Material Girl Uses Her Daughter's Fashion Advice for a New Junior Clothing Line

Madonna's fashion empire is expanding to include a new junior clothing line, appropriately called, Material Girl.
Madonna spoke with The Associated Press about her new business venture with her fashion forward teenage daughter, Lourdes Leon.

In the interview with AP, Madonna discusses the inspiration behind the junior brand,

Lola (Madonna's nickname for Lourdes) has been bothering me for ages about designing clothes. Stella McCartney is a good friend of mine and she got her mind thinking when Lola was a little girl, about 8 years old. She started giving Lola fabrics and inviting her into her showroom and asking her opinion on things, giving her sketch books and stuff like that. Stella always pushed her. I have a lot of friends who are clothing designers whether it is Gaultier or Dolce and Gabbana. [Lola] has been around all of the shoots I have done and all of the campaigns I have done. She is always hanging out backstage. The last two tours I have done, she has been working in the wardrobe department. On this last tour she dressed all of the dancers.

Lourdes is no rookie in the fashion world, even Madonna's friends Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney take her style advice.

When asked how it was to work with her daughter, Madonna replies,

It is good because she does have good taste in fashion. I respect her taste and I rarely disagree with her.

Though Madonna is a fashion icon and wears only the highest end clothing, she wanted to make Material Girl affordable,

When I was 13 years old, I couldn't afford designer clothes. I couldn't afford expensive clothing. When I designed a line of clothes for H&M, that was one of the things I liked so much about it, that it was really affordable. I think that is one of the nice things about it, that you can make nice clothes at affordable prices.

You said it, M!

Lourdes is very involved in the line, from designing to consulting, so much of the line reflects her taste, which is influenced by European fashion, Madonna explains,

Lola spent most of her childhood growing up in England. According to her, she thinks people have more style in London, especially the boys. French boys in particular have very good style, according to Lola. I think she has been very influenced by European fashion. She is very influenced by the music she listens to, different bands she is in to. She has favorite models. She takes all kinds of dance classes. She is inspired by different items people wear as dancers whether it is a hip- hop class or a jazz class or ballet class. ... Of course she is inspired by my closet. My Christian Dior shoes will go missing and then some fabulous bag I won't be able to find or my skinny jeans, the only pair that fit me are gone.

Material Girl clothing will be available exclusively at Macy's this August!