Mary-Kate Olsen
Fashion designer, actress producer
Mary-Kate Olsen is the co-founder of luxury brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, Olsenboye, and StyleMint. She is most popularly known as one half of the twin set, ‘Mary Kate and Ashley.’ Both were cast to share the roll of Michelle Tanner on the wildly popular 90’s series, Full House. Olsen and her sister became co-presidents of Dualstar upon their eighteenth birthday. In March of 2012, both Mary-Kate and Ashley indicated their interest to retire as actresses in order to focus on their careers in fashion. In 2008, the Olsen twins co-authored Influence, a book featuring interviews with fashion designers that have inspired the twins’ fashion lines.
The twins have pursued many philanthropic ventures. In 2011, Mary-Kate and Ashley teamed up with TOMS Shoes to design footwear for kids without shoes in more than 20 countries worldwide. They also designed an Olsenboye Change Purse in 2011 and donated the money to Pennies From Heaven.
Mary-Kate Olsen attended a celebration of Style Wars hosted by The Common Good on May 25, 2011.
Twitter: @imMKOlsen
