92nd Street Y fashion panel discussion, nyc
Glamour’s Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive, The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan, Ashley Olsen, and Isaac Mizrahi got together to dicuss "Michelle Obama, Ralph Lauren's ad scandal, fast fashion and the fate of platform heels."
On Michelle Obama and the "first lady effect", Robin Givhan noted, "she is setting an example for women over thirty with busy careers and families who feel disenfranchised from fashion."
On spending money on high fashion during a global recession Mizrahi noted, "No one ever says spending thousands of dollars on season tickets for football is a waste of money, but spending $5000 on a dress…” to which Isaac almost jumped out of his chair in agreement."
Ashley Olsen on celebrity fashion lines... Most celebrities create fashion lines for the wrong reason, while she and her sister Mary-Kate are not doing it for publicity but for their genuine love of creative freedom that their lines The Row and Elizabeth and James afford them. “Most get involved to have a licensing partner and build their personal brand, you have to want it. I never wanted to be an actress [when I grew up] so I’m not coming at it from a ‘celebrity’ stand point,” before repeating that this is her career, that she loves fashion.
An audience member asked what she’d tell a young girl who wanted to look stylish on a tight budget and the Olsen answered, “Vintage.”
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