Leighton Meester and Kelly Rutherford’s latest Gossip Girl reunion would surely have the approval of their characters, Blair Waldorf and Lily van der Woodsen.
Meester, 38, and Rutherford, 56, sat together at the Elie Saab Womenswear Fall/Winter presentation at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday, March 8. The two actresses were also spotted hugging and chatting ahead of the catwalk show.
After the show held at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo concluded, Meester and Rutherford posed for photos with the designer and fellow actress Sofia Carson.
Both Meester and Rutherford brought their signature flair to the stylish outing, opting for glam gowns in emerald and gold, respectively.
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Gossip Girl, based on Cecily von Ziegesar’s book series of the same name, aired for six seasons on The CW from 2007 to 2012. Meester portrayed Blair, the self-appointed Queen Bee of NYC prep school Constance Billard for Girls. The show charted the friendship between Blair and Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively). Rutherford famously played Serena’s mother, Lily, who later became Blair’s surrogate mother-in-law. (Blair married Ed Westwick’s Chuck Bass in the series finale. Lily was the second wife of Chuck’s dad, Bart Bass, ahead of his death in the last episodes.)
Gossip Girl was also known for its fashionable wardrobe — including pieces by Elie Saab. Blair’s wedding gown from her marriage to Chuck, a teal couture frock, was specifically made by the designer.
“When I saw the Elie Saab dress finally chosen for Blair’s wedding to Chuck, it was absolutely perfect for her,” show costume designer Eric Daman told In Style in 2012. “It needed to feel like old-world glamour meets contemporary high fashion.”
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He added, “I liked the beautiful blue hue. It reminded me of the wedding dress Wallis Simpson wore during her scandalous wedding to The Duke of Windsor.”
Meester recently had another Gossip Girl reunion, linking up with Kristen Bell (who did voiceover narration for the anonymous blogger) at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards last month.
“Timothée Chalamet sitting next to a hot steak. Medium rare. Au poivre with a side of broccoli,” Bell, 44, said, reading off a series of texts. “Wait, what are you doing, Leighton? None of this is gossip. This is all about food!”
Meester, taking a bite out of a dinner roll, subsequently apologized.
“I’m sorry. I’m just really hungry,” Meester joked.
Meester attended the SAGs in support of her husband, Adam Brody, who was nominated for his role in Nobody Wants This. Brody, 45, and Bell are costars in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This with Meester slated to make a cameo in the currently filming second season.
