Mary-Kate Olsen gets quite the complementary write-up in the upcoming issue of Elle magazine. The mag talks to the young fashionista about business, her relationship with sister Ashley, and even interviews Lauren Hutton, Karl Lagerfeld, and Diane von Furstenberg about their opinions of the pint-sized style icon.

* On Ashley: “We don’t agree all the time. The way we go about business or designing or making a decision is that we come at it from two completely different angles that at the end of the day, even when we don’t think we’re agreeing with each other, we are agreeing. We’re just getting there in different ways. Unless you’re a twin, you honestly can’t know how close twins can be. There’s such a strength, but that also makes it…” Her voice trails off. “When there’s that much love there’s…Well, there’s the opposite of everything, but it stems from love, and it stems from passion. We’re driven people. I do know I can’t work in an office. Ashley, on the other hand, loves going to an office.”

* On being sexy: “I feel like I can be sexy when I want to be,” she says. “I think all women are sexy. Some may feel it more than others. I personally think the women who are the most sexy are the women who are truly themselves, whatever that may be.”

* On her fashion: “I don’t know—you’re either on the worst-dressed list or you’ve started a fashion trend. I think there’s a real disconnect between the media’s perception of fashion and the fashion world’s idea of fashion. I don’t know why I wear some of the things I wear. I like wearing crazy things sometimes. I like being playful. Sometimes I feel like I’m playing dress-up and becoming a character. It’s sort of like an art. It can change your mood or the way that people are attracted to you.”

[From Elle via PopSugar]

The Olsen twins are nothing if not good businesswomen. At one point in the interview Mary-Kate says she doesn’t consider herself a celebrity, and says that’s “a media perception” of who she is. Mary-Kate has definitely focused more on fashion than acting in the last several years. And though many of us puzzle at her wardrobe choices, designers in the know are constantly touting her fashion-forwardness.

* Lauren Hutton on MK: “I feel like M.K. is a kindred spirit. She lives an experimental life. When you’re young, you should be trying on lots of things, not just clothes. She understands that. You’re not born with taste. That’s a bunch of hooey. Like everything else, taste is a process of discovery. I like that about her. She’s always discovering her tastes.”

* Karl Lagerfeld on MK: “I love a tiny woman in Chanel. Coco herself was tiny, so you don’t need to be a giant to look good in these. I like the way M.K. is mixing Chanel with other things. Life is not a fashion show, and I find a total designer look boring.”

* DvF on MK: “Mary-Kate is fragile yet strong…She’s an old soul in a very young girl. Hers is a story that has just begun.”

[From Elle via PopSugar]

Elle asks Mary-Kate to comment on Heath Ledger’s death. Olsen was called several times by the masseuse who found Ledger’s body – Mary-Kate instructed her to wait for her own security to come over instead of calling the police, a move that has yet to be explained.

After nearly five months, Mary-Kate Olsen still refuses to speak about the fact that she was the first person called after Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment.

“I’m not going to comment on that,” Olsen, who turns 22 on June 13, tells Elle in its July issue. “I won’t give you a word about that in the nicest way possible. Let’s move on.”

[From People]

That’s technically a polite enough response, though certainly fairly cryptic. It remains to be seen whether Mary-Kate will ever explain her connection and her advice during those critical 45 minutes. I’ve mentioned before that I’m pretty sure the Olsen twins don’t actually have voice boxes, because I can’t remember hearing them speak past the age of 15. For a girl who has been so quiet, it sounds like Mary-Kate actually has a lot to say.