Posted March 30, 201015 yr Madonna teams with daughter Lola on fashion line When Madonna needed inspiration for her latest fashion collection, she didn't have to look far. The pop icon teamed up with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes to create Material Girl, an affordable juniors' clothing line that debuts at Macy's this fall. This is not Madonna's first foray into designing. In 2007, she teamed up with H&M to create a limited edition collection, M by Madonna. This time around, her venture into fashion will be long-lasting: She has launched a new company called MG ICON which, in addition to producing the juniors' line, will also put out other collections including eyewear. The Material Girl collection includes jeans, shoes, fingerless gloves, necklaces and other accessories. Many of the pieces are inspired by Madonna and her daughter's dance roots. Madonna recently spoke about Material Girl, her relationship with Lourdes (nicknamed Lola) and her fashion risks and regrets. AP: Why did you want to do a juniors' line? Madonna: Lola has been bothering me for ages about designing clothes. Stella McCartney is a good friend of mine and she got her mind thinking when Lola was a little girl, about 8 years old. She started giving Lola fabrics and inviting her into her showroom and asking her opinion on things, giving her sketch books and stuff like that. Stella always pushed her. I have a lot of friends who are clothing designers whether it is Gaultier or Dolce and Gabbana. (Lola) has been around all of the shoots I have done and all of the campaigns I have done. She is always hanging out backstage. The last two tours I have done, she has been working in the wardrobe department. On this last tour she dressed all of the dancers. AP: What has Lola taught you about fashion? Madonna: I am boring basically. She reminds me of me when I was younger. She just goes for it and tries different things. It doesn't look like she thought too much about it. That is how I used to be, but after years and years of everybody commenting on the way I look and dress and being photographed, one starts to become self-conscious and starts to plan things more. You end up judging yourself more, what looks good and what doesn't. AP: What has it been like to work with your daughter? Madonna: It is good because she does have good taste in fashion. I respect her taste and I rarely disagree with her. AP: Was part of you hesitant about Lola designing this line as she would be thrust into the spotlight? Madonna: That is why I am here talking about the line and she is not. Eventually I will let her. I feel like she needs to get into high school and focus on her studies, her lessons. She got into the high school of the performing arts. She has a lot of work to do. I don't want her to be distracted. She will eventually be able to talk about it. I am going to be happy when she does because she can speak much more clearly in and in a more informed way than I can about a line she is ultimately designing. I just stand in the background and go, "That's cool. That's not cool." AP: The clothing is affordable. Why was it important to you to keep the price low? Madonna: When I was 13 years old, I couldn't afford designer clothes. I couldn't afford expensive clothing. When I designed a line of clothes for H&M, that was one of the things I liked so much about it, that it was really affordable. I think that is one of the nice things about it, that you can make nice clothes at affordable prices. AP: You are known as being a fashion risk taker. Do you ever look back and wonder, "What was I thinking?" Madonna: Yeah. I would rather not point them out. I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick. Clothing-wise, I am happy about the way I dressed. AP: With your music career and with the girls' school you are building in Malawi, was part of you hesitant about taking on another project with this clothing line? Madonna: If Lola wasn't so completely involved in the line, designing, consulting, whatever you want to call it, I wouldn't do it. Really she does most of the work, honestly. AP: Who are Lola's fashion influences? Madonna: Lola spent most of her childhood growing up in England. According to her, she thinks people have more style in London, especially the boys. French boys in particular have very good style, according to Lola. I think she has been very influenced by European fashion. She is very influenced by the music she listens to, different bands she is in to. She has favorite models. She takes all kinds of dance classes. She is inspired by different items people wear as dancers whether it is a hip- hop class or a jazz class or ballet class. ... Of course she is inspired by my closet. My Christian Dior shoes will go missing and then some fabulous bag I won't be able to find or my skinny jeans, the only pair that fit me are gone. AP: Has working on this clothing line together bonded you in a different way? Madonna: I see her more as a creative person, as an artist and less as my daughter as we are working, and then every once and a while I remembered she is my daughter. From the interview by Alicia Quarles, AP Entertainment Writer via Yahoo! News. Edited June 30, 201114 yr by SweetCandy
April 1, 201015 yr Author From Madonna.com More About the 'Material Girl' Collection In Us Magazine. Make sure to pick a copy of this week’s Us Magazine (on newstands now in the USA) as Madonna talks exclusively to Ian Drew about the 'Material Girl' clothing that she and her daughter Lola are collaborating on for Fall. The fashion designs for juniors will be available exclusively at Macys and macys.com beginning in late July for back-to-school.
