Blake Lively Dishes on Couture, Costumes and Cocktails It’s a long way from show choir to the Chanel Haute Couture show in Paris, but that’s just the kind of leap that 20-year old Blake Lively is experiencing now. “I had a normal, all-American high school experience — nothing like the kids on Gossip Girl,” Blake tells Off the Rack, tricked out in a black pleated Chanel bubble dress and long strands of pearly necklaces . . .