Emily Blunt :: ‘Fantastic’ fashion fan

Actress Emily Blunt created a "fantastic" vibe for the wardrobe team on the set of her newest film as she loves fashion "so much". The actress plays Violet Barnes in The Five-Year Engagement, which also stars Jason Segel and Alison Brie. The film's costume designer Leesa Evans says the British beauty was a joy to work with because of her enthusiasm for clothes. “It was fantastic,” she gushed to People. “And what made it so fun was the fact that Emily and Alison both love fashion so much, too.” In the film, Emily and Alison play sisters Violet and Suzie. Both characters have very different styles, which made picking out opposite ensembles fun.

 “Leesa really wanted to create something very singular for Violet,” Emily explained. “She likes vintage shops… doesn’t have that much money. [She wore] stuff she found in a thrift store that she’d tailor and alter. "[Brie] had a lot of great fashion moments. It was a lot of accessories… bright leggings. I feel like every outfit I was in we had some crazy tights happening.” Leesa pulled looks from designers including Chloé and Stella McCartney for Emily, and Sonia Rykiel and Vanessa Bruno for Alison. The clothes expert had a great time putting the ensembles together with the actresses. "Sometimes when you start trying things on, something stands out as so perfect and so special,” she explained. “And we all start to have so much excitement about having created this person we feel is real.”

Emily Blunt brings a much-needed dose of reality — and palpable chemistry with Jason Segel — to the Judd Apatow school of raunchy screen comedy with the sweet and smart “The Five-Year Engagement.’’ It might not have as many gut-busting laughs as “Bridesmaids,’’ but there are still plenty — and for once in Apatow’s phallocentric universe, most of them don’t come at the expense of female characters. Blunt, the spiky British actress who has brightened many films since her breakthrough in “The Devil Wears Prada,’’ plays Violet, a smart, determined psychology graduate student who doesn’t let love get in the way of her career plans.

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