Kerry Washington Of 'Scandal' Designs Olivia Pope-Inspired Collection For The Limited

By Elena Lopez Elena.Lopez@mstarsnews.com | Sep 30, 2014 12:29 PM EDT

Kerry Washington is giving all her "gladiators" a cause for celebration!

In a recent appearance on Good Morning America, she announced the new Scandal Collection available at The Limited. Washington's collaboration with Scandal costume designer Lyn Paolo and The Limited's vice president of design, Elliot Staples, has resulted in a collection fit for the everyday working woman who enjoys adding chic pieces in her wardrobe.

As for die-hard Scandal fans, this is a chance to live out the fantasy of becoming Olivia Pope, the character played by Washington on the hit ABC series.

"For me the way the clothing line relates to having it all is that I think women often feel like they have to be either smart or beautiful, powerful or pretty, either fashion-forward or successful," Washington said on thelimited.com. "You can be fabulous and fearless and you don't have to compromise who you are as a woman to fit somebody's expectation of what power looks like."

The collection, which consists of 78 pieces, features silk blouses, flowy capes, tailored trousers and statement jackets — all signature pieces straight from Pope's closet. They even included Pope's long leather gloves, as seen on Scandal. Although the collection stays true to Pope's style, there are several articles that stray from the character's well-known signatures.

For example, Pope rarely wears skirts or dresses, but the design team wanted to cater to all fans and Limited shoppers.

"We struggled with it, we thought, 'Should it be all pants?' Kerry and I decided that a lot of our gladiators were skirt girls, so we decided to throw some dresses in there," Paolo said in a statement.

From the look of this scorching hot collection, it seems these pieces won't last for long, but don't worry if you miss out on your favorite pieces: The Limited is putting out Scandal collections for holiday and spring. Stay tuned!

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