BLAKE LIVELY has been chosen as the new face of Chanel's Mademoiselle handbag line. She will appear in a campaign photographed by Karl Lagerfeld, from March.
"She's a kind of American dream girl," says Lagerfeld. "I think she will become a great actress. It [the shoot] was an easy job because everyone fell in love with her."
Lively and Lagerfeld were introduced to each other by Anna Wintour during Couture Fashion Week in July last year - an experience the Gossip Girl actress won't forget.
"How did Cinderella feel when she slipped on the glass slipper? How did Snow White feel when she met her Prince Charming?" Lively says. "A dream come true is an understatement. I can say that I feel like the happiest, luckiest girl around."
Lively doesn't think the excitement of her new job will wear off any time soon.
"I will always feel [the bag] is more than just a purse," she tells WWD. "It's a quilted case full of lipstick, love letters and the dreams and possibilities that I have always felt every time I see that beautiful CC."
