Here Lizzie Olsen is with Mary-Kate at The Row’s launch party for its handbags collection. She’s got just the right twist to her classics; her shorts are just short enough for a double-take, while the sheer blouse and dark pedicure are both demure and edgy, hitting just the right “downtown girl in an uptown moment” note.
“I was like a crazy person – if my math teacher gave me a 97 instead of a 98 [which qualifies as an A-plus], I would argue with him to get that extra point. My dad still makes a joke about it today – he’s like, ‘Lizzie, you could have been on Wall Street.’” -Elizabeth Olsen, Telegraph [x]
Elizabeth Olsen graces the May issue of Fashion Magazine (Canada)
Photographed and interviewed in New York City, Olsen’s feature with FASHION—which will be on newsstands on April 20—covers her generational concerns, her upcoming role in Avengers: Age of Ultron and the upcoming Hank Williams biopic, I See The Light. Here’s a sneak peak of Olsen’s conversation with FASHION’s features editor, Elio Iannacci.
On the way people her age are depicted on TV and film: “It is annoying to me the way my generation is written about—that we are all entitled slackers and hackers.”
On the super fierceness of her character—The Scarlet Witch—inAvengers: Age of Ultron: “She’s grounded and centered because she’s always receiving information—she knows everyone’s everything because of her telekinesis. She has access to the past, the present, the future and parallel universes—she can connect with all of them.”
On her enduring love of Mary-Kate and Ashley’s fashion sense: “I used to steal so many clothes from my sisters and wear them but now I buy the same thing all the time: white and black button up shirts from The Row. I’m in head to toe in The Row right now. Where the pockets are placed, where seams are stitched, it’s all so meticulous for them so I appreciate their talent. I love going to their offices to learn.”
On refusing to work on certain movies: “I read this brilliant script the other day that is a thriller but I had to say no to it. There’s enough violence in the world, why add to it? Superhero movies are about destroying robots not people so that doesn’t count. Besides, all the heroes—especially in Marvel comics—are about heralding the underdog or the outsider.”
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