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I was surprised to read this but it wasn't unexpected. I think Mayle went on to elaborate that it wasn't for financial reasons that she is closing but that she felt like "another cog in the fashion machine" or some schtick like that and that with the increasing number of collections she didn't feel like it had any personality or anything anymore? I have no idea but it sounds like utter BS. If she only wanted to produce 2 or 4 collections a year, she certainly could have scaled back or if she was really increasing her sales, hired another designer. I find it hard to believe that her sales were doing so well, considering the recession and the pricepoint of her clothes, which were overpriced. I guess it just proves that giving freebies and selling to celebs doesn't always push clothes. I thought her stuff was cute to begin with, but really, like a lot of other lines out there, wasn't worth what she was selling it for. Maybe she's doing better financially than what I predict, but there's way more to this story I think than the "out of control fashion system"
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