Like any girl growing up in the late 80’s I secretly loved Full House and enjoyed watching the pouty mouthed toddler named Michelle innocently wreck havoc every week. There was something intrinsically captivating about the twins performance during those years and now that Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen are full blown fashion icons, using their savvy fashion sense and business expertise to launch Row (2006) and Elizabeth and James (2007), I couldn’t be more fascinated by the dynamic duo.

This month Elle Magazine puts Mary-Kate on the cover in a silk chiffon dress from Stella McCartney with a belt from Azzedine Alaia. In a revealing interview Mary-Kate dishes on her relationship with Ashley, why she left NYU and her boho-chic threads. With or without her sister, this girl is utterly lovely.

On Ashley:“We don’t agree all the time. The way we go about business or designing or making a decision is that we come at it from two completely different angles that at the end of the day, even when we don’t think we’re agreeing with each other, we are agreeing. We’re just getting there in different ways. Unless you’re a twin, you honestly can’t know how close twins can be. There’s such a strength, but that also makes it…” Her voice trails off. “When there’s that much love there’s…Well, there’s the opposite of everything, but it stems from love, and it stems from passion. We’re driven people. I do know I can’t work in an office. Ashley, on the other hand, loves going to an office.”

On being sexy:“I feel like I can be sexy when I want to be,” she says. “I think all women are sexy. Some may feel it more than others. I personally think the women who are the most sexy are the women who are truly themselves, whatever that may be.”

On her fashion:“I don’t know—you’re either on the worst-dressed list or you’ve started a fashion trend. I think there’s a real disconnect between the media’s perception of fashion and the fashion world’s idea of fashion. I don’t know why I wear some of the things I wear. I like wearing crazy things sometimes. I like being playful. Sometimes I feel like I’m playing dress-up and becoming a character. It’s sort of like an art. It can change your mood or the way that people are attracted to you.”

On being alone:“Everybody has their down times when they feel alone, but I think alone time is good. When we were interviewing Diane [von Furstenberg] for our book, she said it’s important to take time for yourself in order to replenish yourself.”

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