FIRST LOOK: TEXTILE Elizabeth and James

Textile Elizabeth and James, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's latest sportswear line.

STYLE SAVVY: Lizzie Olsen

Who: Elizabeth Olsen

What: White dress from The Row

Where: Photo call for her new movie Martha Marcy may Marlene at the Cannes Film Festival

When: May 15, 2011. 

The Olsens launch an eyewear collection

Good news for all you Olsen fans (myself included)!

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will be launching an eyewear collection for spring under their luxury label The Row.

The collection will be produced in a licensed partnership with Linda Farrow Eyewear, and will feature four styles: a classic metal aviator, an oversize square frame, vintage-inspired brow-line rims and a pair of round shades taken from the Sixties.

“We’re testing the market first and obviously these are four very different silhouettes, so we’re seeing what people are responding to and we’ll open up a couple more silhouettes for fall,” said Ashley. “We tried to find certain pieces that look good on more than one face, to pay close attention to how they fit certain faces and make them wearable at the same time.”

“Designing eyewear was definitely more complicated than we thought, and of course we wanted to be extremely hands-on,” said Mary-Kate. “From what I understand, the first year with eyewear is figuring out what the process will be like for us specifically. I think everyone does it differently, whether it’s looking through old materials or archives or working with drawings and measurements.”

The collection will retail from $325 to $390, and will be available at places like Barneys New York and Bergdorf Goodman.

What do you think of The Row eyewear collection?

Fashion's Night Out - New York

Last night, Vogue's Fashion's Night Out took place in several locations worldwide, including New York and London.

The event was held in order to enliven the consumer spirit, and to boost the local industry of America's fashion capital, New York City.

Many big-names in the fashion industry were in attendance, including Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour and editor-at-large, Andre Leon Talley. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were bartending at Barneys, Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha showed off her Irish dancing moves at DKNY, Taylor Momsen performed with her band, The Pretty Reckless at the Teen Vogue block party, and much, much more!

Here are some photos from the event!

Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford at the Dolce & Gabbana boutique.

Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen performing wither her band, The Pretty Reckless.

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively at the Ralph Lauren Women's Store on Bleecker Street.

The Row designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at Barneys New York.

Actress Camilla Belle at Ralph Lauren.

Victoria Beckham at Bergdorf Goodman.

Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha Irish dancing at DKNY.

Rihanna at the Giuseppe Zanotti Boutique.

Vogue's Anna Wintour and L.A.M.B. designer Gwen Stefani at Bloomingdale's 59th Street Store.


Vogue's Andre Leon Talley at Bergdorf Goodman.

Designer Brian Atwood, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and socialite Nicky Hilton at the Bally Boutique.

Fashion's Night Out commercial

Here is the promo for Fashion's Night Out featuring Anna Wintour, Vera Wang, Ashley Olsen, Coco Rocha, Sarah Jessica Parker, Daria Werbowy, Diddy, Donna Karan, Isaac Mizrahi, Rachel Roy, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, and many more. All of these big names in the fashion industry are sporting the official Fashion's Night Out t-shirt, and encouraging everyone to shop on Thursday, September 10th. 

The public service announcement was filmed by director Douglas Keeve and will be all over network TV, taxis, and online. 

For more information on Fashion's Night Out, click here. 

Catching Up: Customized Chanel, Michael Jackson clothing line, Erin Fetherston's short film, and Agent Provocateur hits NY

Agent Provocateur

Where else can you customize your own Chanel bag, be served drinks by the Olsen twins, and meet Ms. Wintour herself? At New York's Fashion's Night Out! [Fashionologie].

Michael Jackson's clothing line with Ed Hardy designer, Christian Audigier, has been revealed this morning [The Cut].

Designer Erin Fetherston has released a short film called "Birds of a Feather" [Teen Vogue].

Agent Provocateur, is giving Victoria's Secret a run for its money! The British lingerie brand will be showing in New York this September [Vogue UK].

Ashley Olsen on the cover of Marie Claire

Ashley Olsen is Marie Claire's cover girl for its September 2009 issue.

In the feature, Olsen talks about her innate fashion sense and living in the spotlight.

"I think you're either born with a sense of style or your not. Either you care or you don't," said the 23-year-old actress turned designer. "When [Mary-Kate and I] were going to NYU, I think that was the first time we were aware of the power of our personal style. Not the power of it, but the result...Between the big sunglasses and Starbucks cup and big sweaters, the hobo-chic thing, we were more shocked than anything...Mary-Kate and I are very aware of trends and style, but at the end of the day, we don't even think twice about it. It's just, 'What do I feel like wearing today, and how do I want to put it together?'"

She goes on to say, "The amount of beautiful things we've ruined - not having the patience for a tailor and cutting everything ourselves...My sister once took an Alaia dress of mine and just cut the whole thing, and then was like, 'I cut it too short.' Mary-Kate and I don't think about fashion as these clean, beautiful objects. We just kind of wear it and live in it."

On the pressures of childhood stardom, Olsen reveals, "I look at Britney, and I'm surprised I didn't end up like her."

