Mary-Kate Olsen

MK on her style: “I love playing dress up. I get inspired by old films, weird things. It could just be the person sitting across from me or it could be a full Victorian costume. What I find odd though is that a weekly [magazine] will come out describing my outfit as a fashion disaster, while the fashion industry actually respects what I wear.”

MK on her and her sister Ashley’s clothing lines, The Row and Elizabeth and James: “I think more of my energy goes in to Elizabeth and James, [The Row is] Ashley’s baby.”

MK on her style icons: “Edie Sedgwick and Brigitte Bardot.”

MK on what it takes to be a fashion designer: “I have so much more respect for fashion designers now because it’s hard work and never ending. It’s not a movie. You can’t wrap it and go start something else.”