Blake Lively Steps Out for New York Jewelry Launch

Lively made a rare public appearance at the event, where she wore a short, embellished dress with black bows, strappy heels and a black hobo bag. She also wore dangling earrings and large rings, and her long blonde hair fell in waves over her shoulders.

The actress paused to pose for photographers outside the gathering before heading in with friends. Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, was not seen with her.

The outing came after Lively had kept a low profile following the resolution of her legal dispute with Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director on It Ends With Us. The pair settled the dispute in May.

In the days before the event, Lively shared a video of her nighttime beauty routine on Instagram Stories. The clip showed her wearing a sheet mask and red-light therapy headgear. She joked that if the effort did not make her look like she was in the “first trimester of life,” she would quit, and recalled using simple hand soap on her face in the 2000s.