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Blake Lively has shared images from the set of the upcoming sequel to the stylish crime thriller, A Simple Favour. Rather than shooting on a Hollywood studio backlot, the adventures of her martini-drinking and über-stylish housewife-on-the-run character have taken the actress to the island of Capri in Italy, with a glimpse of the upcoming release also an invite into Lively’s Italian holiday wardrobe.
While the balmy temperatures of Euro Summer might have you thinking the mother-of-four would lean into the ‘la dolce vita’ essence of the tomato girl aesthetic, Lively instead chose to take cues from Valentino creative director Alessandro Michele’s maximalist design ethos.
A lesson in contrasts, Lively donned an ensemble we’d likely see a chic Nonna wear to a long lunch at her local trattoria. The outfit consisted of a vintage Chanel jacket in yellow tweed, the French Maison’s raffia flap bag, a Breton-striped cardigan emblazoned with sun-shaped brooches, ripped and patchwork denim embroidered with floral motifs and leopard print loafers from Christian Louboutin. No mob wives here, indeed.
On another occasion, she wore a similar silhouette, instead pairing her coat with classic blue jeans folded at the hem, a brown sweatshirt accented with a screen-printed pink flower, white Chanel loafers and a rainbow crochet purse.
Like Milanese fashion matriarch Miuccia Prada once famously quipped: “Every single morning I have to decide if I am a 15-year-old girl or an old lady near to death.” In a melange of prints and vintage pieces, it’s clear Lively chose the latter. Of course, if the coastal grandmother trend is any indication, fashion is shifting focus from girlhood to the later stages of womanhood and the eclectic energy stylish seniors embody.
It’s not apparent if these looks are courtesy of the costume department or her own resort pieces. Nevertheless, Lively’s time in Italy certainly proves her allegiance to a vein of eccentricity and romanticism not allowed in the reign of quiet luxury. As we’ve seen from her recent press tour for It Ends With Us, it’s undisputed that we’ll ever see the actress in something decidedly minimal, given her past looks include a fresh-from-the-runway Chanel suit and laser-cut hibiscus Valentino jeans worth $28,000AUD.
Watch the trailer for Blake Lively’s upcoming project, the book-to-film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel It Ends With Us, below:
