Emily Blunt’s fashion choices haven’t always been worthy of the occasion.

“I have a really terrible, old, royal blue velvet jacket, and I don’t wear it, but I wore it onJohn [Krasinski]and I’s first date, and I have not thrown it out,” Blunt revealed. “It’s such an awful jacket. I sit there, and I go, ‘That is a terrible jacket.'”

Colbertquestioned if it was a bad choice at the time.

“It probably was, yeah, but I was blind to that, I was like ‘lookin’ good,'” she said animatedly, with her hands in the air.

Still, she got a second date, Colbert pointed out.

Emily Blunt, Stephen Colbert.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Emily Blunt

“He just sent me a memo saying ‘Don’t wear the jacket, and you’ll get another date.'”

It worked: The couple wed in 2010, and are parents to daughtersHazel, 8, and Violet, 6, who just so happen to waft her favorite scent.

“My children when they wake up [are my favorite smell],” Blunt told Colbert. “They smell so good. Why do they smell so sweet? They’re 6 and 8, and they smell so yummy right now.”

Despite her previous fashion blunder, Blunt is eager to revisit herRunwaymagazine heyday.

Blunt said onThe Viewlast month that she would be on board for a sequel to her 2006 filmThe Devil Wears Prada, which also starredAnne Hathaway,Meryl Streepand her real-life brother-in-lawStanleyTucci.

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“And the fashion — we loved it. I would do [a sequel] in a heartbeat just to play with those guys again. It’s so fun,” she added of her costars.

source: people.com