EPISODE 1 MARY-KATE & ASHLEY
Grab your fur coats and your Balenciaga City bags kids because today we’re talking about the Olsen twins! In this episode, we discuss capsule wardrobes, the Seventeen magazine fashion quizzes of yore, and the sartorial horrors of being a tween.
Image 1: “Chloe and Riley Lawrence”, Craig Shapiro, Winning London, 2001
Image 2: “Jane and Roxy Ryan”, Dennie Gordon, New York Minute, 2004
Image 3: Paparazzi photos from 2005-2006 in “A Guide to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Style Evolution”, i-D Magazine, Zoë Kendall, 2021
Image 4: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen at a Jenni Kayne fashion show, 2007
Image 5: “Look 27”, The Row Lookbook, Spring 2023
Resources:
Influence, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, 2008
They Thought I Was You podcast Becca Roth and Lani Harms on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
“A Guide to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Style Evolution”, i-D Magazine, Zoë Kendall, 2021
“Everything the Olsens Have Ever Worn to the Met Gala”, Manrepeller, Leandra M. Cohen 2019
In this episode we also talked about the 2000s’ obsession with categorizing different styles, including Seventeen’s Ultimate Guide to Style, by Amanda Shoket (2014) and I Love Your Style: How to Define and Refine Your Personal Style, Amanda Brown (2009).
