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October 28th 2008
by Razorbill
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Hardcover, 272 pages
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159514210X
(isbn13: 9781595142108)
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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 influenti...more
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Oh god. This book is ridiculous and self-indulgent to be sure. But there's also something so pathetic about it. It's really just a big fashion/art coffee table book which is fine but there are these simpering insecure interviews that bother me more than the giant closeups of the simian waif faces. I actual enjoy their style and don't understand why they can't be happy being tousled layabouts and insist on their hard workingness.
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Read in December, 2008
I anxiously awaited for this book to become available with my library request. FINALLY when it did I couldn't stop flipping through pages. The photography and editing of this book is nothing short of phenominal. I felt inspiration in my fngertips just glancing through.
.... Then I started to read. HOLY CRAP. Mary Kate and Ashley got together a bunch of people (some household names and some hugely infulential behind the scenes) and interviewed them. Well... by interview I mean converse...more
.... Then I started to read. HOLY CRAP. Mary Kate and Ashley got together a bunch of people (some household names and some hugely infulential behind the scenes) and interviewed them. Well... by interview I mean converse...more
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After reading through reviews other people have written on Influence, it's clear that many go into this book as skeptics. It's the OLSEN TWINS, how can they actually put together something great? It's the OLSEN TWINS, how can you respect that? I mean, c'mon... it's the OLSEN TWINS. Their minds have been made up before even opening the cover.
My response? GET OVER YOURSELF. Influence is ecelctic, artsy and stylish- much like Mary Kate and Ashley. The book is nicely laid out, full of g...more
My response? GET OVER YOURSELF. Influence is ecelctic, artsy and stylish- much like Mary Kate and Ashley. The book is nicely laid out, full of g...more
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Read in April, 2009
I saw this at the library and was curious, so I checked it out. This book should be called "Privilege". The Olsen twins are billionaires, thanks to their sweatshop manufactured goods for Wal-Mart and their direct to DVD films.... They decided to interview rich and famous people for this book, which looks like a cross between a hard cover coffee table book and Interview magazine. They fly to Coco Chanel's old apartment in Paris to interview Karl Lagerfeld, various hotels and restaurants...more
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I actually just got this at a book signing in LA, so meeting them was quite a treat! They're so adorable in real life!
That said, this book is very eccentric, odd, eclectic, and bizarre just as I'm sure the girl's lives are. It really gives the rest of us a glimpse into what couture exclusivity these girls have access to!
That said, this book is very eccentric, odd, eclectic, and bizarre just as I'm sure the girl's lives are. It really gives the rest of us a glimpse into what couture exclusivity these girls have access to!
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Read in February, 2009
me love mary kate and ashley. tee hee.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, known around the world for their individual, unique style have emerged as two of our shared cultures most influential women. 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.
Influence will be filled with never-before-seen photographs from Ashley and Mary-Kates private ...more
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, known around the world for their individual, unique style have emerged as two of our shared cultures most influential women. 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.
Influence will be filled with never-before-seen photographs from Ashley and Mary-Kates private ...more
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When I mention how inspiring I have found this book it provokes an interesting reaction- particularly from men. a lot of people are unable to see the Olsens as anything other than sexy little nymphets of the pop culture universe. I admire them so much for doing this book and attempting seek a meaningful life outside of their media created image. Throughout their unusual life they have had access to amazing artists and designers and here they acknowledge that with a series of interviews and pho...more
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Read in June, 2009
It's fun to peruse...but not a cover to cover, to be sure. A little self-indulgent, but it's the Olsen twins. Given their life story, I'd say they've turned out surprisingly well. Fashion is clearly their thing, and a form of art, expression and their "serious" factor. While it's easy to brush aside as another substance-lacking component, it suffices. Jackie Kennedy apparently spent 121,000 in 1961 on a wardrobe. To put that in perspective, JFK's salary as President was 100,000. ...more
Read in July, 2008
I really loved reading this. I'm a big Olsen twin fan, so I didn't think twice about buying it. The pictures are awesome, and the interviews are pretty intriguing. The Lauren Hutton one is one of my favorites. I felt pretty inspired after reading this. I think the girls did a good job with the interviews, and it was interesting to see the celebrities from a different perspective.
I think this book is a great example of why Mary Kate and Ashley should be taken seriously. They're creative, t...more
I think this book is a great example of why Mary Kate and Ashley should be taken seriously. They're creative, t...more
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Read in January, 2009
There are some highlights (like the Lagerfeld interview: "How tall are you? My people told me you were four-foot-eight."), and Mary-Kate and Ashley as interviewers kind of works because people are a lot more honest with them than with actual journalists. But unless you're really into all the "inspiring" people in the book, the interviews go on a bit too long, and tend to sound much the same.
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Read in January, 2009
I love this book. I found it at Urban Outfitters in the "cool books" section with Nylon guides and such and bought it at the airport as a present to my girlfriend. At UO, it was by the reissues of vintage Holga cameras. The book consists of interviews with fashion people and artists they like. The one with Karl Lagerfeld is great, among others, and there's one with Diane von Furstenberg. What's also cool is that they interview each other towards the end and it's accompanied by a s...more
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Read in December, 2008
Did you know that Ashley Olsen's favorite author is Plato? Who decided that sounded believable?
The pictures that don't have any Olsen twins in them are interesting. The interviews are totally awkward but have some comedic value.
The pictures that don't have any Olsen twins in them are interesting. The interviews are totally awkward but have some comedic value.
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Surprisingly interesting. A collection of interviews with some of the greatest designers, photographers, models and artists. Learned quite a bit.
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It's like a VIP pass to their creative minds. Surprisingly not even a pinch cheesy/hollywoody. Makes me want to make an inspiration book of my own.
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It was ok and that about covers it. The pictures were very creative and some very intimate but the rest, for me, was just kind of dull.
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Read in May, 2009
My biggest problem with this book was that it was not the book I picked up expecting to read. 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. Which is cool, but it wasn't what I'd wanted to read about. The book is much more of a coffee table book, it doesn't...more
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this book is very inspiring. i have a whole new outlook on the olsen twins. they are beautiful, hard-working and genius. if you like contemporary art and/or fashion design, i suggest you read this book. i plan to return to its pages again and again.
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Read in December, 2008
confusing at first, until i figured out what it was
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04/01/09
Meredith
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hahaha... well now you've seen it all.
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