Fans convinced Blake Lively is to blame for ridiculous hat in new movie after infamous ‘wardrobe takeover’

Fans are convinced Blake Lively is to blame for a ridiculous hat she wore in her new movie – after she was accused of a wardrobe takeover on It Ends With Us.

In her spiraling legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, one of the blizzard of claims and counterclaims is that Lively commandeered control of the movie, particularly her clothes.

She is said to have demanded a full revamp of her wardrobe near the start of production, to the point the costume budget supposedly snowballed to $600,000.

Now under the cloud of her feud with Baldoni, Lively has seen the release of her new movie Another Simple Favor, the sequel to her 2018 hit crime comedy A Simple Favor.

A clip from the movie has gone viral of Lively wearing an absurdly extravagant wide-brimmed hat during a scene with her co-star Anna Kendrick – with whom she was rumored not to get along behind the scenes.

‘Blake I know you had EVERYTHING to do with this hat,’ wrote a viewer who posted the footage to TIkTok – and the suspicion turned out to be correct, as Lively revealed in March that she selected the costume piece herself from a shop in Italy.

‘I need an SNL skit where the hat keeps growing,’ joked one TikToker, as another quipped: ‘That “Jesus” from Ana Kendrick was actually improvised.’

‘She wants a Grace Kelly old Hollywood moment so bad,’ observed a commenter, another vamped: ‘4 crew members starved because of that hat’ and a third posted in astonishment: ‘this ISNT satire?!’ 

‘Can you imagine being Anna Kendrick trying to work with her on this movie?!?’ marveled one viewer. ‘I have no doubt the looks on her face are real AF!’

While premiering the movie onstage at the South By Southwest Film Festival in March, Lively revealed that she found the sunhat at a shop called Fiore in Capri, where Another Simple Favor was filmed.

‘That crazy, beautiful hat was just a hat they sell in the store. Humans buy that! It’s amazing,’ Lively quipped to the audience.

During the same festival, the movie’s director Paul Feig gushed over Lively’s contribution of a ‘big a** sunhat’ to the character’s costumes.

‘She came back and said: “I just bought this hat. Can we put it in the movie?’ That’s definitely going in the movie. You kidding me?’ he said, via The Hollywood Reporter.

‘And my favorite thing is how she navigates the street with it. There’s one shot where she’s walking past the camera and, as she goes by, she lifts it up so you can see her face. I’m like: “You are such a f***ing movie star.”‘

After the hat went viral on TikTok this week, the film’s costume designer Renée Ehrlich Kalfus shared that Lively found the sunhat used in the movie after a few other options had already been lined up.

‘We had smaller hats, and she somehow found that one in the corner of this tiny little place, that gigantic hat,’ Kalfus told People.

‘Those are the sort of serendipitous moments that come about. If you stay flexible and open and you see something, why not? 

The viral moment came in the wake of Baldoni’s allegations that Lively was ‘ignoring the director’s vision for her character and disposing of the weeks of effort and creativity spent by the wardrobe team on shopping and carefully crafting her wardrobe’ and ‘sent hundreds of images to the Film’s costume designer’… depicting the style of wardrobe she wanted for her character.’

Court papers claim the costume designer had to ‘re-shop Lively’s wardrobe, far exceeding the allocated bdget and diverting time and resources, while also preparing wardrobes for the rest of the cast.’

She also reportedly wanted to spend $5,000 on shoes to show her character ‘had money’ – despite being a fledgling small business owner – and her changes meant that Baldoni was ‘forced to rethink an entire script that had been in the works for years’.

A message from the Line Producer on the film dated April 25 2023 reads: ‘Wardrobe’s budget for spending is $185k.

‘Normally wardrobe overspends and then does tons of returns and ends up in budget. Our Wardrobe team told me they’d spend about $500k and then land back at $185k once returns are done

‘To date they’ve already spent $615K and they need their cashet cards all replenished because they’ve only shopped for Justin and Blake.

‘They had to reshop everything for Blake after creative changes but it’s a lot of money.

‘I trust them of course but want to keep you all posted as this is way more than I’ve ever seen wardrobe go over budget with the initial spend.

‘At this point we have to replenish their cards because they haven’t shopped for the other characters. Just keeping you all posted.’

The legal fight erupted just before Christmas when Lively, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star Baldoni, 41, for sexual harassment, which he denied. 

At the same time, the New York Times released a story based on Lively’s legal filing that accused him of orchestrating a negative publicity campaign against her. 

In turn, Baldoni sued the Times for defamation and launched a $400m lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds that accused her of using her celebrity power to hijack his film and attempt to torpedo his career – the Times and Lively have denied these claims.

Now, bombshell legal documents detail the lengths Blake went to in order to gain control over her wardrobe choices – despite director Justin, Sony and Wayfarer approving the character’s wardrobe.

Normally lead actors are granted approval over their character’s general look but usually do not receive full control.

The documents suggest Blake’s overpowering fashion choices could have blindsided Justin’s vision for her character, disposing weeks of effort spent by the wardrobe team on shopping and crafting her wardrobe – which was specifically tailored to Blake’s character well in advance.

The legal documents claim Blake would often send ‘hundreds of images late at night’ to the film’s costume designer.

Blake’s requests meant the costume designer of the film had to ‘re-shop Blake’s wardrobe, far exceeding the allocated budget, time and resources’.

The legal documents further claim Blake often ‘refused’ to participate in wardrobe fittings at the production office 15 minutes from her Manhattan home and allegedly demanded the outfits be shipped to her at great extra expense.

The documents claim Justin and the studio ‘ceded full control to Blake over her wardrobe’ in an ‘effort to maintain harmony’ and ‘avoid further delays’ which would later prove ‘regrettable.’

There was a reported backlash from Sony when paparazzi photos of Blake wearing her new wardrobe while filming on May 15 2023 were published – with the images ‘widely reported as unflattering.’

The lawsuit claims: ‘Justin received direct criticism from Sony, who voiced serious concerns about the impact of the photos on the Film’s public reception.’

It was further claimed Justin had approached Blake in her trailer while she was with her team to discuss ‘necessary wardrobe adjustments, reassert his role as director, and get her on board with him having approval over her character’s wardrobe.’