Launched in 2008 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles 'Holmes & Yang' is a fashion line collaboration Hollywood stylist between Jeanne Yang and A-list Actress Katie Holmes.

Since her debut as Joey Potter in the 1990's hit teen drama Dawson's Creek, Katie Holmes is no stranger to the fashion world with FHM Magazine regularly voting her one of the sexiest women in the world.

In early 2005 People Magazine voted her one of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" and said "she was one of the ten best dressed stars of the year." The naturally statuesque Katie took her place as a international fashion icon in 2008 as the new face of Prada's spring 2009 campaign for head designer Miuccia Prada's newest line, Miu Miu.


Taking the advice of her close friend and fashion maven Heidi Klum, of Project Runway fame, who told her to invest in the fashion world, Katie partnered with long time stylist Jeanne Yang to create a line that reflected her love of luxury and fashion. Together they collaborated to create Holmes & Yang, a high fashion line.

Holmes & Yang, A Collection

Holmes & Yang as a collection has a color palette that revolves around cream, navy and black. It showcases Holmes's love of couture luxe shirts and trousers, hand textured silk jumpsuits, 1950's inspired leather motorcycle jackets and their signature silk-lined blazer. One of my personal favorites of the collection is a series of ruched strapless dresses that Katie has been known to wear on the Red Carpet.

"Everything's lined in silk, and we really spared no expense. I'm thrilled because the new line came out even better than I expected" says Yang.

Katie likes to talk about how she and Jeanne first bonded years ago over a pair of pants. She explains that her core design inspiration for the collection comes from how her daughter, Suri, puts together colors and layers.

Yang says that the whole collection has one key design element, it all "twirls."

The Inspiration Behind Holmes & Yang

The idea behind Holmes & Yang as a collection comes out of Holmes wearing other designer's creations down the red carpet and Yang's vast experience dressing celebrities for all occasions. Holmes & Yang as a line is based on classic fashion pieces with a modern twist that allow them to worn day or night.

Holmes & Yang is dedicated to quality of design, the detail paid to each article of clothing. The collection features classic design elements like the silk mesh in the dresses to create a fantastic silhouette, to the extra little detail of a seam down the back of the trousers that exposes the shoe inspired by the 1940s' silver screen starlets.

Katie states "I love Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn. So we went back and said "What was it about those pieces that made them memorable?' Was it the highlighted slim waist, or the hem of the skirt?' And when you go back you realize you were looking at the woman, not the clothes."

Yang points out that when you see a woman of style, you look at her, not what designer she is wearing.

Holmes says she hopes every woman can wear her line from "rock stars to heads of state" but she wants "to see moms, teachers in her clothing."

New York Fashion Week 2012

For the first time, Holmes & Yang will be featuring their whole fall 2012 collection at New York Fashion Week in September. The announcement comes after the actress has been spotted and photographed several times over the past year wearing her own creations. All this media attention has seen a significant lift in the sales of the line at Barney's.

The New York Times recently reported Robert Burke, a former Bergdorf Goodman executive who brought Holmes & Yang to the clothing chain in the UK as saying "The way she's getting photographed today, she's in a position to get more exposure for the line than ever before."

Fox News reports rumors that every fashion editor in Manhattan will be at the spring / summer 2012 Holmes & Yang show this September at New York Fashion Week. Katie's recent divorce from ex-husband Tom Cruise and the graceful manner she is handling it seems to be lending a positive light to her fashion line as well.

Celebrity style David Zyla says "This is a dream publicity opportunity for the label. The buyers will actually place their orders after the September show for delivery in February, so we will have a better idea of its success in the autumn/winter 2012-13 season. I predict a tremendous amount of interest in the collection at the retail level when it hits stores next February. The retail customer will pay the collection special notice, not only due to the styling but as art created by a role model who they respect for handling what would have been such a messy situation with such ease and poise."

The Next Generation

Suri Cruise, Katie's daughter by ex-husband Tom Cruise has been designing her clothing since she was two years old.

Katie likes to tell the story of how she went to the Met Fashion Ball a couple of years ago, and how she had a beautiful red gown and royal-blue shoes that she wasn't planning on wearing, but Suri made her wear them, according to an article by the New York Magazine.

Holmes, who recently moved to New York City and bases her fashion line, Holmes & Yang, out of Manhattan relies on her four year old daughter for style advice and passes all designs by Suri.