Blake Lively in ballet shoe heels and ruffles at Chanel dinner

It appears as though rising style icon Blake Lively is jumping on the bandwagon, and taking fashion inspiration from the ballet world. The Gossip Girl attended a dinner hosted by Chanel in her honour in New York last night, wearing a pair of ballet shoe-inspired heels. 

The 23-year-old's white satin heels, by Christian Louboutin, resembled the pointe shoes worn by prima ballerinas, complete with square block toe. Designer shoe-loving Blake chose the Christian Louboutin heels over shoes by Chanel for the event, just a few weeks after Mr Louboutin named one of his coveted designs after her. As the guest of honour, perhaps Blake intended to do double duty as the evening's entertainment and perform a pirouette or two around the dining room at La Grenouille, where the glitzy affair was held.

The Gossip Girl paid tribute to Chanel in a white ruffled organza dress from the designer's 2009 haute couture collection. The actress, who was named as the face of Chanel Mademoiselle handbags in January carried a white quilted bag from the collection and  a pair of large emerald earrings. As she left the dinner Blake wrapped up in a black overcoat. The blonde beauty surprised many this week when she revealed that despite her close association with the brand, she would not be attending Chanel's autumn/winter show at Paris Fashion Week.