The Row Resort 2010

[Thefrenchy]

Surely it is a sign of how far Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen’s label has come that we can refer to something as “very The Row”. Leather leggings? Very The Row. A shrunken yet masculine blazer with pushed up sleeves—the boyfriend jacket, if your boyfriend happened to be 5’ 3. Yes, that too is very The Row. And a soft, oversized tank that can be worn with everything from slouchy pajama pants to floor sweeping skirts? Very, very The Row. So, with a If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It mindset, the resort offering by the Olsens continues what they’ve always done: classic pieces (men’s shirts, pencil skirts, tuxedos) crucially reworked with their knowing sense of exactly what proportional adjustments need to be made to make them look cool and new. Also, rather cleverly, they’ve included in this collection everything from a cashmere cocoon coat for bundling up in the dead of winter to a chic lightweight wrap dress (that’s the one you see here) in a technologically advanced Japanese polyester that will work in high summer. The idea that resort need only be about hot clime clothes—regardless of where they’re worn, be it beach or city—feels a little outdated these days. Now, with women increasingly wanting to buy clothes that match the weather, you’ll be able to find a new coat when the weather turns bad, and not have to trawl the sales to find one—or buy one in July and have to watch it sit in your closet for four or five months before you can wear it.
—Mark Holgate

STYLE.COM

 

[Deleted member 7575]

I would actually say that A.Wang's stuff is a bit derivative of The Row. It's essentially the minimalist wardrobe for the downtown girl, she goes to Lit, she went to Beatrice, she hangs out with Terence Koh and European heirs. What they do is simple but they do it really well.

I saw the model at a party last week, I was too drunk and gushed to her how beautiful she was. She was very sweet about it.