Yeah - this menswear stuff just looks bad. To be fair, the lighting and shots aren't really helping it at all. But still - they shouldn't have released these images.
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen have some surprises up their sleeves for fall. Some of them are made out of quilted leather, fox, and lynx—including the most outsize and appealingly funny fur beanies ever seen. “We just decided do what we love and be playful,” Mary-Kate said, while her sister tried on a full-skirted fox-and-alligator coat backward—and decided she fancied wearing it that way better.
The girls were working on shooting their lookbook ahead of their one-on-one (or is that two-on-one?) showroom appointments Monday, and it’s the winter luxury factor that will stun anybody who recalls that The Row started with a hit white T-shirt and a leather legging. But The Row’s progress isn’t only about the very apparent step up in luxury materials; it’s also the tiny details the sisters are looking forward to pointing out, like the mini-Rs embroidered onto sweaters by hand with a single thread.
^ Yeah, never been a fur fan myself, but please tell me they don't actually "skin animals alive" - that would be extra horrible! And btw, where are alligators on the endangered species list? i don't have as much of a problem with leather, since usually (though not always) the entire animal is used (i.e., for food and clothing).
But simply using fur, feathers or skins from wild species (esp. endangered ones) really really bugs me. :'(
Olsens Collaborate with Toms ShoesFrom WWD ISSUE 02/14/2011 WWDSTYLE ISSUE 02/14/2011
NEW YORK — First, it was the perfect T-shirt; then, the iconic sunglasses, and now, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are delving into shoes.
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Designers Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are teaming up with Toms shoes on a Fall 2011 collection. Toms + The Row will retail between $98 and $150, and will be available in plaid, herringbone, and cashmere.