In the pages of Influence, Ashley and Mary-Kate take readers on a journey through their celebrated young lives, pausing to reflect on what has helped shape them into who they are today. But, to their credit, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s coffee table book, Influence, is not another collection of gaudy images depicting Chihuahuas in pink tutus. I guess I give them credit for not flashing their nether regions to the paparazzi or falling down drunk while racking up DUI's, but I don't think those are things to celebrate. Diane von Furstenberg, Christian Louboutin, Karl Lagerfeld, Bob Colacello, Lauren Hutton, Peter Beard, Alexandre de Betak, and many more.

Mary Kate is still acting (well) and does a good job with Elizabeth and James, their more affordable (though still expensive) line. Well, I forgot to mention that the Olsens are shown in this book modeling a good deal of the weird shit designed by their "influencers. I mean they are girls and they like fashion, aesthetics, the feel of material, the fetishism and eroticism of it. It has a great energy as it features people and ideas from all over the world and the work, both of the girls and the guts they had to sit across the table from some pretty powerful people as well as that of the individual artists, is inspiring. Ashley and I interviewed the people who have inspired us, with the hope that they will inspire and teach others," Mary-Kate added.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

I keep reading that people thought this book made them conceited flying to all these different places and talking to the big names of the fashion and art world. Dust jacket in very good condition with tiny dog ear on back upper corner and minor bumping on all four corners, in protective mylar. Ashley founded her luxury brand, The Row, in 2006, and co-design Elizabeth and James with Mary Kate. Most of them come from the prehistoric days of the '60s, '70s and '80s, and, in the worldview of the Olsens, like a lot of kids of their generation, the world formed out of some primordial ooze that congealed and hardened in 1970.

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, known around the world for their individual, unique style have emerged as two of our shared culture's most influential women.

Just an oversized book filled with their influences(none of whom I even know)and nothing interesting in my opinion. Mary-Kate and Ashley have given us access to people we would otherwise never have access to and asked all the relevant questions! Somehow I really thought this would be more of a memoir, but it's something else entirely - a collection of interviews with 20 people that have inspired the Olsen twins - and not mainstream, during their career kind of inspire, but more like fashion designers and artists that they admire. The book includes interviews with: Karl Lagerfeld, Diane Von Furstenberg, John Galliano, Lauren Hutton, Christian Louboutin, amongst many others. The only thing which was a bit of disappointment are the interview skills and techniques of the Olsens'.And no, it's not all the things I thought I would glean, which is that the Olsens are spoiled brats who like to go to fancy restaurants all over the world to interview their fashion heroes and turn it into a vainglorious and largely self-serving, heavily illustrated coffee table book.