#mka olsen

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Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen

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The Row (Paris). #Societythings

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By Mary Ellen Matthews for Saturday Night Live - 2004

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the blue <3

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MKA RC (Mary-Kate and Ashley RealCeleb)

On May 4th of 2007, Stardoll introduced two new RealCeleb dolls to the game; famous fashion pioneers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. During this time, the global fashionsphere was swooning over the twins and their chic, savvy style - and their reception on Stardoll was no different. 

RealCeleb dolls were essentially a celebrity infused package of content on Stardoll, allegedly orchestrated by the celebrities themselves. Each RealCeleb would be stacked with a classic dress up game, a promotional page, and their very own account on Stardoll, complete with a fully furnished suite and wardrobe stocked with items inspired by their "real" style.

Typically, the items found exclusively in the closets of RealCelebs were not available to purchase for your average players, however, this all changed with the Mary-Kate and Ashley RealCeleb clothes. Originally, they were obtainable through a contest wherein players had to style the twins in a fashion forward look and enter their ensembles to be in with a chance of winning furniture items from the twins RealCeleb suites - however, the two winners (*Abercrombie99* and iloveHD) not only won the furniture items, but also the entire closets of Mary-Kate and Ashley - this would soon become a catalyst for one of Stardoll's biggest scandals.

View all of the MKA RC fashion items here

Months went by, and what was now known simply as "MKA RC", the duos RealCeleb items became some of the most coveted in the game, with players fawning over the minimalist chic garments gatekept by only two dolls on the whole of Stardoll. But this was now 2008, and the infamous loophole had appeared - certain dolls had discovered a way to "copy" items and distribute them to others through the new StarBazaar - and of course, MKA RC was what everybody wanted. Suddenly, the closets of the elites and those well connected were flooded with MKA RC, each racking up items in plain sight. RealCeleb items that were originally never meant to leave the closets of their respected owners were now littered throughout the game, causing quite the stir across the community.  

As well as the MKA RC fashion items, a collection of posters were also released, sporting the iconic twins both together and separately in colour and black & white. These posters were technically "hidden" and only obtainable through entering a link into your browser, which many blogs at the times shared.

View the MKA RC posters here.

In July of 2008, Stardoll also accidentally released an MKA RC item; Ashley scarf into the StarPlaza, however it was not able to be purchased. 

In October of 2008, there was a competition to win a phone call from Mary-Kate Olsen herself! During this competition, players who sent a friend request to MK received a free exclusive poster.

Eventually, Stardoll tacked on to the illegal black market buffoonery and cut the MKA RC scandal at it's roots by making all items no longer sellable through the Bazaar, which finally put an end to this saga and made MKA RC an infamous topic for years to come - with users even going as far to purchase accounts which contained the items, now more desired than ever. 

In July of 2015, chaos ensued when one of the rarest and most wanted MKA RC items; Ashley bag was released in the 45th issue of Callie's Picks. This was the first instance of an MKA RC item ever being re-released under a different brand, but it wouldn't be the last, as on April 1st 2020, an Archive collection was released in the StarPlaza, containing almost every single piece. Many users (including myself) were in disbelief, and upon hearing the news were convinced it must be a practical joke given the date! However, our eyes did not deceive us, and the holy grail of Stardoll rares was sitting right there in the StarPlaza for us all to snatch. This shocking re-release essentially devalued the worth of the originals by a large margin and marked the end of an era - MKA RC was now widely available for all, but today scarcity remains as neither the original or Archive versions are sellable.  

The tale of MKA RC is one almost as old as Stardoll itself - spanning over 13 years, full of scandal, scarcity, and still to this day, mystery. But the MKA RC items still remain as some of the most examplary of Stardoll's golden age.

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ashley at the airport 2013 (x)

[olsensmoking]

this photo should be in the museum.

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Fave quote by MKA in the new i-D

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Mary-Kate Olsen leaving Erewhon 2006

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Ashley Olsen in To Grandmothers House We Go (1992)

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Mary-Kate (left) and Ashley Olsen 1993.

[mermaidinthecity]

By Mary Ellen Matthews for Saturday Night Live - 2004

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young icons // mka. #societythings

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