{"id":648853,"date":"2026-05-05T07:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648853\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:14:11","slug":"blake-lively-chose-archival-versace-and-a-13-foot-train-for-her-2026-met-gala-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648853\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Chose Archival Versace\u2014and a 13-Foot Train!\u2014for Her 2026 Met Gala Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surprise! Blake Lively made her grand return to the 2026 Met Gala<\/a> on Monday night. (The star, who last attended the event in 2022, had been a regular fixture<\/a> on the Met steps<\/a> over the years, attending 10 times prior to tonight.)<\/p>\n

To mark her buzzy entrance<\/a> onto this year\u2019s red carpet, the star chose an archival Atelier Versace number from spring 2006. A decade later, the glamorous gown clearly still feels relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to attend with Donatella, one that I don\u2019t take lightly,\u201d Lively tells Vogue. \u201cI haven\u2019t been since giving birth to my fourth child. Every year I am a different version of myself than the last, so to be able to stand in the version of myself that I am today\u2014and all the experiences I\u2018ve had\u2014in strength and confidence is important to me. So is staying home on the couch with my kids in pajamas: Getting to do both, is an honor I will never stop being grateful for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlake looks stunning in archive Atelier Versace,\u201d adds Donatella Versace. \u201cShe has had so many iconic Versace moments at the Met, and tonight is no exception.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Drawing inspiration from the \u201cFashion Is Art<\/a>\u201d dress code, Lively chose a pastel Atelier Versace gown that featured three-dimensional architectural elements, all inspired by 18th-century Venetian Rococo paintings. \u201cBecause the theme is based in art, I wanted to wear an archival piece,\u201d says Lively. \u201cClothing really is a canvas, and it tells a story, so to be able to pull from a piece that has its own history, and has stood the test of time, felt special.\u201d<\/p>\n

The draped bodice\u2014which clung to the body with an almost liquid-like construction\u2014was embroidered with gemstones in shades of powdery pinks, yellows, corals, peaches, and lilacs. At the hips, four three-dimensional structures\u2014acting as \u201cbays\u201d\u2014evoked the architecture of a Baroque church. The sweeping four-meter skirt, meanwhile, featured fabric that dissolved into a painted sunset-like sky.<\/p>\n

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Lively during fittings.<\/p>\n

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