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The Olsens Admit They Don’t Get It

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Mary Kate and Ashley may run with a high fashion crowd, but make no mistake about their intentions:

The girls want their clothing line to catch light across the country.

How else to explain the surprising access they gave USA Today, telling the paper they’ll never act in another joint project, and admitting that sometimes, their clothes aren’t quite right.

When describing a recent appearance at a Christian Louboutin party in LA, Ashley admits “I felt so underdressed…I came in jeans and a T-shirt, and everyone was in these dresses with their hair and makeup done. I had not a stitch of makeup on!”

One might argue that everyone else saw Ashley and felt too done, but still, The story also includes a quote by Annie Leibovitz on Mary Kate’s work ethic, and a confession from MK that fashion is partly a learned quality.

“We’re just starting to get it,” she says, but she’s already learned a key rule of celebrity clothing:

When in doubt, just remake your own outfits

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posted by tmm

Oct 31, 2007 11:33AM

or date much older men, uhem... Lance Armstrong. I wonder if he'll take her on outings with his children. They'll probably tower over her.

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posted by anon

Oct 31, 2007 12:06PM

how dumb is ashley's quote denying that their line, elizabeth and james, is named after their siblings, elizabeth and james.

""We wanted to pick a male name and a female name," Ashley says. "I remember saying Elizabeth and James, and being like, 'Oh, my gosh, that's our brother and sister!'"

idiot.

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posted by Kara

Oct 31, 2007 1:14PM

I think they're fantastic. And I don't look at The Row or E&J as another celebrity line. I find it to be far more legitimate than any of the other celebrity lines. I don't think MK was saying that they don't get style; I think she was commenting that they're both just starting to understand the real fashion industry and going beyond themselves.

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posted by sooie

Oct 31, 2007 11:56PM

Agreed. I love them, but something just isn't right about her denying the fact that the line was named after their siblings. Either her relationship with them is so distorted she has forgotten their names, or her head is so distorted that she thinks the public is going to believe her.

Either way they always fascinate me.

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