Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen – Signature9 http://198.46.88.49 Lifestyle Intelligence Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:26:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 Twitter Illustrator Breaks the Fashion (QR) Code http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/twitter-illustrator-breaks-the-fashion-qr-code http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/twitter-illustrator-breaks-the-fashion-qr-code#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:26:42 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=20938 In one of the best fashion/QR code mashups we’ve seen since Calvin Klein’s billboard, Yiying Lu, the artist behind the Twitter fail whale, created 10 hand-drawn illustrations for Meets Obsession magazine – complete with fully functional QR codes (also hand-drawn).

The illustrations were commissioned for the magazine’s feature on the 10 Most Intriguing People In Fashion, and includes everyone from androgynous supermodel Andre Pejic to embattled American Apparel boss Dov Charney, with a few of the usual suspects (Anna Wintour, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen) included for good measure.

Full sized versions of each illustration are available at Meets Obsession. All illustrations by Yiying Lu.

 

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CFDA Officially Names Lady Gaga an Icon, Announces Nominees for 2011 Awards http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/cfda-officially-names-lady-gaga-an-icon-announces-nominees-for-2011-awards http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/cfda-officially-names-lady-gaga-an-icon-announces-nominees-for-2011-awards#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:27:42 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=19075 The list of 2011 CFDA Awards nominees were just announced, and there are plenty of familiar names. In brief, Lady Gaga is officially an American fashion icon, Marc Jacobs is nominated for womenswear but will be a winner even if he doesn’t take that category, and Alexander Wang and Proenza Schouler have quite a few chances at going home with a trophy. The full list of nominees are…

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs

Menswear Designer of the Year: Michael Bastian, Patrik Ervell, and Simon Spurr

Accessory Designer of the Year: Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Reed Krakoff

Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Joseph Altuzarra, Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen, and Prabal Gurung

Swarovski Award for Menswear: Alexander Wang, Phillip Lim, and Robert Geller

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Alejandro Ingelmo, Eddie Borgo, Jason Wu, and Pamela Love

Honorary Awards

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Marc Jacobs

CFDA Board of Directors Special Tribute: Arthur Elgort “in honor of his impact on photography and fashion.”

Fashion Icon Award: Lady Gaga “for being a fashion revolutionary impacting style today.”

Media Award, given in honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Hilary Alexander of The Telegraph

Founders Award, given in honor of CFDA founder Eleanor Lambert: Hal Rubenstein of In Style.

International Award: Phoebe Philo for Celine {CFDA}

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Fashion Week Update: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Postpone The Row’s Spring/Summer Presentation http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/fashion-week-update-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-reportedly-postpone-the-rows-springsummer-presentation http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/fashion-week-update-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-reportedly-postpone-the-rows-springsummer-presentation#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:13:46 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=15855 The second New York Fashion Week Presentation of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s upscale collection, The Row, has reportedly been cancelled.

It is unclear whether the line will still be presented through appointments, but restraints dealing with delivery are reportedly to blame for the delay.

The Olsen sisters have released the following statement: “We have made the decision to postpone our spring-summer 2011 presentation of The Row due to sample delivery. Production and delivery of our samples is delayed by a few days and this has cast us out of the New York schedule. We will therefore present it to the market within the Paris schedule. We are excited and are looking forward to presenting our collection.” {Fashionista}

We aren’t sure if the recession has more to do with the cancellation, but there’s speculation that the label has been struggling with sales and made big budget cuts through layoffs early last year.

The high-end collection is known for its outrageous prices (think $500 for a T-shirt) and a good part of the line ended up on the sale racks at Barney’s sample sale. {Fashionologie }Perhaps the market still isn’t back to what it used to be for higher priced clothing. Whatever the reason, it is a disappointment that there will be no New York show, but we are still looking forward to their return in Paris and will try to stop by the showroom to get a closer look at the collection.

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Fashion’s Night Out: The Top 10 Events for Celeb Seekers http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/fashions-night-out-the-top-10-events-for-celeb-seekers http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/fashions-night-out-the-top-10-events-for-celeb-seekers#respond Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:43:16 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=15201 Last year we covered Fashion’s Night Out from Paris, where we caught up with Carine Roitfeld, to London and New York. Each city was an overall success in terms of bringing out the shoppers, but the feel of each event was distinctly different. The Paris Fashion Celebration Night focused exclusively on the high end merchants along the Triangle D’Or (Golden Triangle – the area along Avenue Montaigne, George V and Champs-Elysées). Roitfeld made it clear that small and luxe was more in keeping with Paris Vogue’s reader, and this year has the same list of merchants. Aside from Vogue editors, who are fashion stars in their own right, there weren’t many big names tied to the events.

Allowing the clothes to be the stars of the evening certainly has its merits, but we’d be lying if we didn’t admit that we’re pretty excited about the madness that will surely accompany the more inclusive New York event. In Paris, there was champagne, cotton candy and chocolate fondue depending on which store you stopped at, but New York promises to pull out all the stops: celebrities, designers and shopping specials to go along with your champagne.

Still, everyone has a different shopping personality. An Olsen twin and throngs of fans waiting for an opportunity to meet their favorite designer might be a dream shopping trip for some, and an absolute nightmare for others. With that in mind, we’ve gone through the hundreds of events on the Fashion’s Night Out website so far and narrowed them down to the top 10 events by shopping personality. Today, we take a look at the must-attend events for those who like a bit of celebrity with their shopping. In the coming days, we’ll cover events for those who prefer something more low key, downtown style, fashion, fashion and more fashion and the girl who just wants to have fun.

