Mary-Kate And Ashley's Official Website Of The Early 2000s Will Make You Go WOW
In 2002, it was AOL's #1 kid website.
OK. These facts are blowing my mind. How times have changed. Here's what it was like being a Mary-Kate and Ashley fan with an Internet connection.
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Screenshots are courtesy of The Wayback Machine. (Which means sometimes images don't always display. But you'll still get an idea of what it looked like.)
The website featured a broad range of Olsen fan stuff, but also chat rooms, fashion tips, and lifestyle pieces. Today's fitness tip? Do exercises in the bathtub.
Here's a list of fashion tips...let's explore that third one, shall we?
VERY IMPORTANT OLSEN FASHION TIP: WALK AROUND WITH YOUR WALKMAN
Another fashion tip about colors: "Have a friend hold different colors up to your face and ask which colors look best for you."
There was a Q&A section where the twins would actually respond to your questions!
They were also e-commerce pioneers! Look at this cool online store.
Beach balls with the click of a mouse! So easy.
Or you could get this really cool necklace.
Obvi, enter this Pizza Hut sweepstakes.
Um, wut? And an interview with Gavin Rossdale? (The twins also apparently had a Q&A with R.L. Stine, but it was in a video format that appears to have vanished.)
Here's the 2001 site map. So much fun!
And here's what happens when you try to go to mary-kateandashley.com today...
It redirects you to the Olsenboye, the J.C. Penney line they designed. Although it appears they've stopped this project as the 2012 collection has come and go.