Ugly Betty References Influence

This week’s episode of Ugly Betty did something pretty awesome – it referenced Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s fashion book Influence.

Influence came out in October 2008 and featured MK and Ashley interviewing several people who inspired their fashion choices, design aesthetic and overall style. It was a great book that not only provided insight into the mature young women Mary-Kate and Ashley have become, but was also an intimate and sophisticated set of interviews that showed a different side of fashion icons like Karl Lagerfeld, Lauren Hutton, Christian Louboutin and more.

This week’s episode of Ugly Betty is called “The Sex Issue” and it revolves around the first ever sex issue of Mode. The reference to influence is at the 4:40 mark. Wilhelmina Slater was apparently upset she wasn’t included in MK and Ashley’s book, so Mark makes arrangements for her to be in their next book, tenatively titled More Influence.

I really like Ugly Betty, but haven’t seen any of it this season! This clip was fun, I might have to start again.

Also, I can’t help but wonder if Mary-Kate and Ashley do have another book idea in the works, and if so, what it’s going to be about!