Mary Kate Olsen Backpack: Is This The Beginning Of A Trend? (PHOTO, POLL)

Mary-Kate Olsen is also on the "Bring Back The Backpack" train (otherwise known as our mission to save the backs and shoulders of every laptop-carrying person everywhere), toting a Pendleton leather and fabric sack to the grand opening celebration of Otarian, the planet's most sustainable restaurant, in NYC on Wednesday night. Her embroidered jacket is by Dries Van Noten.

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Comments

[sweetwhine]

06:13 PM on 04/19/2010

Beautiful backpack.

[sandwalker]

03:13 PM on 04/18/2010

Being in the public eye since being in diapers i wonder if anyone can not have a tainted perception of anything Oh your too skinny !!! too fat !!! too this too that !!! And to when you just do what you feel like doing because you feel like it !!! I would think that you can not please everyone so why even try !!! Not looking like a million bucks must be an added change of pace even though you may be worth it many times over !!! Good for her not being another Paris Hilton clone !!! Would take low maitenance anytime !!! an im sure when she may want to settle down someone just as real may make the perfect fit Then again noone is perfect Even in the public eye

[KIVPossum]

04:15 AM on 04/17/2010

Backpack's nice
Outfit is ugly
Girl is vapid

[mad mary]

09:35 PM on 04/16/2010

those are totally coming back. sorry.

[henrypapillon]

07:52 PM on 04/16/2010

I noticed that Mary Kate seems to be getting Old Woman's Eyebrows(bristly and dark) like she is getting old. She's pretty young for that , but it could be brought on by the anorexia. That can just ravage a system.

[CATNIP1]

10:34 PM on 04/16/2010

Her brows match her hair roots. This woman just shows, even with money, she has no taste. She always dresses a little on the sloopy side.

[johnnygoodwud]

06:07 PM on 04/16/2010

she was just trying to sneak her sister in,,,,,,,,,,,,,who's in the pack

[Igor13]

05:45 PM on 04/16/2010

She keeps just enough sand in the backpack so on windy days she doesn't blow away.

[henrypapillon]

07:54 PM on 04/16/2010

I'd fan you if I hadn't already.That's something like my dad would have said, only in just a bit coarser language.

[Igor13]

08:28 PM on 04/16/2010

Believe me , I tried. They got it out for me tonight.

[henrypapillon]

04:08 PM on 04/16/2010

These girls used to be cute , now they look harsh and old.

[JoeGdr]

06:43 PM on 04/16/2010

It's not so much the girls themselves, though. It's more the old woman clothes they always drape over themselves.

[GravitonX]

06:25 AM on 04/16/2010

She got dressed in a rush...backpack is open and one earring. Give her a break. Betcha she's got mismatched shoes too;)

[tanx8]

07:04 AM on 04/16/2010

I think it was all intentional. Because lazy hobo equates to stylish now.

[feyangel]

04:36 AM on 04/16/2010

Also intersting-- I think she is only wearing one earring.

[henrypapillon]

07:54 PM on 04/16/2010

(Pirate)

[feyangel]

04:35 AM on 04/16/2010

It's actually an ugly backpack and isn't in a fabric that goes well with the rest of the look. A different style of backpack made from a different material would look kinda cool with the outfit. The jacket is awesome-- and overall she looks fine. I am sure she doesn't care what we think. I wouldn't if I had as much money as she does.

[MsJoanne]

11:24 PM on 04/15/2010

She's wearing a foot around her neck and you're talking about a backpack? Ok, whatEV. I think her backpack was one of the best elements of this look.

[mlaiuppa]

10:36 PM on 04/15/2010

That has got to be the hands down worst thing I've ever seen.

This not high school. Why do you need to pack luggage to an event?

If you're going to wear all of your worldly possessions in luggage on your back, why bother to dress up?

Hire someone to schlep your stuff and stand off camera.

You have money. HIre someone to do your hair.

[nwfurn]

09:57 PM on 04/15/2010

What is it with these Olsen twins? They are rich and were once in a really stupid series when they were little children. They always look sloppy and a bit trashy as adults. Why would that offer any redeeming value to anything? Talk about lowering the bar. Raise the bar with some talent, beauty and courage and I might be interested. Until then.......Who cares for the crap they peddle!

[faith2hope]

03:21 PM on 04/15/2010

Is her backpack a hit or miss. How about the make-up and the hair and the thick wild eyebrows? Now that's a hit or miss question and in this photo they are all a miss.

What happen to the day that woman looked polished, female and clean? Lately it looks as if people just rolled out of bed, put on the first thing their hands touched and called it fashion and style. I'll say this I've seen her look worse so I guess this polished for her.

[FPhoebe]

04:19 PM on 04/15/2010

What's wrong with thick eyebrows?

[rdiaz921]

07:08 PM on 04/15/2010

what with the puckered cheeks

[henrypapillon]

07:59 PM on 04/16/2010

Nothing, if you're Leonid Breshnev, John L. Lewis, or Andy Rooney. Of course, all are men, and 2 out of 3 of those are dead.But, really, in certain cases long bushy unruly eyebrows are an asset.

[carester]

07:39 PM on 04/15/2010

Although I love bold eyebrows (look at my avatar picture), I have to admit that I'm not totally sold with Mary Kate's. I think that bold eyebrows go very, very well with big facial features. For example, I'm Lebanese descedent, so I grow natural big eyebrows which I've realized go well with my "Middle Eastern" facial features, big eyes, nose, lips, face overall, dark black hair and light/fair skin. Once upon a time when I used to pluck my eyebrows, I don't think that my face looked as "exotic" as it does now. Plucking my eyebrows make my face kind of average, non-middle-eastern; however, leaving my eyebrows bold seems to bring out my "exotic" side. I think that maybe, just maybe, in Mary Kate's case, being the tiny girl she is, these style kind of overwhelms her face.

P.S: I'm 5'6 and Mary Kate is between 5 and 5'2.