--- title: Met Gala 2018: Blake Lively Pays Tribute to Ryan Reynolds description: Ryan Reynolds may not have made an appearance at the 2018 Met Gala, but turns out he was literally at Blake Lively's side in spirit. canonical: https://time.com/5271001/blake-lively-met-gala-2018-ryan-reynolds/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-09T15:25:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:18.844Z og:title: Blake Lively's Met Gala Look Had a Hidden Ryan Reynolds Message og:description: You probably missed it og:url: https://time.com/5271001/blake-lively-met-gala-2018-ryan-reynolds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11809d69b6030cfb/69892febcf40a8f216c4c2ad/blake-lively-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Blake-Lively-Met-Gala-2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blake Lively's Met Gala Look Had a Hidden Ryan Reynolds Message twitter:description: You probably missed it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11809d69b6030cfb/69892febcf40a8f216c4c2ad/blake-lively-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Sneaky Way Blake Lively Paid Tribute to Ryan Reynolds With Her Met Gala Look > Sponsored content. 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Blake Lively attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. George Pimentel/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 9, 2018 3:25 PM UTC [Ryan Reynolds](http://time.com/5264413/ryan-reynolds-anxiety/) may not have made an appearance at Monday night’s annual [Met Gala](http://time.com/5269657/best-red-carpet-fashion-2018-met-gala/), but turns out he was literally at [Blake Lively’s](http://time.com/5267846/blake-lively-2018-met-gala-dress/) side in spirit. Wearing a custom Versace gown—complete with an embroidered bodice that took [more than 600 hours](http://time.com/money/5269261/blake-lively-met-gala-2018-dress/) to make—and $2 million of Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, Lively was widely considered one of the 2018 ball’s best dressed attendees. But what some failed to notice was that her look not only fit the night’s theme of _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_, but also managed to adorably pay tribute to each member of her family. While absolutely owning the red carpet, the 30-year-old actor carried a custom [Judith Leiber Seamless Sacred Heart clutch](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bif4QUgAkh0/?taken-by=judithleiberny) bejeweled with a medieval-style Reynolds family crest featuring the letters “B,” “R,” “J” and “I” —a.k.a. Blake and Ryan’s initials as well as those of their two daughters, James and Ines. It doesn’t get much sweeter than that. See the clutch below.  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