What do Lizzie, Gwynnie, and Glenn Close all have on their behinds? Alice + Olivia pants, of course. Upon leaving jail, Lizzie promptly traded in her stripes for a size 0-pair of trousers. “It’s literally the only pant I wear,” she swears.

But who are Alice + Olivia? The label is the brainchild of twentysomethings Rebecca Winn and Stacey Bendet Wiener; A + O are their moms—who must be very proud to know their girls’ new jeans (Lizzie has ’em in pink and white) are now cleaning up at Bergdorf Goodman and Scoop for a sizzling $198.

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