It’s sad when the complete series of a television show amounts to only seven episodes. Happily, it’s enough to produce a DVD set (with a few bonus features thrown in, including subtitles in Chinese, Korean and Thai. Odd?). Cashmere Mafia: The Complete Series arrives on DVD today, just in time to mourn its cancellation in three languages the day before Lipstick Jungle premieres its second season on NBC.

Cashmere Mafia got plenty of buzz when it premiered in January, due mostly to the behind-the-scenes catfight between creator Darren Star and his former BFF Candace Bushnell, who accused Star of ripping off her similarly-themed series, Lipstick Jungle. Both shows focus on professional Manhattan women trying to balance relationships and careers. In the end, viewers seemed less interested in tuning in to the on-screen drama, and Lipstick won the ratings war — barely — and earned a second season.

But I’m partial to Cashmere Mafia, mostly because of the performances by the steely Miranda Otto and very likeable Frances O’Connor as two of the fabulous foursome. Although the storylines occasionally veered into Sex and the City territory — Caitlin temporarily becomes a lesbian, how Samantha of her — they’re worth revisiting on DVD.

Just like the Manhattan-based, Cosmo-swilling quartet that came before them.