Gossip Girl star Blake Lively graces the cover of Vogue February 2009 and is featured in a photo shoot by Mario Testino that evokes the Hollywood Golden Era. 

The star is also featured in an article which can be seen online.  Here is an excerpt in which she discusses the hit show, in which she portrays Serena van der Woodsen, and the reasons for program’s popularity.

“It’s a nighttime cocktail of a soap, served up dry, with a strong dash of satire. Smark-aleck cultural allusions to everyone from Tory Burch, Giorgio Armani, Robert Mapplethorpe and Rainier Maria Rilke to Eliot Spitzer (Serena’s mother instructs her wedding planner to seat the disgraced former governor “as far away from Serena’s table as possible”) are aimed at viewers whose cultural map was shaped by watching The Simpsons and South Park. ON the other hand, the over-the-top catfights and histrionic lovers’ quarrels are gratifying familiar to viewers who grew up on Dynasty and Falcon Crest and even All My Children.”

“The fashion is just unbelievable. You can watch our show on mute and be entertained,” Lively says…For her part, Lively is entranced by Serena’s authentically local look. “Just being here, walking around, you pick it up really quickly,” she explains. “In New York, you put on skinny jeans and riding boots and a leather coat and handbag, and you take on that posture and character. It becomes very natural.” Lively’s natural style? Costume National boots, dark Rag & Bone trousers, and a Joie cashmere vest over a Ports 1961 white pointelle cashmere sweater, punctuated by Chanel earrings, a Chanel handbag and a Jeri Cohen diamond bracelet. (“They let me borrow it, and now I can’t take it off,” Lively says mischeviously.)”

Article source: Vogue: Alessandra Stanley talks to Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively about America’s Favorite Fiction via Fashionista Photos: Just Jared: Blake Lively covers Vogue February 2009

Here is the accompanying video interview: Vogue Video Diaries: Blake Lively

In addition to her television work, Blake Lively has appeared in several movies, notably Accepted and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. She will appear in the forthcoming movie New York, I Love You, which will be released in February 13, 2009 and features an ensemble cast including Rachel Bilson, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Orlando Bloom, Hayden Christensen, Andre Benjamin, Sonny Sandoval, Raphael Saadiq, Irrfan Khan, and Kevin Bacon.

Blake Lively video below.

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