Blake Lively made a surprise return to the Met Gala on May 4, just hours after settling her legal dispute with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni. The 38-year-old actress last attended the event in 2022.
For this year's 'Fashion is Art' theme, Lively wore an archival Versace gown from the brand's 2006 spring collection, featuring cascading ruffles in peach, yellow and purple. She carried a rhinestone Judith Leiber clutch, which was decorated with watercolour paintings by her four children with Ryan Reynolds: daughters James, Inez and Betty, and son Olin.
The actress's cousin, model William Blake, helped carry her train on the red carpet. Lively told Vogue she chose an archival piece because 'clothing really is a canvas', adding: 'I haven't been since giving birth to my fourth child.'
On Instagram Stories, she wrote: 'Having my babies with me through each of their sweet paintings on my Judith Leiber clutch was the dream and my ultimate comfort.' She joked to Vogue: 'I'm shy too, so I just like to have the kids with me. I probably could have fit them under my dress.'
