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Wednesday May 30th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Mary Kate Olsen Is Maybe Dating Sarkozy’s Half Brother, Gucci is Making Eco-Friendly Footwear, and Charlize Theron and K-Stew Cover Interview
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Mary Kate Olsen Is Maybe Dating Sarkozy’s Half Brother, Gucci is Making Eco-Friendly Footwear, and Charlize Theron and K-Stew Cover Interview

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Gucci is launching Sustainable Soles, an eco-friendly shoe line made of biodegradable plastic– Though hopefully they don’t biodegrade too quickly. {WWD}

Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart channel fierce, beautiful dolphins caught in a tuna net on the June/July cover of Interview. {Fashin}

Dennis Basso asked Coco Rocha to star in his Fall ad campaign after she wore Liz Taylor’s yellow suit to the Met Ball. {WWD}

Cynthia Nixon wore a green Carolina Herrera gown to marry her forever-partner Christine Marinoni this weekend. Mazel!! {Refinery29}

There’s buzzzz that Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Shaffer has split with her long-time comedy-writer beau Jake Hurwitz. Sad. {NY Daily News}

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Published at 1:45 PM

Tuesday May 8th, 2012

From Best Dressed to Best Ass, We Present Our Fashion Prom Met Ball Superlatives
Fashion Is Fun

From Best Dressed to Best Ass, We Present Our Fashion Prom Met Ball Superlatives

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Last night’s Costume Institute Gala may have been filled almost exclusively with famous rich people in formalwear, but we think they all brought something special to the table. While awards shows like the Oscars tend to elicit a stream of boring, predictable people and ensembles, the Met Ball brings out unexpected pairings, bold gowns and Read more →

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Published at 5:25 PM

Monday May 7th, 2012

Friday April 20th, 2012

Shop With Mary-Kate Olsen and Rachel Zoe Right Now During StyleMint’s First-Ever Live Shopping Event
Shopping

Shop With Mary-Kate Olsen and Rachel Zoe Right Now During StyleMint’s First-Ever Live Shopping Event

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Who What Wear‘s Hillary Kerr is hosting the first ever live shopping event for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s succesful subscription-based ecommerce site Stylemint and it starts right now! The two-hour interactive event will include style advice, sneak peeks of new products and exclusive, limited-time deals. Best of all, Mary Kate Olsen will be there, in Read more →

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Published at 12:17 PM

Thursday April 5th, 2012

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Apparently Donated Signed, Personalized, Unread Copies of Tyra Banks’ Modelland to Housing Works

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Apparently Donated Signed, Personalized, Unread Copies of Tyra Banks’ Modelland to Housing Works

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Who knew Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (or their assistants) were so charitable? NYC-based charity bookstore Housing Works blogged about (and Gawker alerted us to) one of their latest donations: two copies of Tyra Banks’ “fantasy novel” Modelland. But not just any copies. These were signed by the author and include handwritten post-it notes inside- Read more →

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Friday March 30th, 2012

Wednesday February 29th, 2012

Thursday January 26th, 2012

The Row Hires Prada’s CEO, Plots Expansion
The Business

The Row Hires Prada’s CEO, Plots Expansion

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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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Published at 11:46 AM

Friday November 11th, 2011

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Wednesday November 9th, 2011

Wednesday November 2nd, 2011

Christian Louboutin Explains Why His Heels Are Orgasmic, Not Phallic
People & Parties

Christian Louboutin Explains Why His Heels Are Orgasmic, Not Phallic

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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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Published at 4:00 PM