The Starlet

Big and flashy is how you roll. If anyone asks “who are you wearing?” you’ve got a list of famous names on the tip of your tongue. Celebrities, designers and hundreds of adoring fans? You couldn’t come up with a better shopping scenario.

ASOS.com

Who: Singer VV Brown and 90210 actress Shenae Grimes

What: A pop-up store and block party for Teen Vogue

Where: West Village, 10014 (right around the corner from Anna)

Barney’s

Who: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Daphne Guiness, Alexander Wang, the Mulleavy sisters (Rodarte), Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough (Proenza Schouler), Island Records founder Chris Blackwell

What: More meet and greets than you can shake a stick at, ping-pong, musical chairs and karaoke among other activities.

Where: 660 Madison Ave

Bergdorf Goodman

Who: Mary J. Blige, Nicole Richie, designer turned Hollywood producer Tom Ford, Victoria Beckham, Tinsley Mortimer, Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse, Georgina Bloomberg, First Lady favorite Jason Wu, Bryan Boy, Hamish Bowles, Robert Verdi, Thom Browne, Mark Badgley and James Mischka (Badgley Mischka) and Trish Mc Evoy among others.

What: A makeup artist competition, catwalk show and karaoke. And Tom Ford. Honestly, we’d have this on our “must attend list” if it were watching Tom Ford fill out spreadsheets.

Where: 754 5th Ave. (at 58th Street)

Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream

Who: Reclusive producer/entertainer Pharell Williams, who isn’t one to make lots of public appearances.

What: A meet and greet, plus special items from the collection available only on September 10th.

Where: 456 West Broadway

Bloomingdale’s

Who: Michael Kors, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Lancome spokesmodels Elettra Wiedemann and Arlenis Sosa

What: Karaoke, tango lessons, cooking demos and a casino night

Where: 1000 3rd Ave.

Destination Maternity

Who: Model and Project Runway host Heidi Klum

What: A retrospective of maternity wear from the 1950s through today. If there’s anyone who knows about looking good when pregnant, it’s definitely the model mother of 4. Retro snacks and mocktails will also be available.

Where: 28 East 57th St.

Henri Bendel

Who: The City star Olivia Palermo, model Erin Wasson, the Fabulous Beekman Boys and possibly Kaiser Karl (though it’s not entirely clear from the description if Lagerfeld will be in attendance, or merely the designer behind a special collection for Swarovski)

What: Astrology readings (at a fee, which will go to charity), a demo of the Lustr iPhone shopping app and jewelry launches.

Where: 712 5th Ave.

Jeffrey New York

Who: Christina Ricci, L’Wren Scott (designer and girlfriend of Mick Jagger), Jason Wu, Nicholas Kirkwood

What: A denim event and menswear trunk show, limited edition Proenza Schouler messenger bags.

Where: 449 West 14th St.

Lord & Taylor

Who: Noted fashion photographer, and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker, New York Jets cheerleaders for the guys, Shoshanna Gruss, Lloyd Boston

What: A “Wheel of Fashion” and prize draws on each floor, meet and greets, salsa dancing and even dating advice if your retail therapy is inspired by romance.

Where: 424 5th Ave.

Macy’s Herald Square

Who: Joss Stone, Kimora Lee Simmons, TRAIN, Rachel Roy, Jessica Stam, celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson

What: a Gucci fragrance launch, meet and greets, a lookbook shoot, Tommy Hilfiger tailgate party and live music performances

Where: 151 West 34th St.

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Save or Splurge? Premium Denim from the Olsen Twins’ Label http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/save-or-splurge-premium-denim-from-the-olsen-twins-label http://198.46.88.49/style/fashion/save-or-splurge-premium-denim-from-the-olsen-twins-label#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:10:19 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=10252 Over the last few months we have seen major fluctuations in the fashion retail market, with many labels finding the tough economic times too much to handle, forcing the ones who’ve been able to survive to lower prices or offer more mass market merchandise.

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s line, Elizabeth and James is rising to the occasion with a new 70’s inspired collection of denim under the name Textile. The jeans will retail between $235 and $245 at Intermix, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. {The Cut}

Like many other celebs (think Nicole Richie), The Olsen twins are finding success in their personal retail ventures and are now working to expand their multi-million dollar empire to incorporate the new collection.

In the fall, the Olsens will offer a full lifestyle collection for Textile. “We’re talking about the favorite things you want to wear with your jeans, like the ultimate flannel shirt. Elizabeth and James is a name the customers really relate to, to give them this other piece of their wardrobe, with the same brand, is an easy connect.” {Denimology}

We applaud the tenacity, but with denim lead brands like Rock & Republic filing for bankruptcy, and others like Chip & Pepper moving to licensing for survival, we’re not so sure if people are ready to move back to spending on denim with premium prices just yet.

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Steve Madden for Olsenboye http://198.46.88.49/style/bags/steve-madden-for-olsenboye http://198.46.88.49/style/bags/steve-madden-for-olsenboye#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:23:45 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=5041 5983eceba78f1671_olsenboye1Steve Madden Ltd and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have joined creative forces on a shoe and accessory line, Olsenboye, slated for a November 6th release. Some key pieces in the line include suede flats, canvas sneakers and hobo and bucket handbags. The line will be sold exclusively at JC Penney at surprisingly reasonable price points.

Read More {Fab Sugar}

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