[1] She began her career in journalism at TW Publishing Ltd when writing and feature-editing Skin Two magazine (along with co-founders and editors, Tim Woodward, Tony Mitchell and Grace Lau) – interviewing, amongst others, Jean Paul Gaultier, Tim Burton, Marilyn Manson, The Cramps, Marc Almond, Terence Sellers and Clive Barker[2] – before becoming associate editor and director of TW Publishing Ltd at only 23 years of age.

[3] Guests on the opening night included John Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Leigh Bowery and Mick Jagger disguised in a fake moustache and Muir cap.

[7]) The tumultuous history of Salon Kitty was described in their own words as: "9 lives, 8 years, 7 members, 6 near death experiences, 5 Countries (if you include Wales), 4 Managers, 3 record deals, 2 arrests, One hell of a ride.

"[8] Whilst at Fable, Olley was chosen by the British designer Alexander McQueen to be the main model for what became one of his most celebrated creations: the centre piece tableaux of his 2001 spring/summer collection, named Voss.

The centre piece – which featured Olley within an enormous, moth-filled glass box, the sides of which fell away and smashed – was based on the Joel Peter Witkin image Sanitarium.

She modelled for me in a story I did called Sister Honey... She was a writer and I remember she wrote a great piece on being the Butterfly Girl in the middle of that (McQueen) Glass Box show.

Also, Olley's detailed diary/journal of modelling for McQueen – written between Sept18-27 as the show was being planned and staged – was included in the Met Museum website coverage of the Savage Beauty exhibition.

[16][17][18] In 1997, Olley was brought in as deputy editor to help helm the now rather notorious relaunch of Penthouse UK (or PH.UK, as it was newly christened) as a modern redefinition of the traditional adult magazine, partly via the vision of designers and Face and Vogue fashion photographers such as Corrinne Day,[19][20] Iain McKell and Ben Westwood garnered from Olley's formidable black book of contacts built through her previous editorships at fashion and fetish publications; and from the sexual politics brought from the same.

As editor at Carlton Books, Olley has edited and written for several photographic anthologies, including the work of Herb Ritts, Derek Ridgers, Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons and Nick Knight.

After volunteering to help with the initial crowdfunding phase of the production, Olley handle the press and curated the art gallery at the show’s debut and 'Find The Others' event in Liverpool in November 2014.

Named after the conceptual country founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York on April Fool’s Day 1973, Journey to Nutopia began with a three-day programme of talks, spoken word and acid house music as part of Birmingham’s Lunar Festival in 2018.