During her appearance at the opening of the New York Swarovski Crystallized Concept Store, Blake Lively admitted to selecting her own attire.

“It would probably help if I had a stylist, but I don’t. I enjoy the process. I enjoy scrolling through the shows or fashion magazines and picking looks straight from the runway. I also like to think of things I haven’t done yet. For example, I’ve never worn Cavalli but I saw this dress in a magazine and thought, I think I need to get in on this,” she told reporters.

While I admire that (and her supposed choice in Cavalli), I have a hard time believing that she’s just not crediting her stylist from the show. Call me cynical, but Lively’s name was unknown in the fashion world until Gossip Girl. Was it magic that suddenly gifted her with a great fashion sense?