Ashley Olsen, designer, entrepreneur, actress and style icon, is one of the most influential young women in the fashion and entertainment industries. All in all, it's just been a huge pleasure every time I held in my hands, so a well deserved 4 out of 5 stars. 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.

Dust jacket in very good condition with tiny dog ear on back upper corner and minor bumping on all four corners, in protective mylar. I could do without the self-promoting question forms filled out by each twin, and I don't care much about the "things Mary Kate" loves collages, but the idea of an Olsen interviewing style icons and designers is actually pretty cool. 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. What's also cool is that they interview each other towards the end and it's accompanied by a show-and-tell fashion story featuring their favorite stuff/accessories.

Ich bin wirklich begeistert und es ist definitiv ein Must-Have für jeden Mary-Kate und Ashley Olsen fan! Ashley founded her luxury brand, The Row, in 2006, and co-design Elizabeth and James with Mary Kate. The photos are also great [especially those of the photographers], some are included with each interview. Considering that the Olsen twins are probably more used to giving interviews than conducting them, they manage to keep the focus on the subjects at hand. For a career, I chose a stable 9 to 5 profession (although I currently work 8 to 4), therefore I am always curious about those who have chosen creative career paths.

Either way, they are not only actresses or businesswomen, they had written some little books of "twin adventures" that I'm not familiar with at all. Granted, the artists they talk to are interesting enough on their own, including the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson and Peter Beard, but the interviews cut to the core of their work, focusing on the entire span of each career from their origins to the struggles faced along the way. 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. Although I did enjoy reading about some of the artists and designers and their creative processes, this was way too self indulgent.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. There's a pretty heavy-handedness to Mary Kate's love of Warholian culture just in terms of who she interviews and the questions involved.

Then one day I was looking for another book in the non-fiction section of the library when I found a copy.The book is much more of a coffee table book, it doesn't read like a story in any way - I think it's an interesting idea for a book, it simply didn't interest me. These two sisters have changed a lot over the years and their style have developed into something almost magical and out of this world.