July 28, 201014 yr Author Madonna chats about her mother-daughter fashion venture Work-a-holic Madonna always has lots going on, so for the aptly-named Material Girl fashion line, which will be sold exclusively at Macy's starting Aug. 3, the singer turned to her 13-year-old daughter Lola for help with the designs, reports USA TODAY's Cindy Clark. 'Since I have a few careers going, I decided that I wasn't going to get into designing this line by myself,' says the 51-year-old singer. 'No question, Lola seemed the perfect choice. She is really doing most of the work. She shows me things and I go 'that's cool' or 'that's not cool.' We both go to business meetings. We exchange ideas, talk things out and even disagree about some things, though rarely.' Madonna also notes that her daughter has a 'unique' fashion sense and is 'much more adventurous than I am.' And while Madonna knows how to strike a pose, she got behind the lens to ensure model/actress Taylor Momsen looked just right. More from the Material Girl herself: On Macy's: 'Macy's seems like a perfect fit because they're so good at marketing, their stores are all over the place and their price range is accessible. And the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade passes right in front of my apartment every year so I feel especially sentimental since my kids and I get to watch it every year when we're in town.' On Lola's fashion sense: 'She's influenced by everything from bands she listens to, kids she sees in hip-hop and ballet classes and she's been to enough photo sessions, video shoots and seen me put my tours together to have developed a great eye. She's also worked in the wardrobe department on some of my tours. I love the way she puts different things together that are sometimes unexpected. She's the fashion police at our house and has a point of view on what everyone is wearing. I'm not saying we agree on everything but we enjoy collaborating together.' On the new line: 'I didn't approach the Material Girl line to make up for something missing from the retail landscape. But I do think the Material Girl line gives young girls an opportunity to express themselves creatively and have fun putting outfits together depending on the occasion or their mood.' From USATODAY.com
August 21, 201014 yr Author Madonna being sued for naming her Macy's line ''Material Girl'' Here's New York Magazine's smart take on the news of the "Material Girl" lawsuit: Maybe there's no point in being the Material Girl if the material you create for girls 25 years after you become the Material Girl can't bear that label. L.A. Triumph Inc. is suing Madonna for trademark infringement, claiming they have been marketing and making millions off their own Material Girl clothing line since 1997. The company wants authorities to officially decide that Madonna's new Macy's juniors' Material Girl line is deceiving, and that Madonna must give them all profits from the Macy's line. This sounds like creative legalese that Madonna can probably buy her way out of since she is the Material Girl. But if she has to change the name of the Macy's line, "Like a Virgin" is equally iconic and, the clothes being targeted to 14-year-olds, much funnier. From nymag.com.
January 23, 201114 yr Author Kelly Osbourne is RUMORED to be the new face of the Material Girl line after Taylor's contract was not re-newed.
February 25, 201114 yr Author The first pics from the new Material Girl shoot with Kelly Osbourne (I wonder what Sharon thinks of this). http://www.madonnalicious.com/images/extra/2011/materialgirl_kellyosbourne_advert_news.jpg
February 27, 201114 yr Author Kelly Osbourne: 'Madonna is a great mum' Kelly Osbourne has declared that Madonna has done a 'fantastic' job raising her 14-year-old daughter Lourdes 'Lola' Leon. Osbourne, who is modelling for Madonna and Lourdes's Material Girl clothing line, told Access Hollywood that she has developed an admiration for the 'Celebration' singer's parenting skills. 'I've always been a huge, huge, huge fan of Madonna, but it completely changed my whole opinion of her - made me like her even more once I met Lola because she's done a fantastic job with her,' she said. The star, who scored a UK top five hit with a cover of Madonna's 'Papa Don't Preach' in 2002, further explained that it's a true honour to have been chosen to pose for a Material Girl photoshoot. 'To have it come full circle - now I'm actually doing something with her and her daughter - it's just kind of like....ahhh,' she beamed. 'I'm just still in a little bit of shock that I'm even actually doing this and going through emotions, having a great time hanging out with Lola in between shots and putting the outfits together. It's so much fun. This is like a girl's dream.' From Digital Spy
March 7, 201114 yr Author Latest pictures to be released behind the scenes: http://www.madonnalicious.com/images/extra/2011/materialgirl_behindthescenes1news.jpg http://www.madonnalicious.com/images/extra/2011/materialgirl_behindthescenes2news.jpg
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March 18, 201114 yr Author Kelly Osbourne talks about the MG line again: http://www.madonnalicious.com/images/extra/2011/closer_050311_news.jpg
June 30, 201114 yr Author Madonna’s Material Girl Collection – Fall 2011 Madonna and her daughter Lola are back with the Fall 2011 marketing campaign for their junior brand “Material Girl.” Joining in on the fun for a second season is rock royalty, actress and television personality Kelly Osbourne. “We have both enjoyed working with Kelly and are thrilled to have her on board for the launch of the Fall 2011 collection,” commented Madonna and her daughter Lola. Representing the quintessential New York City scene, Osbourne is seen being photographed in Times Square, Rockefeller Plaza, Soho, the West Village, Little Italy, Chinatown and includes backgrounds such as the world famous Empire State building and Osbourne on top of a double-decker tourist bus riding down Fifth Avenue. The campaign will debut in September issues of fashion and lifestyle magazines such as PEOPLE StyleWatch, Nylon, Seventeen, Teen Vogue and Cosmopolitan as well as online, outdoor and in Macy’s. “I love being part of a brand for girls and having the opportunity to work with Lola who has an amazing fashion instinct. Added to that is the fact that Madonna has been a big influence on my style over the years,” stated Kelly Osbourne. Osbourne will make personal appearances on behalf of Material Girl at Macy’s. To stay up to date with the latest news follow @MaterialGirlCol, hash tag #MGNYC and become a fan at facebook.com/materialgirlcollection http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-fall-2011-01-l.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-fall-2011-02.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-fall-2011-03.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-fall-2011-04.jpg
June 30, 201114 yr Author Behind The Scenes http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-01-l.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-02.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-03.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-04.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-05.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-06.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-07.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-08.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-09.jpg http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/11-06-29-madonna-material-girl-behind-the-scenes-10.jpg
July 3, 201114 yr Author Back to school range coming soon http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RZkhNwNwM.9tTlcVT8ZIyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD02MTI7cT04NTt3PTQ1OQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/ad.b7cff132510.original.jpg
