Blake Lively: Chanel Dinner!

Blake Lively attends a private dinner hosted by Chanel in her honor at NYC’s La Grenouille on Wednesday (March 2).

The 23-year-old Gossip Girl is the new face of Chanel‘s handbag line, though she will reportedly not be present at Chanel‘s fashion show during Paris Fashion Week.

Also in attendance at the dinner: beloved designer Tory Burch, hotelier Andre Balazs, jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz, and actor Justin Long.

Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine recently told E! about her new friendship with Blake.

“[Blake] actually came to our very first New York show,” Florence said. “She’s been to all of the shows that we’ve done in America and she flew out to Las Vegas just because I was performing there over the New Year.”

FYI: Blake is wearing a Chanel dress and Christian Louboutin shoes. She finished her look with Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.

10+ pictures inside of Blake Lively at the private dinner…