I was watching N@N and i saw the commercial for fashion week and they briefly showed different fashion designers and one of them looked a lot like Justine Bateman who was Mallory Keaton. I was wondering if anybody else caught that cause it could be her because i heard she is in fashion right now. It probably isn't her but maybe it is.

I saw the commercial yesterday, and yes it was her. I believe it was a picture of her from the final season.

There was a picture of Justine as Mallory in the montage...but I think they meant if she was in the montage of designers...which she was. They'll probably show her during the Family Ties day...I don't know if she'll be commenting on other shows.

Yep. In the original commercial, they show a shot of Mallory when they show a bunch of characters and their "fashion sense." (Denise Huxtable, Cosby, and what looked like Sam Malone in drag were some of the ones shown.) In the designer montage in the same commercial, Justine was one of the people shown. I hope that's clear enough for you!

They show a different commercial now, with a different shot of Mallory, and also Chrissy Snow was in it.

Thank you for clarifying this!!! That's what I meant was if she was one of the designers or if my eyes were playing tricks on me but now i know that is her. Thanks! :)

Designing woman
July 16, 2002 Posted: 4:58 PM EDT (2058 GMT)
By Robin Hindery
PEOPLE

(PEOPLE) -- It would have been Mallory Keaton's fantasy come true. All the oldest daughter on "Family Ties" wanted was to become a successful fashion designer. These days, Justine Bateman is living out her former character's dream, spinning a new yarn with the sexy knit clothes and accessories she designs, a business that sprang from her lifelong love for knitting.

Bateman, 36, started out making clothes for friends, but in 2000 it became clear that knitting was turning into more than a hobby. "I just started getting more and more ideas than I knew what to do with," she told Women's Wear Daily in 2001. So Bateman decided to take a break from acting, even allowing her Screen Actors Guild card to lapse. "I went to my (acting) manager and I said, 'I'm not acting anymore. Thanks for everything.'"

It was a bold move, but Bateman, whose credits include the 1988 film "Satisfaction" and the 1996 sitcom "Men Behaving Badly," says she craved more freedom than she could have while trying to sustain an acting career. "When I was an actress I was paid to wear what they ask you to wear and say what they ask you to say," she told Fashion Wire Daily in 2001. "As a designer, I can make a sample any time I want."

Her happy persona on the show also hid the suffering Bateman was experiencing in her offscreen life. In 1996, she revealed to TV Guide that she had turned to a 12-step program in 1993 after suffering from an eating disorder during her years on "Ties."

Today, Laurel Canyon, California-based Bateman is happily focusing her energies on Justine Bateman Designs and her family: She and her real-estate developer husband, Mark Fluent (whom she married in January 2001), had their first child, son Duke Kenneth, on June 18. After a few years away from show business -- and with her fashion line doing well -- Bateman has decided to begin "exploring new opportunities in acting" again.

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