[11] Since Rowley launched her first capsule collection in 1988,[4] has grown to include women's wear, handbags,[4] glasses, color cosmetics, fragrance,[4] wetsuits and swimwear,[4] home furnishings,[12][13] bedding products,[14] and office accessories.
[15] The designer also created a line of home accessories called Swell, based on a book series she co-wrote with friend Ilene Rosenzweig, which made its debut at Target in 2003.
[17] Rowley's designs were described by The New York Times as "flirty, vibrantly colored dresses and tops in wispy materials"[1] that have "a whiff of the carefree, simple spirit" of Claire McCardell.
The TV series Return to Amish on the TLC network follows ex-Amish Kate Stoltzfus as she interns at Rowley's design company.
[23] In 2021, Kit was a contestant on The Bachelor,[24] where she alluded to having a well-known mother[25] After Rowley and Keenan Jr. divorced, she married William "Bill" Powers, an art dealer, writer, and owner of the Half Gallery in Manhattan's Upper East Side, on September 17, 2005, at the home of photographer Peter Beard.