Last night, at Barneys’ launch party for The Row handbags, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen showed up armed with their own designs in matching aqua crocodile—and their go-to coiffeur, Mark Townsend. The sisters, who are blonder than usual for summer, wore similar hairstyles as well—long and languid, with identical middle parts. But there was one distinct [...]

We’re waiting on a few key invites, but we’d say 60 percent of our backstage show schedule is already confirmed—and there are some noteworthy developments. Topping the list is news that The Row has signed up none other than Tom Pecheux and MAC for its September 14 show, replacing Lancôme, which sponsored the Olsens’ runway [...]

Extreme heat and hair have long had a troubled relationship. And this summer’s brutal temperatures have proved to be a challenge to even the most agreeable tresses. So, why fight nature’s course—particularly when there are a plethora of enticing, upwardly mobile summer styles to test- drive? Here, our favorite runway and red-carpet updos for defying [...]

Marc Jacobs is getting back into the men’s fragrance world with Bang, a labor of love for which the designer serves as the campaign face—and naked, greased-down body. This marks the first time Jacobs has posed in his own advertising visuals, and is just one of many new beginnings that he reportedly has in the [...]

What is it about the incipient summer that spawns a desire for piece-y, languid waves? For us, it’s memories of beach hair past and pictures like these that make us recall how great it feels to eschew the blow-dryer and the smoothing creams in favor of salt sprays, texturizers, and plain old air-drying. Last night, [...]

If you see Mary-Kate Olsen in this column a lot, it’s because she thinks outside the box—plain and simple. Take last night’s opening of Otarian, the Planet’s Most Sustainable Restaurant, in New York. MK eschewed classic milkmaid braids (which, for the record, she’s totally owned in the past) for a new adaptation of the style [...]

In a move that was equal parts Prada pigtails circa Spring 2010 and Givenchy’s Fall 2010 low-lying ribbon-tied ponytail, Mary-Kate Olsen put her own spin on runway-ready hair this weekend at the opening of Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway. The actress-cum-fashion designer wore a single pigtail held in place by a piece of [...]

Despite last season’s brow heroics, in which blocked-out arches and fuller-framed styles made repeat catwalk appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, we haven’t seen much of either look in New York this week. Until yesterday, that is, when both Narciso Rodriguez and The Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen decided to put the focus back [...]

The Olsens offered us so many runway-to-reality talking points at MoMA’s Second Annual Film Benefit honoring Tim Burton last night that we’re not quite sure where to begin. Shall we start with Ashley’s subtle, pastel hair streaks à la Proenza Schouler, or should we dive right in and applaud Mary-Kate’s two-toned berry lip, as seen [...]

To properly christen the extensive redesign of its 59th Street store’s main-floor cosmetics area, Bloomingdale’s has lined up an impressive roster of in-store events. As previously discussed, the Dick Page for Shiseido PA is on for Wednesday, but today, it’s all about Bumble and Bumble. The downtown mainstay has set up its first-ever Styling Bar [...]