Perusing looks from Paris Fashion Week, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of suits, trench coats, and general masculine vibes exuberayting from even the most feminine A-Listers.

It seems particularly fitting, given the feminist issues that have plagued the moment in popular culture that we are living in.

Freida Pinto stunned in an oversized Valentino pant suit, and Poppy Delevingne left her pants at home but brought a pin stripe jacket and playful twist to the event.

 

 

But it was Blake Lively, all the way back in New York, who caused patriarchal backlash this month, and not even at Fashion Week. The actress, foreshadowing the character she plays, donned a new, more elaborate-than-the-last, suit for each day of her A  Simple Favor press tour.

When I saw every look on Instagram and People Magazine, I was blown away. “These suits are better than any dress she’s every worn,” I thought to myself (And that’s a tall statement-remember Met Gala 2018?).

But Lively had the perfect and simple response to online trolls who called her look masculine. Nobody would care if she were a man.

Here’s what I have to say to the trolls: She looks better in a suit than any man has. Check out the press tour looks here.

A Simple Favor was as much a fashion experience as it was cinematic. In this “Serena Van Der Woodsen goes all batshit/ Gossip Girl meets Gone Girl” tale, Lively delivers her most powerful performance yet. Not only does Lively assert herself as the fashion icon of our decade, she asserts herself as a serious and evolved actress. The success that will follow this film is obvious, before you even consider the assets that Hollywood’s new leading man Henry Golding and Anna Kendrick bring to the table.

Want to see Emily Nelson’s jaw dropping, badass looks? Do yourself a favor. You give a crap about this movie.