Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have added a new and important person to their team at The Row. François Kress, currently President and CEO at Prada USA Corp, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer at the growing fashion brand, WWD reports.
It’s a pivotal development for The Row–the position is newly created–and places them among other designer labels who are poised to grow into bigger luxury brands. And Kress is likely a perfect choice to bring The Row to the next level.
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Vogue was right: It really is the year of the sisters!
Days after Vogue‘s Best Dressed issue hit stands featuring Mary-Kate and Ashley on the cover (and heralding the year of the sisters), The Fashion Spot has posted a picture of W‘s December 2011 issue with the stylish Fanning sisters glowing on the cover. Read more »
We can’t get enough of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s silly monthly promotional videos for StyleMint, and November’s might be our favorite yet. It is by far the silliest and makes little sense in terms of selling t-shirts, but it is hilarious. Read more »
Surprise! Vogue’s second annual special edition best dressed issue just hit newsstands and in addition to trend reports and a list of new style stars, Vogue has dubbed this year the “Year of the Sister.” The glossy is covered, appropriately, by everyone’s favorite stylish twin moguls Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, neither of whom have ever done a Vogue cover (weird, right?).
Of course, they’re not the only fashionable sisters deserving of attention. Inside, they also feature Dakota and Elle Fanning, Kate and Pippa Middleton, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, Bianca and Coco Brandolini, Poppy and Cara Delevigne, Lily and Ruby Alridge, Claire and Virginie Clarins, and Rooney and Kate Mara.
Click through for a few photos we scanned from inside the issue, plus a look back at some more of our favorite stylish sisters, from Anne and Mary Boleyn to Tia and Tamara Mowry. Read more »
Barneys threw quite the bash last night to fete Christian Louboutin and his new book, the eponymously titled Christian Louboutin, which celebrates his 20 years in the business. The guests, almost without exception wearing the distinctive red-soled stunners, included Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Blake Lively, Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keyes, and Calvin Klein.
We had a chance to catch up with the man himself, and while he understandably didn’t want to discuss his increasingly contentious lawsuit with YSL, he was more than happy to talk about how women wear shoes, that comment about the connection between orgasms and shoes, and whether or not heels are phallic:
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Pretty much any piece of fabric Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen touch turns to fashion gold. We swoon over the Row but could never dream of affording their luxe staples–and sometimes even Elizabeth and James is a tad over our weekend shopping budget! So we were psyched when they launched StyleMint–a members only e-commerce site that deals in super soft Olsen-designed cotton Ts made to suit your style for just $29.99 per Ts, per month.
Even better? We’re giving five of our favorites styles away. You’re welcome.
You can enter here starting Wednesday, October 19. Hurry, because you only have a week! The giveaway ends Wednesday, October 26 at noon. Good luck!
But don’t be too sad if you don’t win. You can get 10% off your first month’s T when you sign up with the promo code FASHIONISTA, valid for new members only.
In news that does not surprise us at all, the always-stylish Rachel Bilson will be the next celebrity to partner with BeachMint on a new ecommerce site. Bilson follows fellow actresses-cum-designers Kate Bosworth (JewelMint) and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (StyleMint) and singer Jessica Simpson (BeautyMint) in collaborating with the social commerce platform. Like Kate, Rachel is working with her friend and stylist Nicole Chavez. And since jewelry, tees and beauty products are all covered, they’re doing footwear! The site, which is set to launch in November, will be called ShoeMint and they are partnering with Steve Madden on affordable shoes.
We love Rachel’s style and have to admit we kind of saw this coming–she was JewelMint’s first guest curator and like Kate, Rachel is one of those actresses who, regardless of whether or not she’s working on anything, is constantly in magazines and gossip blogs because of what she’s wearing. I mean, her most memorable acting role is still The O.C., which ended in 2007 and she hasn’t really fallen off our radar since. Though, her new show Hart of Dixie seems promising (right?).
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Yep, Mary Kate and Ashley’s little sis is Nylon‘s latest cover girl. It’s Elizabeth‘s first glossy cover and definitely won’t be her last. The budding actress is on the annual “It Girl Issue” and that she is. You can tell by the Chanel jacket. Read more »
It’s September, which means a new collection of Olsen-approved tees are available to StyleMint members and a new behind-the-scenes video is up. Read more »
BeachMint is having a very, very good year.
In October 2010, the internet start-up partnered with Kate Bosworth and celebrity stylist Cher Coulter to launch JewelMint–a members-only site that sells exclusively-designed jewelry by Bosworth and Coulter. Then, in July 2011, BeachMint launched StyleMint–a similar shopping platform, except this time with the Olsens shilling t-shirts. Now, WWD, is reporting that the online powerhouse is ready for its next venture: Beauty.
BeachMint is partnering with Jessica Simpson and celebrity aesthetician Nerida Joy to sell anti-aging skincare using the same retail model as JewelMint and StyleMint.
Read more »Following their collaboration with Toms on a range of cashmere slip-ons (which are now available), The Row’s Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen accompanied Toms founder Blake Mycoskie on a shoe drop in Honduras. Toms documented their experience in the above video (from Stylelist), which is definitely worth watching if only for the rare opportunity to see the Olsens looking and acting more down to earth and humble than we’ve ever seen them. Read more »
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