Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen launched their new luxury handbag line for their brand The Row with a preview event at Barneys and an exclusive dinner at soon-to-open Upper East Side restaurant Crown.

The Olsens’ line is made from exotic materials including crocodile and python and range from $2,800 to $40,000, but guests received more moderately priced leather mirror cases. Mary-Kate left a little early because she was double-booked hosting another event. Crown, founded by the team behind The Lion, will open in September.

 

The rapper and the tiny twin were spotted by sources making out at West’s 34th birthday at SubMercer early Thursday morning at 2 a.m. — part of a busy week of scenemaking and modelizing by the superstar.

Insiders say West had asked Olsen to attend his birthday party at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards dinner Monday. But after the dinner, spies at the Mercer Hotel, where West is living while his SoHo apartment is being renovated, spotted him dining with leggy Victoria’s Secret model Chanel Iman.

West has been keeping himself active with the ladies. He was spotted flirting with another Victoria’s Secret model, Kate Upton, in April, and then was seen smooching a blonde at his hotel during the Cannes Film Festival. And he was recently linked to Miss Universe Albania 2010 Angela Martini, who was noticeably missing from the birthday bash that was attended by Jay-Z, John Legend and Maxwell Born.

On Thursday night, West kept fans — and Jay-Z — waiting three hours before he hit the stage at Skylight One Hanson in Brooklyn. Jay cooled his heels for hours in a car outside the packed art deco venue. Sources said he was waiting for West to start the gig so that the duo could perform together. But Kanye, who’s known for making audiences wait, took too long and Jay-Z left.

Aziz Ansari introduced West at the Heineken Red Star Access event at the stroke of midnight. In shades, a backward ball cap and four gold chains, West opened the show with four tunes and then took turns performing with acts from his G.O.O.D Music label, including Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi and Kid Cudi.

Guests in the audience included Estelle, Russell Simmons, Tyson Beckford, Bobby Flay and Jessica White.

 



 

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen


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Mary-Kate Olsen doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to tabloid reports about her recent weight gain. Olsen was at the Jane Hotel this week for a birthday party thrown by novelist Danielle Steele’s daughter, Victoria Traina, “chain-smoking and throwing back shots,” said a source. “She looked like she was having a good time.” Last week, Star magazine wrote a story about Olsen’s healthy weight gain, saying, “Bye-bye billion-dollar looks, hello bloat.”

(source)

 





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