Hollywood star Elizabeth Olsen may be one of the most stylish faces in entertainment, but when it comes to spending, fashion is the last thing on her list.
Speaking to InStyle magazine for its new cover story published on Tuesday, October 21, the Eternity actress revealed that her money often goes toward food and home items rather than clothes.
“I love buying food, and I love buying homegoods. Linens. I buy a lot of small tables… I’ll spend money, but it’s not on clothes,” Olsen, 36, told InStyle.
The Marvel star, known for her effortlessly elegant looks, said most of her wardrobe is made up of vintage finds or hand-me-downs from her twin sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen — the designers behind the high-end label The Row. In 2021, the famous twins dressed their younger sister in a minimalist gown from their collection for the Emmys.
According to InStyle, Olsen’s personal style reflects a mindful approach to fashion. “She only wears vintage, like her Cartier watch and Levis, and things her sisters give her from The Row, like her coat. Her version of conscious consumerism,” the magazine noted.
Still, the actress admitted there’s one luxury item she couldn’t resist — a pair of red Phoebe Philo loafers. Olsen revealed the shoes have a funny backstory: “I wore them in a pilot I filmed, but production wouldn’t give them to me, so I bought them. They just feel so good on my feet,” she shared.
While Olsen may save on fashion, she doesn’t hesitate to invest in skincare. “It’s on skin products, it’s on lasers. I don’t want to do anything crazy to my face, so I invest in its elasticity,” she said.
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In her interview, the WandaVision star also opened up about her early years in acting, recalling how she nearly followed the path of her famous sisters, who found fame as children through Full House and New York Minute.
“I thought I wanted to be a child actor,” Olsen said. “But then my ballet teacher wouldn’t put me in The Nutcracker because I’d missed so many rehearsals. And that was the only Nutcracker I wasn’t in my whole life because I was auditioning for TV or film or whatever.”
Reflecting on that time, she added, “I wanted to have the career I have now, but I didn’t need to do it until later. I wanted to do recess with my friends.”
Olsen recently wrapped filming her latest project, Eternity, a romantic comedy she described as a heartfelt story about everyday love. “It was nice to do a romantic comedy that was more about an entire human life,” she said. “An ordinary relationship that is this huge love story in their lives. A simple enjoyment of something that maybe has been lost, that we admire in our grandparents or something. It’s a happy movie about an ordinary love. Truly ordinary.”
