Under the Influence

Tween stars turned mini fashion moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, have released a new book to further their grown-up style pursuits.

"Influence" features photographs, quotes and advice from some of the world's leading fashion and film personalities.

Influential icons in the book include Chanel's Karl Lagerfield, shoe God Christian Louboutin, wrap-dress creator Diane von Furstenberg, and Missoni heir Margherita Missoni.

According to a press release from the stars, the coffee table book also includes "exclusive photographs of Ashley and Mary-Kate from world renowned photographer Rankin, and a wide variety of other never-before-seen materials and interviews from Mary-Kate and Ashley’s personal collections".

Slightly taller twin Ashley said that her and her sister aimed to fill Influence "with the most interesting, challenging, creative people we know - the ones who helped pave the way for us and our generation”.

Slightly scandalous twin Mary-Kate agreed suggesting that the book is something unique and that her and Ashley had "interviewed the people who have inspired us, with the hope that they will inspire and teach others”.

Although Mary-Kate and Ashley devoured the tween market with ease, their quest for fully-grown fashion domination has been slower, possibly due just to their youth and reputation as child-stars.

They are however, starting to make their mark.

Never missing an opportunity, the girls are often snapped with huge fashion names, such as their good friend Mr Lagerfield.

Stephanie Solomon, the fashion director at Bloomingdale's in the US, suggests that a new clothing line created by the twins "would sell even if they were unknown".

She says that the quality and innovation in the designs has meant that the "they are influencing fashion in a big way at the moment; they introduced kind of this masculine-feminine kind of way of dressing".

Whatever their critics say, it can most definitely be agreed that they have come a very long way since the days of Full House.