These are photos from the January cover shoot for Harper’s Bazaar UK, with cover girl Emily Blunt. The photos are amazing – Blunt is an interesting model, and the clothes… well, they’re fantastic. This blue dress is Tom Ford – from his new womenswear collection, his first in years. They profiled Ford and the collection in this Bazaar issue, just as American Vogue did in their December issue – seriously, Ford’s new collection is GORGEOUS. It’s glamorous and high-fashion and yet… you could see so many women wearing this stuff. I love Tom Ford. Anyway, here are some excerpts from Emily’s interview:

Fans of The Devil Wears Prada love to hate Emily Blunt‘s neurotic, die-for-fashion character; but in real life, the self-deprecating star is far from high-strung when it comes to her personal style.

“I never have any idea [about what I’m wearing],” she confesses to Harper’s Bazaar UK. “I’ll look at several things and make a choice. But I’m much more excited by fashion than I was before The Devil Wears Prada.”

In fact, working with stylist and designer Patricia Field on that movie changed her perception: “I could finally see how artistic and an extension of someone’s personality fashion can be.”

Emily graces the magazine’s January issue, resplendent in a blue fringed Tom Ford dress, among a host of 70s glamour-inspired outfits by Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. No one would ever guess from the gorgeous multi-page spread that looking good didn’t always come naturally for the English beauty.

“I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet,” the straight-talking actress admits. “You step out of the car and it’s bedlam. Everyone’s got crazy eyes. Now, I have a martini before I leave – just to take the edge off it.”

With two huge movies (Gulliver’s Travels and The Adjustment Bureau) to promote, we’re sure the newlywed will look radiant on the red carpet.

[From People]

Yeah, what kills me about Emily Blunt is that she could be the next Fashion Girl on every red carpet – she’s beautiful, her body is amazing, she’s very, very talented, so she works all the time and has a million red carpets to walk – why not really put the effort into being a fashion girl? Granted, she probably has better stuff to do with her time. But it’s a shame. The void left by someone like Blunt on the red carpet is filled with vapid no-talent fashion girls like Jessica Alba.

Bazaar photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot.