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Published: Saturday November 07, 2009 06:00 AM EST

2009

LEIGHTON MEESTER

Looking more downtown cool than Upper East Side chic, the Gossip Girl starlet dons a Marios Schwab swirl-print minidress paired with tough peep-toe ankle booties and Swarovski jewels for a book launch party at Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.