Profile / Screen
Blake Lively
Blake Lively’s breakthrough came with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, before Gossip Girl made Serena van der Woodsen a widely recognized television character.
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Career & style
Blake Lively’s breakthrough came with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, before Gossip Girl made Serena van der Woodsen a widely recognized television character. Her film work includes The Town, The Age of Adaline, The Shallows and A Simple Favor. These projects range from crime and suspense to a story in which changing decades make appearance especially important.
Gossip Girl connects her screen history to the circulation of fashion images, but the actor and the character should not be treated as interchangeable. Her professional fashion work has also included Gucci Première fragrance advertising, and she co-chaired the 2022 Met Gala. Event photographs can be read alongside these projects to examine formal dressing, hair and silhouette while retaining the distinction between a performance, an advertisement and a public appearance.
In photographs
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