wore dark (burgundy) the other day and white now
    Zoe wore white the other day and has gone dark now

  19. Etheldreda says:

    I hate to say it, but is Julianne looking a bit botoxy? Hard to say without a close-up pic, but she does look suspiciously smooth.

  20. ADD says:

    Has blake had two nose jobs? Her nose looked great after her initial obvious nose job. Now, I’m seeing more of a bump on the tip of her nose that looks so unnatural (it’s on the opposite side of where her mole is). Im wondering if she took it a step further and got another nose job.

  21. Kiddo says:

    Kaiser, I love you, you wrote a post about BALLS. This is so incredibly meta, if only Aniston and/or Jolie were in attendance, the entire meaning and circle of life would be revealed/complete. LMAO

  22. Kali says:

    Blake’s absolutely beautiful and the dress is kind of amazing (it’s the evening dress version of those “optical illusion” dresses that Keira Knight et. al have been wearing, right?). There’s just always 3-5 cm too much cleavage with Blake when she does red carpets. Quite often she’s at the line of “would you look at those!?!” when she’s obviously wanting to be at “old school bombshell”.

  23. minime says:

    I don’t know Liya Kebede but she is the best dressed by far and she is gorgeous!!

    Blake looks in her usual registry. She has an amazing body and looks quite good in here.

    So…the lady in pink…is that the meaning of amazeballs??!

  24. Jen says:

    I looked at more pictures of Blake and her mouth was open in ALL OF THEM. I wanted to smack her.

  25. starrywonder says:

    Yeah Julianne Moore is so beautiful. Why does she keep wearing these awful outfits. I loved her makeup, hair and the top half of that dress. The bottom half. Nope.

  26. mrspatrickbateman says:

    Blake has one of those faces, you know she isn’t going to age well. However she’ll probably never let herself age so it may not matter.

    • Karen says:

      That’s exactly what I was thinking too!

    • Tiffany :) says:

      She has an amazing body, but she has one of my least favorite faces of all the starlets. I think if I thought she was talented I could overlook it.

  27. allons-y alonso says:

    Blake Lively’s dress is 7 shades of ugly

  28. eliza says:

    I am always in the minority here but I think Blake looks fabulous.

    Zoe Saldana is the worst actress. How she is considered A-List is beyond me. She has a very Lizard Princess quality about her.

  29. MrsBPitt says:

    They all look pretty bad…when I saw the BALLS lady (haha), for a second I thought it was Kaley Cuoco!

  30. Whitney says:

    Blake’s dress is hideous and I don’t understand her appeal; I find her about as interesting as unbuttered toast. However, I do have to admire the pink-dress lady for having the balls (no pun intended, honest) to wear that insane necklace. I’m sort of mesmerized by it.

    • lucy says:

      Blake is indeed as interesting as styrofoam, visually and professionally.
      Her appearance is so cheap-looking no matter what, that she makes Kardashians look…dare I say…elegant.

    • Kaye says:

      Agree completely. The word “vapid” appears in my brain when I look at her.

  31. Nicolette says:

    Hate the dress, it has that weird distorted waist line. Looks creepy to me.

  32. Hissyfit says:

    Blake’s dress is fugly! Actually, everyone’s outfit is awful!

  33. OriginallyBlue says:

    Did she get new implants? Her chest looks fuller. Maybe it’s the cut of the dress, which is fugly btw.

  34. moon says:

    This awful dress, plus the fact that Blake is still a Chanel girl makes me think Karl is definitely going downhill. Blake’s a pretty girl, but she’s not Chanel material.

    • manta says:

      And if you look at pictures of that same premiere from other sites (especially french ones), you can see that Inès de la Fressange was there, wearing another sparkly Chanel dress, with flats!
      Huge grin on her face, looking hundred times cooler than Ms Lively.

      She remains, for me, the true Chanel muse. With Carole Bouquet, who is a juror this year.

      Lagerfeld should have sticked to this type of women. Would probably sell less perfumes/bags/make-up to american fashion girls, but we wouldn’t have the impression that the brand is going downhill as you rightly put it.

  35. Elise says:

    JESUS. Blake is looking so hard in the face. She’s not going to age well.

  36. Elle says:

    Am I the only one who thinks she looks like Helen Hunt? Especially pre nose job days, I swea you’d think they were related. And yeah long skinny face like hers I think she’ll up up looking a bit horsey. (Or that weird puffy filler face if she opts for that route).

    Gotta admit though her body is amazingggg!!!

