Olsens Go Mass-Market; Mary J. Blige Opens Charity Center With Gucci
- The Olsen twins are launching a new juniors' collection for JC Penney, home of the brands Kimora Lee Simmons, Bisou Bisou, and Charlotte Ronson. It'll be called Olsenboye and is expected in stores this spring. [The Cut]
Fashion Designers Continue To Be Full Of Political Opinions
- Only one more day of having to listen to designers opine about politics! Marc Jacobs' L.A. windows are "set up with the Republicans menacingly on one side (with a particularly freaky-looking W) and brightly dressed Obama voters/supporters on the other. There's also a gun-toting Palin with a letter posted next to her…
Olsen Twins, Women Of Letters
- Literary sensations Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen premiere their first book, Influence. '"Ashley and Mary-Kate take readers on a journey through their celebrated young lives, pausing to reflect on what has helped shape them into who they are today," the book's publisher said in a statement. "They interviewed 20 people…
D-A-W-G of the week award
It's not like us to take sides with a Spice Girl or even really care what they think. But we will draw the line with the recent mistreatment of five-month preggers Scary Spice. We haven't seen a pregnant sister treated so poorly since Billy Crudup left 7-month pregnant Mary Louise Parker for a much younger Claire…

