Just an oversized book filled with their influences(none of whom I even know)and nothing interesting in my opinion. My pal Melanie here got me onto this book, and I have to admit, the Olsen's oddly twisted cherubic visages kind of intrigue me, so I thought I'd go to the library and check the thing out.

They were the ones leading the talks with all the participants of this collection of "influence" stories.

Zuerst war ich wirklich positiv überrascht, weil das Buch wesentlich größer ist als ich es erwartet hätte. Regardless, my point is these are girls that actually have a clue what they're talking about and they're asking questions that aren't entirely typical because they know how to dance around cliche questions. Anyway, the book is an uber-paean to materialism with some Plato and Walt Whitman thrown in once in awhile to give things a pseudo philosophical justification. 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.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The book is a set of interview between M-K and A and various designers and other influential people in the fashion industry. I find Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen interesting people, and enjoyed reading interviews with famous people in fashion, but I wouldn't recommend this as a book to read cover-to-cover. Overall, I found it to be an amazing book with interviews with some of the most celebrated designers, artists and photographers of all time. I didn't know which one is Ashley and which one is MK before reading but now I know- I can tell them apart and I'd be able to from their wardrobes and even from comments.When I learned not one library in the city of Louisville had it, I got obsessed by the idea that I couldn't get it, and, of course, at that point had to have it, come hell or high water. 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.