The Row : from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen #1

[TheGloryOfThe80s]

The piece chosen to be put in the article debuting the Olsens' upcoming collection is a T-shirt whose main design element is a french seam.... I dunno how excited anyone could be about this collection ?

 

[_twicebitten]

if you read the article, the tee is not just any ordinary tee
150 usd is actually not bad, when you consider the design and that they've decided to use a more labourious technique to finish it. plus you can imagine easily how much fabric, especially very nice quality fabric, costs these days the price could easily go up much higher for the same product if an independent designer created it, with no help from riches like the Olsens do

i agree with you, it's not that bad considering they are using couture techniques and have put a lot of thought into the design. i mean, everything they've ever produced has been such poor quality yet the girls themselves, most of the time have, good taste so it's nice to see them making the effort to put something out there that's a little up-market.

i get the impression that they are trying to keep this line quite elite.. if they charged lower prices swarms of young children would be rushing to buy it (no matter what the designs were like) and i don't think that's what they want this time.

i'm excited about the long tank tops, i like the idea of really good solid basics and i like that they're not trying to be too fancy or do too much too soon.

 

[fashionologie]

mka said on the today show that aired today that the line is exclusive to barney's and should be on the floor now...

they're also working on a contemporary line apparently...

 

[cosmicangel]

Selma blair in The ROW


Wednesday, December 20, 2006

(LOS ANGELES) Britney Spears isn’t the only one with a new ’do. Selma Blair turned up at the L.A. party for the film Pan’s Labyrinth on Monday with a new asymmetrical cut, part faux-hawk, part pixie, designed specially for her by Garren in New York. “I loved having long hair,” said the petite brunette actress, “but in my heart, I’m a short-haired girl. This is a combo of skater punk and chic. I’ll have to wear wigs for work, but they’ll fit me more easily.” The front left side of her new cut dips deep into her eyes—let’s hope it sparks off a new trend. After all, how boring is all this long one-length hair? As for her outfit, Blair looked stellar clad in the new skinny high waisted pants by The Row, the Olsen twins’ fashion line that is available at Barneys New York.
MERLE GINSBER

(fashion week daily)

source: selmablair thread

 

[leyla m.]

anyone going to Barneys, could you pls pm me and let me know next to whom this line is sitting and on which floor.. this is very important for me
thanks

 

[Tiffany7]

How much are the pants?
Is the contemporary line the one for Walmart? I think they said that they were going to do an adult line for Walmart. I wonder when that will be out.

 

[tsarina]

I'm rather put off by the high prices. I'm going to stop by Barney's...hopefully the Dallas one will have their line...and give it a whirl.

 

[cloud9]

i dont understand why people are so unhappy about this collection.

first of all we havent even seen the whole thing.

and to be honest, olsen twins have pretty good taste. esp for their age.

and if you consider the fact that they dont use stylists like other celebs...

the line does look like high-quality, and 150 for a t-shirt really isnt too bad.

there are tons of other brands that sell t-shirts for that price.
velvet makes t-shirt material dress/tunics and sells them for 180... and people dont have any prob with them. so why now? why attack the olsens?
and 550 for cashmere sweater? comeon.. are you expecting them to cost 100????
just because theyve been catering to the walmart-preteen generation doesnt mean that thats the only thing they can do... and it certainly doesnt mean that they cant try something else...
give them a break..

from what ive seen so far, its definitely different from jlo/jessica simpson/nicky hilton brands..

 

[kiss&tell]

Anticipating it...

 

[nerdphanie]

I don't know how I'd feel wearing something designed by the twins, but I do like what I've seen. Not the prices, but that jacket is pretty and Selma looks smoking in those pants!

 

[it-boy's nature]

okay.........that is indeed worth a second glance.(for reasons not worthy of ridicule) fortunately for her

 

[morgan38]

and to be honest, olsen twins have pretty good taste. esp for their age.

and 150 for a t-shirt really isnt too bad.

HUH?! I think that paying that money for a t-shirt is crazy to begin with, especially from two teenagers with almost no experience and barely any education.

I think I have pretty good taste too, but I wouldn't expect anyone to pay 150 dollars for anything I designed.

 

[leyla m.]

morgan,
working as a buyer for high end fashion i must agree that 150$ retail for a tee isnt much at all (that will be around 60$ approx lets say).. and i am assuming they are targeting the more exclusive side of fashion this time regardless of what they've done previously.
at 150$ a tee i dont even see it next to the demicouture brands like david szeto, giles etc but more marc by marc, see by chloé etc..
would be interesting to see where there are placed in barneys

 

[I Love NY]

I can't wait to see more pics of the line - I think the couture techniques mentioned in Vogue sounded great!

Also, there was an article in Harper's Bazaar a while ago about how young It girls are now the fashion icons - so I think the line will have appeal to older people in 20s and 30s who are after investment quality clothing and not just wanting to idolise a celebrity.

 

[MJCouture]

Leyla... In regards to where they decided to put them in Barney's, they for some reason made (what I feel) is the really bad choice of putting them on the non-designer knitwear/lingerie floor. I think it should have been merchandised with co-op (ie: marc by marc, like you said), considering the youth appeal. The problem is that $150 is really the bottom end for the line, most of the tees that are longer or more complicated in design go for $300-$500, which is too high for Co-Op.

 

[leyla m.]

thanks MJ for the quick response

 

[pout306]

has anyone seen the line yet..im so anxious..

 

[wyatt.]

i completely agree with cloud 9
even though the celebrity design lines are inappropriate for the industry on the whole, the olsen's line seems fairly simple and not striving to make radical fashions. they love the clothes of everyone else, this just seems like great filler.

 

[mustard]

im loving their stuff...what ive seen of it so far anyway...i cant wait to see more

 

[Meg]

those pants look great on Selma and will look good on the rest of young hollywood but they are very 'now' and I can't see them looking good on too many people. Satin and super skinny.