It was one of those days

where nothing spectacular happens.  Boredom, with a mixture of rainy weather, chased me to Barnes & Nobles where I perched on my worn-out chair with my collection of fashion magazines.  I found an interview with Ashley Olsen in the September 2009 issue of Marie Claire that I fell in love with.  I adore her.

"I think you're either born with a sense of style or you're not," Ashley says in her small, soft voice, giving her knuckles a loud crack. "Either you care or you don't. And we"—she and Mary-Kate—"love fashion. When we were going to NYU, I think that was the first time we were aware of the power of our personal style. Not the power of it, but the result of it. Between the big sunglasses and the Starbucks cup and the big sweaters, the hobo-chic thing, we were more shocked than anything"—by the endless commentary and tabloid coverage. "I get it; we were fortunate enough to have really nice clothes, and we put them together in this raggedy way. My mom wears glasses this big"—she mimes massive goggles—"from the '70s, and you wonder where we got it from?" She laughs. "The dark eyeliner, the scarf around the head—it's just so interesting and natural." Her family, she says, was "very bohemian."

"Mary-Kate and I are very aware of trends and style, but at the end of the day, we don't even think twice about it. It's just, What do I feel like wearing today, and how do I want to put it together?" 

In closing, Ashley was asked the description of the girl in her mind for whom she would design for, and her answer was about an adventurous, young lady free from restrictions.  I wish I had copied the quote or bought the magazine itself, but alas, I did not.