5 Outfits That Prove Blake Lively Needs A Legit Stylist

While so many A-listers use fashion stylists, Blake Lively takes great pride in dressing herself. But we're here to say: maybe she shouldn't. The star of "Another Simple Favor" and "It Ends with Us" has developed a reputation for maximalist, slightly unhinged ensembles that nobody envies. There have been plenty of Lively outfits that totally missed the mark.

In 2018, she revealed to WWD that she has a hard time letting anyone else dress her, joking: "I have control issues and a big ego." She went on to describe her inspo for the ensemble she wore to a Barneys x Tods event, saying, "This is comfortable and a little Weimaraner-y. Like a high-class Weimaraner; but let's be honest, all Weimaraners are high class." This is a woman with access to the best designer clothes in the world, so why is she taking her fashion cues from a dog?

There's no denying that Lively is gorgeous, which means that even when she looks semi-stylish, we're still left wondering, "Is she fashionable or is she just hot?" From her befuddling street style to red carpet misses, there's no denying that she's a creative person willing to take risks. But Lively's impulses seem to run toward "more is more." Many of her looks are visually confusing and over-accessorized. It's like, "Girl, put down the bangles!" That's why we're politely begging her to bring in a little backup, someone who can rein her in and remind her that she does not need to add that fourteenth pattern to her look.

In April 2025, Blake Lively debuted a date night look: a matching faux leather set from Forza Collective. The peplum top is getting a modern makeover, and it's also proof positive that Lively is a Millennial. But while she might be on trend, there's little to love about this look. The set fits her poorly; she gets lost in the oversized fit, and the waist hits at an awkward place on her torso, disrupting her vertical line. Her delicate accessories, both jewelry and purse, are buried underneath the bold statement of the leather set. Still, this look probably feels worse than it looks. Faux-leather never breathes well, so we can reasonably assume the fabric was probably sticking to her skin all night.

This pink mini dress feels like an attempt to replicate Margo Robbie's all-pink press tour style to promote her movie, "Barbie." Like all of us, it looks like Lively was inspired to find ways to take on the "Barbie" obsession in her style, this time for the "It Ends With Us" premiere after party. There's no denying that the sparkling pink Versace frock and accessories are fun, but there's so much detail happening in the heavily structured corset bodice of the dress that the short, unstructured skirt leaves the look feeling truncated and unbalanced.

Blake Lively has a knack for selecting interesting, lovely pieces. But she tends to commit to an overly matched approach to styling, such as with this hot pink ensemble that goes way too hard on one statement color. The matching Dauphinette coat and dress, and Malone Souliers shoes just look like a wall of pink with no contrasting colors, textures, or patterns to elevate the tension and create visual interest. A stylist could help her to combine her well-selected pieces to better advantage.

Blake Lively looks like a Yayoi Kusama installation in this combination of graphic patterns from Christopher John Rogers. We're all for pattern mixing, but here the prints are too similar in scale and visual intensity, which means they compete rather than complement. A great look in an art museum, but not so much on Lively, who gets lost in the chaotic, voluminous outfit.

With each look, Blake Lively commits hard to an aesthetic, going overboard with matching details, as with this bejeweled, underwear-baring Versace look. Embellished jeans are among the hottest denim trends for 2025, but trend chasing actually isn't serving Lively here. Part of the problem with this approach to dressing is that each outfit begins to have the effect of a costume, especially since there is no sense of stylistic cohesion from look to look. A stylist could help Lively dress in a way that reflects an individual sensibility, rather than a series of aesthetic one-offs.