At 27, the sisters have been famous since they were both cast to play Michelle Tanner in the US sitcom Full House at just nine months old – allegedly due to neither crying when being held by a television executive. They are TV veterans, movie stars, executives of production company Dualstar, and fashion designers with over six-million internet pages dedicated to them, and yet they have never really revealed much about themselves. We have the bare facts: they are fraternal twins, born and raised in California with older brother Trent, an artist, little sister Elizabeth, an actress, and two step-siblings; Ashley is a leftie, Mary-Kate a rightie (hands, not politics); Ashley is 5ft 1in, Mary-Kate is 5ft; and they are both fascinated with fashion. Beyond that, there has been much rumored, little substantiated. It is clothing – their own labels and their style – that reveals the most.

Net-A-Porter magazine, THE EDIT has our favourite twins on the cover of their latest issue, none other than Mary-kate and Ashley Olsen.

Dressed in looks from their own collection, The Row, the fashion icons are not just admired for their style and careers, but rather for their hard work and willingness to take charge of their brand and whatever they get their hands on. As if their already stellar careers weren’t enough, the twins are now using their experience to help young people build their businesses. “I sit on a couple of boards, and [whether it is a] jewelry or furniture designer, we figure out who they need to talk to,” says Ashley. “It’s nothing for us to pick up the phone, but it means a lot to do it,” pitches in Mary-Kate.

At such a young age, the Olsens have accomplished more than many do in a lifetime, but the fact that they are using their knowledge to make the fashion industry a better place for emerging talent, that is something to be admired.

Images and quote courtesy of Net-A-Porter 

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