  37. Tiffany :) says:

    That dress is so tacky. The layers/ruffles/sheer/underbust garland are just too much for one dress.

  38. Bridget says:

    I like Blake’s dress, but not on someone with a pair of giant bolt-ons. That dress goes from beautiful to trashy right at chest level.

    And the L’Oreal thing finally explains why Eva Longoria was on so many Cannes carpets over the years!

  39. Chinoiserie says:

    I think the Chanel corset dress that Keira wore a while ago looked better than Blake´s.

  40. Shiksa Goddess says:

    Did Blake’s hair stylist not have any serum or smoothing cream?

  41. Lunch Money says:

    What is up with Blake’s breasts??? I always thought she had one of the best implant jobs. In proportion with her figure and they settled really good. Now they look like concrete TJT’s (Tijuana t*ts). Did she have them redone? Totally agree with the comment that she looks like a sl***y wedding cake topper.

  42. Maggie says:

    I think Blake looks amazing.

  43. Sam H xx says:

    Not in love with Blake’s dress, I do love the jewellery, hair and make up. She has an incredible body, she looked really goood in the MET gala dress. The deep red Gucci number and the short white embellished number are my favourites of hers on the Cannes red carpet so far.

    I think Blake may be pregnant.

  44. Jayna says:

    I think Blake looks beautiful, and her gown is beautiful on her. But I agree with others. Someone with smaller boobs would look better in it.

  45. Jayna says:

    Julianne’s gown, wrong color on her, wrong gown on her. She has always had questionable taste for these red carpet things. This is one of those times she didn’t get it right. But at 53 and no overbotoxed, fillered face, she gets a pass, because she is still so beautiful and showing her lessers how to age and look younger and not destroy her face.

    They had a photo of her at a basketball game with her husband a month back or so. She had on jeans, etc., and minimal makeup. There was more than one photo and she looked great in all of them. She looked so fresh and natural even without the right lighting, etc. She looked amazing. I can’t believe she’s 53.

  46. jia says:

    I would say Blake Lively is the only person I can think of that can make a Chanel dress look like Marchesa, but that IS a terrible dres, especially from a house like Chanel.

  47. The Voice says:

    Blake does have an amazing body but doesn’t it look like she got bigger implants? Especially in this photo from a different angle.

    http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2014/05/15/blake-lively-chanel-couture-mr-turner-cannes-film-festival-premiere/mr-turner-premiere-the-67th-annual-cannes-film-festival-10/

    She’d look better if she kept it more natural looking. I’m sure everyone in Hollywood feels the pressure to look thinner, fitter, bigger boobs, younger though… It’s such a shame.

  48. LilyT says:

    Looking at the close-up pic of her face, Blake looks like someone who is not going to age well.

    Future butter face. Jus sayin.

  49. Lela says:

    Blake=Vanna White with a Blake Lively face transplant

  50. OriginalCrystal says:

    Eveyone looks a hot ass mess. I like Blake usually but that outfit is just wrong. I don’t blame her because Chanel is trash these days but considering her lack of career, looking good is all she has going for her. She needs to do better next time. Also she looks like she took one of Beyonce’s 2011 weaves and sew it onto her own head. Why does her hair look like…that ?

    Liya’s hair on the other hand looks so lush. She’s so pretty.

  51. phlyfiremama says:

    I’m really trying to love Blake’s look but it is just not hitting it with me. The dress is beautiful~it could cover a little more and be prettier. Is it just me, or has she REALLY gotten skinny?

  52. Lux says:

    The only person who will ever think Blake lively is old school glamour is Blake lively.

  53. Alyce says:

    I have an irrational love for Blake Lively. Maybe it’s because most people seem to knock her for no reason and I like an underdog. Anyhow, I think she looks great! The dress, not so much.

  54. Godwina says:

    She looks perfectly fine to me, face and hair wise.

  55. P.J. says:

    I used to think that Kaley Cuoco was the queen of the inexplicable sucking on lemons face but then the opening pic of Blake for this story reminded me otherwise. YIKES. (And at least a post-Cavill publicity stunt Kaley is super likeable.)

    I have not missed seeing Blake’s plastic-y face pop up on my tv screen or favorite websites for the past year or so. And her “acting” is paiiiiiiinfulllll. Why is she still a presence in Hollywood?

  56. Francis says:

    Blake Lively is beautiful. Gorgeous lady.

  57. Lili says:

    The dress could’ve been amazing- on someone else.