Olsen twins label Vogue's best dressed sisters

Twin actresses-turned-designers Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, photographed by Craig McDean.

(Reuters) - They were always in fashion, but the two actresses and clothing designer Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are now really in fashion, gracing the cover of fashion magazine, latest best dressed issue.

Widely read edition, which was unveiled on Thursday the 15th of hits newsstands November, focuses on nine global sister acts of the British royal family, the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa, the famous singer Beyonce and Solange Knowles.

Also getting a mention in the pages of the French-Courtin Clarin couple, grandson of the founder of cosmetics company Clarins, Jacques Courtin-Clarin.

"That was the year the sisters, most famously with Catherine and Pippa Middleton," Mark Holgate, Vogue Fashion News Director and Editor of Best Dressed issue, told Reuters.

Holgate loans Middletons to popularize their mid-thigh length dress: "short enough to be impossible for the older generations of royal wear, long enough to be decent when sitting or bending down to talk with the child."

But it was the Olsen twins, who rose to fame as a child star on American TV as adults founded two successful high-end brands, which are selected for the prestigious cover.

Holgate is called the choice "kind of a no-brainer."

"There's more chic, stylish, cool, and the original Sisters of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen? They are incredibly elegant," he said of the twins.

The fact that they appeared on the worst dressed list in the past, including one year from the end of fashion critic Mr. Blackwell, is actually a positive thing, he said Holgate.

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"They (the Olsens) to make a lot of time and then sometimes do not get it right. It was really great because it shows that your hand reaches into his closet," said Holgate. "They do not have someone say, 'This is great, it's hot, it's what you should wear." It comes from them. It's instinctive.

"See what you've done with (their fashion brands), Row and Elizabeth and James," said Holgate. "They are a legitimate fashion force."

 

Twin actress-turned-designers Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, photographed by Craig McDean, grace the cover of Vogue's best dressed in the upcoming special edition.

The issue also highlights the sisters with contrasting styles, such as Maras -. "American Story" actress Rooney upcoming "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and Kate, currently seen on the TV thriller series


Journal notes that Rooney Mara looked like a "goth Pippi Longstockings" at the recent Rodarte fashion show, while Kate Mara "exudes a glamorous screen sirens of the past."

"It was just something interesting about it to see brothers and sisters" style can be so different and unique, "said Holgate." We started thinking about all the great works of sisters who have been around now that looks really good together, but also looks well apart. "

Colorful Solange Knowles, younger sister of pop superstar Beyonce is known for its style, taking risks, including shaving their heads, donning Afro wigs and mixing prints and colors. But she told Vogue in an interview that their taste developed and bridging the gap between styles.

"I never borrowed clothes from Beyonce when we were growing up," said Solange. "But now my style is a little more tame her a little more adventurous."