Images used for this essay: Hana Soukupova | Mario Sierra | Elle España March 2011

Blake Lively has a lively interview in today’s WWD, one that was rather captivating until we got to the part about bowing down before Karl Lagerfeld.

Crystal Renn said essentially the same thing in her recent video, making it seem like walking a Chanel show was her Miss America moment.

Like so many of us in Paris, Blake Lively heads for Ladurée for a box of its perfectly tinted macaroons. Lively says one of her favorite movies is ‘The Wizzard of Oz’ and she’s had her sunny, upbeat nature forever.

Bubbly, articulate and self-assured beyond her 23 years, Lively was in town for a dinner Saturday night, hosted by Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel to toast the “Gossip Girl” star’s latest project: fronting an advertising campaign for the French house’s new Mademoiselle handbag.

Commenting on Katharine Hepburn, Blake Lively says “I love when a woman can be empowered and glamorous but also add the strength of masculinity”.

Saluting the Kaiser

Can you imagine the strong and fiery Katherine Hepburn speaking these new words uttered by Blake Lively?

“I have such a respect for fashion and such an appreciation for it that if there are people like Karl Lagerfeld out there designing, who am I?” she asks. “I want to bow down to them and be a representative for them if they’ll have me.”

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