The RHOP Ladies Have Feelings About Ashley and Gizelle’s GnA Fashion Show: “What is This?”
The Real Housewives of Potomac ladies have some thoughts about the athleisure line.
The Real Housewives of Potomac's Ashley Darby and Gizelle Bryant have been hard at work to launch their athleisure brand, GnA.
RHOP Season 8 has shown the two single mothers busy working on their labor of love, picking out the right fabrics, shapes, and styles that will appeal to their average buyer. "Gizelle and I decided to come up with our athleisure line, because we feel like athleisure ties into something that I'm passionate about, which is physical fitness and feeling good and looking good," Ashley explained during a confessional in Season 8 Episode 11.
The line, GnA, which stands for Gizelle 'n' Ashley, is finally ready to have its big debut. But, the rest of their RHOP cast members have some thoughts about it.
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The Real Housewives of Potomac cast's reaction to GnA
In a preview for the RHOP Season 8 finale, airing on Sunday, March 24, Gizelle and Ashley invited the ladies to the GnA fashion show, and they had some thoughts about the different looks, as seen in the video above.
One model can be seen wearing a pink bodysuit with a shiny silver trench coat on top, while another model rocked a GnA branded crop top and leggings, paired with high heels, which cast member, Karen Huger, had some thoughts about. "This is gym clothes!" Karen exclaimed.
"All the stuff was cut out and cute, but I think they're missing the mark," Karen said during a confessional. "I would have named it Booty Call Nightclub Wear by GnA. That would sell like hotcakes."
Some of the cast members, like Mia Thornton, did admit that they would wear some of the line to the gym and were excited about the prospect of wearing the clothes in the future. "It's giving me Alexander Wang vibes," friend, Keiarna Stewart, said.
However, Wendy Osefo thought that they were inspired by her own style, noting that one of the outfits looked like something that she wore during the cast's Season 6 trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. "Remember when I wore something like this to Williamsburg and the girls had a problem?" Wendy asked of a high cut bodysuit. "But now it's in their collection?"
"Imitation is the greatest form of flattery," she noted.
Inside Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby's athleisure line, GnA
During Season 8 Episode 11, Gizelle explained her vision for the clothing line, which has some items available to purchase on the GnA website. "It's like a Lululemon meets Rihanna's Savage [x Fenty] line," she said. "We'll do a little rhinestones, we'll do a little lace, we'll do a little mesh...we're doing all the things, it's going to be very cute."
Episode 12 documented Gizelle and Ashley picking out fabrics for their line, where they discussed the possibility of putting "a little extra material in the coochie area" for when things get a little sweaty down there. But, the two business partners agreed that this was the perfect venture for the both of them.
"What we have in common, you and I, is wanting to be active while still feeling sexy and still feeling chic — that's really who we're appealing to," Ashley told Gizelle.
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