Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have a coffee table book. Yes, I know it's exciting. And no I'm not sure how they decided which of them would go on the front cover. Rock, paper, scissors? But take a breath, OK, because the excitement climaxes with the news that your favourite

nutbag

designer and mine, Mr Karl Lagerfeld is in it too. According to NY mag:

Influence consists only of interviews conducted by the Olsens (with editor Derek Blasberg in tow) with the world's most famous designers, photographers, artists, and tastemakers alongside pictures of them, their work, and the Olsens. We're talking long, involved, revealing interviews that are, you know, entertaining. With people like John Galliano, Christian Louboutin, Terry Richardson, Richard Prince, and more. Yes, a coffee-table book that's more than worth a read! Here are a few gems from one of our favorite interviews, with Karl Lagerfeld….

He hates tall, chatty models.

And he hates working with male models.

Nor does he like to hear a man's opinion.

He gives the girls family-planning advice!