Compare & Contrast: Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen

Compare & Contrast: Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but Ashley and Mary-Kate are serious style icons in the making. We should look to them for inspiration whenever we can because they really are designer muses; it is wise to follow their dramatic trends-in-the-making choices. Though there are favorite similarities (shoes!) between the avant-garde sisters, they do use different approaches to dressing. Ashley's look is more streamlined and modern, while MK's is more tousled and vintage-inspired. I thought it would be fun to compare and contrast the recent outfits they wore while shopping at Maxfields in Los Angeles. Both are edgy, both are Fab, but which do you identify with more?

Top: Leave it to Ash to make a black scarf and a men’s t-shirt look androgynous chic!

Bottom: Black cigarette jeans are always
flattering.

Accessories: The Fendi bag reinforces her sleek look by adding clean lines. Those Alaia platforms are killer! The dramatic straps make the shoes the focus of the outfit. I’m guessing that was her intention. The bulky watch compliments her boyish look and her modern aviators are bad ass.

Top: It’s no surprise MK is wearing a voluminous cardigan as a dress; she can get away with it because it’s loose and she’s petite.

Bottom: Non existent. But props to her for letting her skinny stems breathe!

Accessories: Her Prada fringe bag adds some much-needed texture to her otherwise simple outfit. Her patent mule Loubs are very old Hollywood and the traditional aviators are classic.

it's individual taste. they're both fab, so it depends on what look we can carry. personally i like Ashley's simplicity but i don't look good in it. on the other hand, the much loathe MK's bag-lady style fits me better, so said my friends. Really, individual taste.

I am not impressed by their fashion choices. The whole, "oversized" look is out. I don't understand why people like them, they aren't very good actors. I applaud them for taking risks, MK with a white puffy dress and pink heels. Talk about a risk.

Oh, God, make the Olsens stop. Mary-Kate is a rich unwashed--seriously, she's Howard Hughes without the eccentricities, or personality at large. Ashley just wears the most expensive of anything, of course it'll look good--when you can hire a stylist to put it together for you. They're not 'icons'. They used to be tween-market products, and now they're tabloid fodder. You need talent and grace to be an icon, and these two have neither.

I've been in love with Ashley's style for a while I think it's chic without being stuffy or boring. Half of the stuff that Mary K wears isn't my style at all, but I've liked some of the things she's worn this year, like this pic isn't so bad. But I like that she has her own sense of style and isn't afraid to be an individual.