For the full interview, click here.

The Olsens join the CFDA

The Council of Fashion Designers of America just announced 31 new members including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who design The Row and Elizabeth & James.

It's a big step for the fashion industry that usually shuns celebrity designers.

CFDA executive director, Steven Kolb, said "Diane [von Fustenberg, CFDA president]'s whole approach to fashion and design is inclusiveness. She always refers to the CFDA as her extended family."

von Furstenberg has dressed the Olsens for the 2008 Met gala, but does this mean designers like Justin Timberlake, Victoria Beckham, and even Lauren Conrad will be also be included in the near future?

CFDA Awards 2009: Highlights

Nadia Swarovski, designers Justin Giunta, Alexander Wang, Tim Hamilton and actress Blake Lively pose backstage at the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on June 15, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Last night marked the 2009 CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards held at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

The star-studded evening was filled with designers, celebrities and models celebrating American fashion.

The list of winners include:

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy
Menswear Designer of the Year (tie): Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli and Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg
Accessory Designer of the Year: Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez
Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Alexander Wang
Swarovski Award for Menswear: Tim Hamilton
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
International Award: Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Anna Sui
Eugenia Sheppard Award: Women’s Wear Daily editor-in-chief Ed Nardoza
Eleanor Lambert Award: GQ’s Jim Moore
Board of Director’s Special Tribute: First Lady Michelle Obama


Check out some of the photos below!

Ashley Olsen

Blake Lively in a Michael Kors dress and Christian Louboutin shoes.

Molly Sims in Dolce and Gabbana.

Agyness Deyn

Coco Rocha in Michael Kors

Doutzen Kroes in Zac Posen.

Miley Cyrus and Max Azria sign a deal with Wal-Mart

This is probably one of the most bizarre collaborations I have heard of.

Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus, is teaming up with Max Azria, chairman, designer and chief executive officer of the BCBG Max Azria Group (BCBG, Hervé Léger), to create a clothing line for Wal-Mart.

The line, which is aimed towards younger teens, is called Miley Cyrus and Max Azria, and will include tops, pants, graphic tees and shoes, all for under $20.

This isn't Wal-Mart's first celebrity collaboration, with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's tween fashion line, Hilary Duff's Stuff by Hilary Duff, and most recently, a line of cami dresses by Taylor Swift called L.E.I. by Taylor Swift.

Cyrus has been spotted wearing Hervé Léger by Max Azria in April to the U.K. premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie, and for the 2009 Grammy Awards, but I can't seem to fathom why such a big-name designer would collaborate with a popstar who isn't so fashion-conscious.

I guess everyone wants a piece of Miley!

The collection will hit Wal-Mart stores and walmart.com in early August.

In the meantime, check out one of the looks below!

Ashley Olsen in V MAN magazine

Ashley Olsen shows off her darker side in the summer issue of V MAN magazine.

The 22-year-old opted for dark hair instead of her usual blond locks, and struck some sultry, moody poses for the camera.

In the mag, she talks to designer Marc Jacobs about her men's collection for The Row, and the differences between her and Mary-Kate.

On designing for The Row:

"The way I look at it, I had a career as a child. I had a career in an industry in which the media kind of. . . they're obsessed with the young girl thing. But when I turned 18, I moved to New York, and I haven't really done anything to be a celebrity. I've been transitioning from acting as a kid to doing something that I'm choosing for myself — to be a part of the fashion industry. . . the outside perception is very different because you do have celebrity brands, people like Jessica Simpson and Kimora Lee Simmons, and those are celebrity brands because they have their names on them."

On working with Mary-Kate:

"The Row is really something that I'm doing while my sister still wants to focus on acting. She's my partner in The Row, but she trusts me with the every day. I mean, I see her like ten times a day."

On being different from her twin sister:

"When I was 14, 15, 16, 17, it was harder because the two of us were still very similar. We had to work through what's special about us, and then the media had to work through it. . . I've never been one to engage the media to say that I'm different. I actually did the opposite and I totally went internal. I was like, "See y'all!" I want to be behind the scenes, and I don't want people to know anything about my personal life. I have a job, I take it very seriously, and I work really hard."

The summer issue of V MAN will hit newsstands this Thursday.

Source: Olsens Anonymous

Elizabeth and James shoe collection

Image via olsensanonymous

Here are some photos of the Elizabeth and James pre-fall 2009 shoe collection.

The collection was created with Steve Madden.

Thoughts?

Influence, by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Image via amazon.com

I have a confession. I adore the Olsen twins. They're sense of style is so brilliant, and they seem so mysterious and bohemian, yet chic I often wish I could have that special aura of theirs surrounding me.

So when I heard that Mary Kate and Ashley were releasing a coffee table book called Influence about the events that have shaped them to be who they are today, I was filled with excitement. An inside look on the lives of the twins that grew up with the whole world watching? Pure guilty pleasure.

The book is said to have personal sections in which Mary Kate and Ashley share exclusive photos of their homes, family memories and prized possessions. I'm imagining eclectic Halloween costumes, and vintage designer goods.

Influence will be in stores October 2008.