Ashley Olsen Does Marie Claire

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Ashley Olsen is featured in the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine. In the interview, the Full House actress talks about growing up and her child-star experience. “It was almost like I was in the army. School, work, homework, fly to New York, get in at 2 in the morning, do a morning show at 5 a.m., then another one at 7, then a radio interview at 10, you know? That’s why I look at Britney, and I’m surprised I didn’t end up like her.”
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On Full House: “I look back at the things that we did and the clothes that we wore, and I think, Wow, we really were troupers. I remember really loving those. It was almost like I was in the army. School, work, homework, fly to New York, get in at 2 in the morning, do a morning show at 5 a.m., then another one at 7, then a radio interview at 10, you know? That’s why I look at Britney, and I’m surprised I didn’t end up like her.”
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On fashion: “I think you’re either born with a sense of style or you’re not. And we love fashion. When we were going to NYU, I think that was the first time we were aware of the power of our personal style. Not the power of it, but the result of it.

Between the big sunglasses and the Starbucks cup and the big sweaters, the hobo-chic thing, we were more shocked than anything”—by the endless commentary and tabloid coverage. “I get it; we were fortunate enough to have really nice clothes, and we put them together in this raggedy way. My mom wears glasses this big, from the ’70s, and you wonder where we got it from? The dark eyeliner, the scarf around the head—it’s just so interesting and natural.

Mary-Kate and I are very aware of trends and style, but at the end of the day, we don’t even think twice about it. It’s just, What do I feel like wearing today, and how do I want to put it together? The amount of beautiful things we’ve ruined—not having the patience for a tailor and cutting everything ourselves … My sister once took an Alaïa dress of mine and just cut the whole thing, and then she was like, ‘I cut it too short.’ Mary-Kate and I don’t think about fashion as these clean, beautiful objects. We just kind of wear it and live in it.”
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