Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have debuted their new fashion line, The Row, to a small group of fashion insiders including Carey Mulligan, Chloe Sevigny, Anna Wintour and Carine Roitfeld…
According to the AP…
The clothes were indeed quite serious — and sophisticated. The first model wore a simple black wrap coat that was belted and black trousers with flat gladiator sandals. Most of the collection was black, which has been the norm on many catwalks at New York Fashion Week.
Adding textural interest, though, has been a trick to making all the black more interesting — and the Olsens mastered it. An A-line carriage skirt in a croc pattern was worn with a slim shirt and a delicate spaghetti-strap camisole on top. Another look featured a buttery leather corset over a flowing, asymmetrical-hem dress.
The only other colors featured were a delicate winter white and an ocean blue.
PEOPLE – It makes for a nice movie scene – boyfriend pops question over romantic dinner in Paris while ring lies buried in a box of chocolates – but don’t be fooled by a supermarket tabloid story that wedding bells will soon ring for Mary-Kate Olsen. [Wait!Theres Tons More…]
PEOPLE – The Olsens serve up some stylish cocktails during Fashion’s Night Out in N.Y.C. Plus: Megan Fox, Penélope Cruz, Joe Jonas and more
From Star – After a string of failed romances, the Olsen twins have found love — but there’s no love lost between the ladies’ beaus. Mary-Kate has been dating NYC artist Nate Lowman for a year, while Ashley has been seeing actor Justin Bartha since May. One would think things in Olsen land would be peachy keen, but it’s not because Nate and Justin can’t stand each other. Although they’re dating twins, the guys are total opposites. National Treasure star Justin comes from a hard-working family, an insider tells Star, and he finds free-spirit Nate to be a flake. Meanwhile, Nate thinks Justin is stuck-up and dull. And when the sisters brought the fellas together for a double date last month, things were bumpy — to say the least. “All their discussions end up in arguments,” says the insider. “Justin and Nate just don’t see eye-to-eye on anything.”
From Webster is My Bitch – Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are supposedly not getting along again. Apparently it has something to do with Mary Kate being such a drunken whore and Ashley not being one.
“Ashley really wants to be a respected businesswoman and be taken seriously,” says the pal. “MK does too, but she hasn’t been willing to give up her lifestyle and act like an adult for their job.”
“She asked her sister to step back from her current responsibilities until she has her personal life together.” Instead, MK will focus on their more affordable line, Elizabeth and James, for which their roles were always less hands-on. “I just see myself more as a businessperson,” Ashley says. (Source)
On the other hand, Ashley kind of sounds like a huge tight-ass. Sometimes you forget that these girls are only twenty-two. Now is the time when you should be making mistakes. Go out! Have fun! Be suspiciously involved in the death of a beloved young actor! You know, kid stuff!
More of Mary Kate at Fashion Week since Ashley never goes anywhere and gets her picture taken because she stays in playing Sudoku all night or whatever:
NY POST – MARY-Kate and Ashley Olsen always complain they want more privacy – so why are they drawing so much attention to themselves on their quiet West Village block? Residents on West 13th Street are annoyed by the tiny twins’ “military presence.” One neighbor fumed to Page Six, “They are disruptive, intrusive and totally disrespectful.” In May, The Post’s Braden Keil reported the multimillionaires were renting two floors of a brownstone on West 13th for $12,000 a month. A source reported seeing the party princesses “piling out of their gas guzzlers in their little club outfits” in the wee hours.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse. One resident called the frail fashionistas “two spoiled brats” who “change the character of the neighborhood” by posting security guards outside. The goons have even rousted residents of the building from their perches on the brownstone’s stoop so the twins can climb the steps in privacy. A block resident told us two giant GMC Denali trucks are parked outside the townhouse every night, with hired muscle who keep the engines idling for hours at a time. “You would think there was a government operation going on,” the resident said.
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According to reports Mary-Kate Olsen, (who, according to Forbes, splits an estimated $40 million annual income with her sister Ashley) is “burning through her money,” says Us Weekly. The magazine says that M-K has been advised to cut down on “travel, jewelry, clothes and especially security.” That said, the magazine also includes the counter-opinion of an insider who claims things are fine. “She has been focusing so much on her career and business, there hasn’t been time to spend a lot of money,” the source says.
They’re letting Mary Kate Olsen off the hook?? It seemed like she knew something. The whole thing was really fishy. Did she or did she not give Heath Ledger the drugs that caused his overdose. I guess we’ll never know now.
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Federal prosecutors in New York have closed an investigation into the fatal prescription drug overdose of actor Heath Ledger without bringing charges, People magazine reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
The report, citing an unidentified law enforcement source, also said the U.S. Attorney’s Office will not enforce a subpoena issued in the case by a federal grand jury against actress Mary-Kate Olsen.
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Mary-Kate Olsen “had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger’s home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them,” her attorney, Michael C. Miller, tells Usmagazine.com. The New York Post reported Monday that Olsen, 22, is refusing to talk to federal investigators about Ledger’s death until she is granted immunity from prosecution.
Olsen’s attorney tells Us: “Regarding the Government’s investigation, at Ms. Olsen’s request, we have provided the Government with relevant information including facts in the chronology of events surrounding Mr. Ledger’s death and the fact that Ms. Olsen does not know the source of the drugs Mr. Ledger consumed.”
Miller adds: “We don’t know the source of the information being quoted in the media regarding the Government’s inquiry, but these descriptions are incomplete and inaccurate.” The masseuse who found Ledger’s body in January first called Olsen, 22, before contacting police. The Dark Knight star, 28, had died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and OxyContin.
See a photo retrospective of Heath Ledger’s life.
Olsen could face a grand-jury subpoena to testify, according to the Post. Investigators have already spoken to Ledger’s ex Michelle Williams, the masseuse, bodyguards, housekeepers and associates, the newspaper reports. “Everyone has been very eager to help, saying what a great guy Heath Ledger was, everyone except Mary-Kate, who has refused to speak,” a source told the Post.
Unlike inquiry into Ledger’s death by the New York Police Department, which was completed with Olsen’s cooperation, federal investigators are seeking information from the actress about where he got his drugs and medicines.
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MARY-KATE OLSEN has reportedly refused to be interviewed over the accidental drug death of her close friend HEATH LEDGER – unless she receives immunity from prosecution. Federal agents are keen to speak to Olsen – who was romantically linked to the tragic actor at the time of his death in January (08) – because she was the first person called after her masseuse discovered Ledger’s body in his New York apartment.
According to the New York Post, Olsen “has refused to speak” and her lawyer, Michael Miller, reportedly claims she won’t be interviewed “unless she gets immunity, exercising her constitutional rights”.
Miller tells the publication, “We are not going to comment on whether there is a criminal investigation.”
