The Many Bags of The Olsen Twins

While doing photo research yesterday to bring you this retrospective on The Many Bags of The Olsen Twins, one thing became starkly apparent: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are ahead on…well, basically everything. Looking through pictures of them from 2007 wasn’t a trip back in time like it normally would be when dissecting a celebrity’s style; five years ago, they were both dressing like every single fashionable girl I know dresses today, and they were getting called trolls for it. Little did we know, they were just paving the way for the rest of us.

The Olsen Twins have a tendency to do the same when it comes to handbags. They were the first to carry the crazily popular Alexander Wang Rocco Bag, way back when it was called the Coco, and they were also among the first to rock the Proenza Schouler PS1 and Celine Luggage Tote. Their appreciation for a vintage Fendi crocodile tote caused the brand not only to reissue it, but also to dub it the Fendi Twins Tote. And that’s not even counting their gorgeous, obscenely priced bags for The Row. Check out all of that and more after the jump.

A Proenza Schouler PS1 AND a Celine Luggage Tote? At the same time? Two years ago, long before the Celine bag had hit critical mass? Nicely done, Mary-Kate. The PS1 can be had for $1995 via Net-a-Porter.

foxgal

The strap looks really long and thinner than a typical Bal strap..did she add a different one? Hmmm…just wondering as I did that with my First so I can wear it crossbody (should have gotten a Town!).
Adriane

the constance isn’t green lizard… its croc
- http://www.purseblog.com/ Amanda Mull
  
  Fixed. For some reason I could have sworn it was lizard when I was writing the captions.
  - Adriane
    
    haha everybody makes mistakes :)
Kat

I think two of the slides you have listed as Ashley are actually Mary-Kate. 18 and…12 I think. Mary-Kate’s hair tends to be more over-processed so that’s a tell. Plus I can’t see Ashley having chewed down nails as appear in slide 12.
- http://www.purseblog.com/ Amanda Mull
  
  I went by which twin the photo agency identified them to be, but the photo agency has certainly been wrong before and I did question a couple of these, including slide 12. I’ll see if I can have them re-verified.
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gorgoues bags…. they love their Hermes ! check out these birkins ! https://www.facebook.com/HALuxury?success=1#!/media/set/?set=a.325555960866467.78993.164123627009702&type=1 A collection for an olsen for sure
Laurakasbaum

I grew up with the Olsen twins (on Full House and with the movies they put out) and I am inspired by their fashion choices. Glad to see that they didn’t go down the road of a lot of child stars.
19yearslater

I love their fashion. They always look really cool and, as pointed out, ahead of the curve. Also, now I want Ray-Bans and weirdly a Kelly (weird as I’m no Hermes fangirl).
Rashida

I like the bags, but I wonder why they have to carry such large bags… they are so tiny, and a lot of the bags are just not in proportion to their bodies… do they really carry that much stuff???? Love The Row handbags!
- http://www.purseblog.com/ Amanda Mull
  
  I think regular-sized or slightly large bags just tend to look ENORMOUS on them because of their stature. I saw them at a party this past fall (name drop ahoy), and they really are super tiny, but very pretty and well put-together in person. For example, I think that the PS1 in this first pic is a large, which I own and carry as an everyday bag. It’s big enough for an iPad, but not a laptop, but it looks much bigger in her hand than it does in mine.
pixiegirlie

I’ve always loved their bag collection, because it’s so diverse they carry a little bit of everything. Although I will admit I’m not a big fan of the row bags. I also like how their style has developed over the years as they’ve aged. They’ve never had the crazy “look at me I’m an adult” dress like a stripper stage like so many female child stars go threw. While I know not a lot of people are fans of MK’s hobo chic style, but I like it. I kind of feel like it’s her way of saying F off to everyone who want’s her to fit the typical hollywood mold. She’s going to wear what she want’s and she CAN afford to wear whatever she wants and this is what she wants to wear.
belleism

how much are the alligator luxe totes?
- http://www.purseblog.com/ Amanda Mull
  
  I could only find the British price, which is 25,670BP. At current exchange rates, that’s about $40,000US
HC

I just love these girls! And I have always loved them. Even when everyone was hating on them for the oversized clothes and bags. Love that they just kept on wearing whatever they wanted. I also tend to wear my clothes bigger than they need to be simply because it’s more comfortable that way and I don’t see the need to have everyone knowing the exact shape of every aspect of my body. Also because I get cold easily and big sweaters are like carrying around a blanket with you everywhere you go. I always assumed that as tiny as they were they probably get cold easily too. (I’m not tiny, though, just always cold.)
That bag collection is amazing!! Not many of them are my style exactly, but you can see that they know fashion, taste, and elegance.
I love that everyone is starting to have to eat their ugly words a little bit now.
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thanks for this! they have an enviable collection for sure! one of the bags that the twins were also known for is the “olsen” chanel chain handle bag. there are numerous threads on tPF about this no-longer-available stunner, that they both carried around alot. they also carried the givenchy nightingale before it became huge.
Antonia

I love the Olsen’s style-they just know how to put together outfits so effortlessly.
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Arabella

I’ve been waiting for a post like this! I love seeing their vast collection of bags. I’ve seen them work pretty much everything from hermes to proenza to balenciaga ect. but I don’t think I’ve ever seen them wearing any prada handbags. I’m not sure if I just haven’t noticed, but I’ve seen enough street style images of them to know which bags they tend to lean towards and I’ve never seen them sporting any Prada handbags? Anyone else?
NK

aww Heath in pic 6 :( loved him
Arianne Lima

Whats the name of this black purse in first picture?
KN

They have a billion dollars and they still manage to look like hobos. Please, hire a stylist.
Jackie

What size is this? Medium? I’m totally stressing because I bought the large on RueLala without trying it on and I’m so scared it’s going to be too big. HELP! I’m 5’8…if that helps?
anouk

on the 9th photo, oh dear, they do look like grandmas! :(
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I love them but I always wonder why the Row’s stuff are always more expensive than other designers’ stuff?