Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are thankful they have one another to "lean on".

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen

The 35-year-old twins founded their fashion house The Row in 2006 and they have always enjoyed working together because they share the same "instincts" and find it easier to share their workload.

Ashley said: "We like working together and we like having that dialogue. I think it helps harden your ideas to be able to hear them out loud, to speak something through.

"You know, we definitely go by intuition and instinct and it can either confirm that feeling, or if we’re both not feeling right about something, for some reason, we just don’t do it. Our instincts are kind of the same.

"But I think what’s great is that we have each other to lean on. And managing design is one thing and then also running the business side is another and I think you have a lot of decisions to make.

"I mean, when you put those two things together, there’s a lot of decisions to make on a daily basis, so I think we feel fortunate that we can have that dialogue and divide and conquer a bit."

The 'New York Minute' star admitted they are "very much perfectionists" and are always striving to do better with their work.

Mary-Kate told i-D magazine: "I think we’re very much perfectionists and hard workers and we’ve always been hard workers.

"So, I am happy that people look at it as a perfect product, or products that feel complete, or whole.

"I think the reason that we do fashion is to constantly try to fix our imperfections, and you always have next season to do that. It’s also our job to find every imperfection in there to make sure that we’re constantly pushing ourselves and training our eyes and making sure everyone is served. Just evolving and learning.”

And as their brand has grown over the years, Mary-Kate and Ashley have become "smarter" and are always willing to "evolve".

Mary-Kate said: "Every season you become a little smarter. You learn something new. You push yourself. You push your teams to explore, to dig deeper or wider.

"Now we also have multiple categories so that also, you know, it’s a totally different way of thinking and evolving. I think we’ll always evolve with our clients and with the brand because we’re constantly learning and the world is constantly changing.

"We’re not chasing anything, we’re just being really honest with who we are and where we are with the brand."


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