Mandy Moore Getting Out of the Clothing Business
My colleague Jared Paul Stern mentioned the other day that many celebrity clothing lines are in trouble. Now another celebrity may be voluntarily choosing to shut down her line.
Mandy Moore is said to be closing down Mblem, the casual clothing line she launched in 2005. She has said she wants to concentrate on her music career. She hasn't completely ruled out coming back in the future but told WWD that if she were to go back in to the into the fashion business it would have to be "a great partnership that could represent a true reflection of me and my ideas and you know that wasn't happening." Moore's modestly priced pieces have also been worn by other members of young Hollywood including Vanessa Hudgens and Sophia Bush.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
shieldsbrown Feb 11th 2009 11:31AM
Exploitative cheap t-shirt and jeans factories everywhere weep.
ei Feb 11th 2009 2:24PM
i work retail and we seel kristin davis clothes, shoes, purses and jewelry i can tell you it is all crap. very cheaply made,poor quality materials, and very over priced. it is a flash in the pan for her she will stop selling soon and should she should be ashamed of scamming the public with her garbabge she trys to pass as quality
patricia Feb 11th 2009 3:24PM
who..really gives a rats ass...
JEANNIE Feb 11th 2009 3:55PM
WHO IS SHE? NO ONE EVER HEARD OF HER OR THE CLOTHING ANY HOW.
MUSIC? WHAT MUSIC? NONE OF US IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY EVER HEARD OF HER.
Ed Feb 11th 2009 7:03PM
Jeannie is in the music business and she never heard of Mandy Moore?
Jeannie must be a clerk in the music department at Kmart.
bre Feb 11th 2009 3:52PM
what does it mean to give a rats ass? it doesnt make sense to me...
Katie Feb 11th 2009 5:07PM
Yeah Jeannie, I'm sure you are in the music industry.....
Susan Feb 11th 2009 4:54PM
Who? for pretty much everyone named herein.
Kell Feb 11th 2009 5:58PM
She had a clothing line?
tina Feb 12th 2009 1:39AM
Not to give a "rat's ass" means you dont give a damn about the situation and the reason they say "rat's ass" is because rat's are ginnuea pigs that we test things on before humans use or consume.
tj Feb 11th 2009 7:25PM
I would love to purchase clothing made in the USA. I am not crazy about the styles we have to purchase these days. The fabrics are cheap and I think about all those poor souls having to work in those sweat shops. I am not knocking them as they do what they have to do but dang...when is the last time you purchased any clothing made here.
Yes! I would love a real good fitting American made style.
Rosie Feb 11th 2009 9:18PM
I really wish the clothing people would make clothes with roomy sleeves on long sleeved tops. In the past couple years, the sleeves are made just to fit your arm, and this is quite uncomfortable. By the way, Kmart sells Mandy Moore CD's!
vivianjohnsonn Feb 11th 2009 8:04PM
personally it does matter about her line all i have to say to some of these clothing line is their clothes are ugly an they want you to pay to rock 1 i can think of is beyonce line is ugly it is nothing like what shr would wear casually but baby phat that womans got it down beyonce bounce your line martha stewart is better an i dont even like martha's crap but if i had a choice i would pick her's over yours.
Cristy Feb 11th 2009 9:40PM
Oh, boo-hoo. A celebrity isn't going to be making a bundle off of cheap clothes made by kids in sweatshops all over the world. I do not feel sorry for any of these self-important fools that tried to make money on crap that has their name slapped on it. Its about time we spent the money on more important things instead of supporting their lifestyles!
jeanne Feb 11th 2009 10:33PM
JEANNIE"? WATCH THE MOVIE; 'A WALK TO REMEMBER' a tear jurker, good movie tho
Sarah Feb 12th 2009 11:32PM
"Saved" was also a great movie and I dont care what anyone thinks but "because I said so" is one of the best girly movies of the past few years. I also didnt know she had a clothing line.
Mario Feb 12th 2009 1:13AM
Who gives a shit? These women mean nothing to me in life! Good riddance, as I see it!
Natty Feb 12th 2009 1:59AM
poor rats. They are so cute!
angela Feb 12th 2009 3:57AM
every celeb under the sun all of the sudden thinks they can design, they are totally unoriginal, untalented and boring leaches. They slap their pathetic name on somebody elses work and try to make more money for them selves. they are such prostitutes, a real actress wouldnt bother with a "purse LINE"
Pastel Feb 12th 2009 6:40AM
I view celebrity clothing with doubt. Purchased thru mail order, a celeb-designed superbowl winner T shirt in a Misses Large - I am a Misses Medium, but I purchased a large because I had suspicion that it would run small and perhaps shrink as it was 100% cotton. The large sized T was too tight for me, despite me purchasing the Large, and it fit my size-6 SIL perfectly. It appears that this celebrity's stuff was marked with sizes (S, M, L & XL) but it was all only one size "Small" - just like her. It cost about $45 and I returned it immediately. When I complained to the online merchant about the sizing problem, the merchant "flipped the script" and nastily told me that perhaps I wasn't a size large, maybe I am really an XL because they "know" that the item is sized properly. I will never purchase anything that a celebrity designed ever again. The quality just isn't there. Everyone involved is only captializing on the celeb's name