Could Ashley Olsen Ever “Quit” Fashion?
Posted by: Leonora Epstein
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style
3:30PM, Tuesday August 25th 2009
Are the Olsens experiencing “fashion fatigue”? Yesterday, we saw how Mary-Kate has been looking more hobo than boho. Now Ashley, the more serious style maven of the two, admits she may be looking to leave the fashion world and her luxury line, The Row. According to HollyScoop.com, Ashley recently stated:
“(In the fashion world) everyone is just really looking out for themselves. I don’t know if I’ll be designing this collection forever. A couple of years from now, I’m sure I’ll want to do something else, and I’m not going to shy away from that. What if I just want to be an artist, or if I want to go back to acting? Which is not in the cards, but what if I wanted to do that?”
Sounds to us like Ashley may just be a bit worn down, and we don’t blame her! (Managing a clothing label, all the other Olsen properties, and heaving around a venti Starbucks latte 24/7 must be exhausting.) But let’s face facts—even if Ashley were to “leave” fashion, she’d have to fall off the face of the earth. Ashley is already too great a style icon to stop influencing trends, even if she stops producing the clothes you can buy to rock those trends. [Wait, do you guys consider Ashley a “style icon”? Personally, I do not, but maybe that’s just me?—Editor] [HollyScoop.com]
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OhAshluv
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 03:00 pm: [report]
Quite honestly, i start to break a glow,and by glow i mean sweating across my face and underarms(it’s a sad sight!), when i tote around a grande starbucks chai tea,soo i can only imagine the strain for poor ashley to haul a venti around. but All mean wit aside, she’s a cute girl,doin great for herself, especially at her age but… i had no idea she even had a clothing label. So ‘style icon’..nope, not even close..just another star in clothes like the rest of us.
Lynn
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 04:59 pm: [report]
I don’t know how to tell them apart, but I do know that they are featured in fashion mags a lot so even though I don’t personally look to the Olsens for guidance, I would consider them style “influencers”...I don’t know if they’ve reached “icon” status yet though. I do think that they will keep showing up in mags for at least a couple years after leaving the fashion industry.
But also - if I were her employee, I’d probably be pissed that she pretty much planned to end the company because she wasn’t feeling it anymore. After she quits, is there even a company left? I’m not saying she shouldn’t be able to do whatever she wants, but maybe don’t go around telling the whole world that if it’s something that could wreck her employee’s lives.