A memory appeared fully formed inside my head recently, a little sparkling pearl. And that pearl, dear reader, was So Little Time - Mary-Kate and Ashley's cute 2001 series about being teens. This thing was their last TV sitcom.
I used to watch this all the time, and it was my only real Olsen twins media, the only one available to me via the after school BBC One programming slot that dictated my taste. Something about the show spoke to me despite its overall boring feel, and I had to indulge this flashback and watch a couple of episodes.
It feels like a sort of baby version of 8 Simple Rules, a sitcom far more ready to delve into the sexual complications of its teenage sisters' lives (and far more ready to label its protagonists nasty sluts, a major source of the show's humour). So Little Time also centres its sisters' boy crazy inner world, but with a much more squeaky clean sheen. It's certainly a worse show for its cutesy lack of complexity, but there is something compelling about the twins and their dazzling male nanny.
What I was always drawn to the most, though, were the outfits. Both Mary-Kate and Ashley have a fun, eclectic, sort of boho style that is very of its time, but so nonchalant and comfy. They wore a lot of very lengthy cardigans, colourful button-ups, and long, flowy skirts. And I loved that Mary-Kate would sometimes have more tomboyish elements to her outfits. Long, baggy California boy trousers and such.
It also had a truly impeccible theme tune, and something about that opening, where they walk along the beach as cast members appear atop the beach architecture (a series of strange blue structures), spoke to me.
Fetch me a long stripy cardigan, stat.
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