OK! Ashley Olsen on cover of Hamptons Magazine

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June 30, 2009

Ashley Olsen, the Private Twin

From their mid-teens to their early twenties, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were two of Hollywood's most photographed and written about celebs. Every party they attended, every boy they dated, every oversized cup of Starbucks they guzzled was documented for a public hungry to know every detail about the pint-sized duo.But in the two years since they turned 21, the two have not only managed to step out of the tabloid spotlight, but the sisters each began to follow their own career interests, with MK continuing to pursue her acting and Ashley receding further away from the fame that dogged them for the first two decades of their lives.While Ashley may have said goodbye to the big screen (at least for now), she is the star of the cover of the new issue of Niche Media's Hamptons Magazine, where she talks openly about what it's like to have gotten off the celebrity roller coaster

ON HER PARTY-GIRL PAST

“I’ve definitely had a past life of being a personality, and a very public one... But that’s not what makes me comfortable. I’m not an actress. I’m not a public figure or acting as one.”

ON WHY SHE PREFERS NYC OVER L.A.

“I can actually live here. I don’t get followed. In L.A., paparazzi wait outside my house. I don’t leave my house. I can’t.”

ON THE SUCCESS OF HER & MK'S CLOTHING LINE 'THE ROW'

“It hasn’t been easy by any means. I started with T-shirts. I wasn’t sure it was going to become a company. It was more something I was doing for myself creatively.”

ON OTHER ACTORS-TURNED-DESIGNERS

"That’s the thing about celebrity brands these days. People think they can define a brand by just a name, but the product has to speak for itself. It doesn’t really matter whose name is on it. That’s the truth. It’s the work behind it. It makes you step up to the plate.”

ON MK'S CONTRIBUTION TO 'THE ROW'

“She couldn’t be more supportive. From a design perspective she’s always bringing concepts to the table.”

ON A POSSIBLE RETURN TO ACTING IN THE FUTURE

“Never say never."For the entire interview, be sure to pick up the new issue of Niche Media's Hamptons Magazine.

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Bethenny Frankel kicks it at polo with Hamptons Magazine

Housewives Watch: Bethenny Frankel kicks it at polo

Was Bethenny Frankel checking out Xante Liqueur for more cocktail ideas at the closing day Saturday of the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field? It is not an ingredient in her SkinnyGirl Margarita, but here's a suggestion: Poured into the Stoli Vodka they were serving in the tent packs a serious punch. (Don't ask us how we know.)

That was not one of the specialty drinks. Xante co-sponsored the afternoon with Bing, Stoli and Niche Media's Hamptons Magazine. Hamptons threw an after party for WNBC's new show, "LX New York," at designer Jamie Drake's East Hampton estate, with avant garde dance vignettes that featured scant clothing, whips and body paint. All in the name of art, of course.

The very single Russell Simmons seemed on the prowl at Polo. "That Swedish girl is hot," we heard him say, after talking to Xante's tall, blonde chief executive Adele Nilsson.

Frankel's figure is also looking hotter than ever. "I've been surfing and golfing," she said. "I took a villa at the Montauk Yacht Club for the whole summer, so it's a little more under the radar." Also a little more under the radar: her hunky fiance.

Don't expect too many Hamptons scenes in Season 3 of "The Real Housewives of New York City." They haven't started taping yet. When can we expect to see? "More of the same," she laughed. "More drama. I'm sure there'll be charity events, gala events, doctor visits, divorces -- who knows?"

And, of course, fiance visits, for Little Bethenny, Happy at Last.

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