Designers Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned their hit bag into one of fashion’s most coveted items through scarcity, constant newness and a little bit of mystique.
The sparse schedule was crushing, as was the lack of new ideas. But if America’s premier fashion showcase has indeed hit bottom, there’s nothing to do but evolve and nowhere to go but up.
How Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen built the most successful American fashion brand of their generation.
The label is an extravagance only a privileged few can enjoy, and yet there is something paradoxically economical about Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen’s approach.
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Shown amongst the galvanised steel and cast iron of Isamu Noguchi sculptures, these were sumptuous, stunning clothes.
Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen turned out an exacting utilitarian collection that illustrated just what makes The Row so successful. Every piece is worked, evaluated and reworked until it’s exactly right.
The Olsen twins latest collection concentrated on fabrication, finishes and a series of coats for the label's ardent cult.
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen's designs are distinguished by deluxe minimalism.
Fashion Awards, on Speed Dial (NY Times) "The CFDA show, at Lincoln Center, may have been the fastest in memory, helped by the fact that John Waters,
Procter & Gamble raised its annual profit forecast on lower commodity costs and as consumers, particularly in the United States and Europe, kept buying its pricey Tide detergent and Dawn dish soap.
Frédéric Malle announced on Apr. 18 that he will be leaving his brand Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle at the end of June.
The two brothers join older siblings Antoine and Delphine, meaning that 4 out of Arnault’s 5 heirs now serve on the board. Bernard Arnault, age 75, has placed his controlling interest in LVMH in a stock-share partnership aimed at perpetuating family control.
Billionaire Bernard Arnault said he hopes a planned visit to France next month by China’s Xi Jinping will help smooth trade relations between Paris and Beijing.
Alyson Hogg, who founded the luxury tanning brand in 2003, has reacquired it from Crown Laboratories.
Monthly Swiss watch exports suffered their biggest decline since 2020 as demand for premium and luxury timepieces in key markets including China and Hong Kong plunged.
Asos has said it will take “necessary actions” to transform its fortunes after the fast fashion retailer’s first-half losses widened and sales fell by nearly a fifth.
The effort to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd to divest its ownership of the social media platform would quickly become law under a plan outlined Wednesday by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
