You know what I love on a Monday lunchtime? A good countdown to read. So today I'm compiling the top 10 fashion lessons us 90s girls learnt from those good old fashioned chick flicks. Warning, I'm talking classics only, none of this new fangled rubbish.
10. Pretty Woman - Redheads CAN rock a red dress.
We all experienced that heart-gushing moment when Julia steps out in that GORGEOUS red number, complete with the ice round her neck courtesy of Richard Gere. We felt that princess moment along with her, as she, once and for all, stamped out the myth that it is impossible for redheads to look fantastic in a well-styled rouge number.
9. Clueless - The visible collar, always a DO.
Clueless, famous for it's fabulously 90s preppy fashion, delivers an understated look in the form of it's collared, 'grown-up school uniform' style outfits. Now, in 2014, you can't walk the street without seeing someone sporting the same look, albeit slightly updated. Clueless also cemented it's name within fashion stardom by proving that if Calvin Klein says it's a dress, it IS a dress.
8. Mean Girls - Halloween, the only night a year....you know the story.
Dressing in lingerie and animal ears on halloween. A hotly debated topic. Every year there is a rampage of women moaning about girls who dress as a 'sexy big bird' or other slightly hilarious outfit options. However I say, if halloween is the one night of the year we can dress as sexy big bird, why the hell not?! Halloween is about dressing up as something else after all, so why can't the mousy librarian from floor 23 dress as her own fantasy of herself. In Mean Girls, we were all thinking it, they look bloody fabulous.
7. Never Been Kissed - Don't be afraid to let out your inner 'nice' girl
Drew Barrymore in 'Never Been Kissed' goes through about a hundred fashion changes in under two hours. An impressive feat really. But never does she look as pretty as when she can finally be herself, in the end scene where she lets go of all the try-hard dresses and poodle coats, and wears a pretty, subtle pastel number. Even Jessica Alba, the beauty of the film, is dwarfed by her all-powerful nice-girl look. Boom.
6. 10 Things I Hate About You - Always make your friends be honest about your new hairstyle.
Oh Julia Stiles, we laughed with you, cried with you, and that's right, cringed with you at the hair disaster during the prom scene of this classic film. Julia looks amazing, and a darn sight better than her 'prettier' sister throughout the film with her tousled, messy-look blonde locks. However, this skin-tight pulled back poodle 'do is one for Fashion Room 101.
5. She's All That - Wearing glasses and your hair in a ponytail does not make you hideous.
As pointed out in 'Not Another Teen Movie' - the entire premise of Rachel Leigh Cook's makeover in 'She's All That' is ludicrous. We can all clearly see she is pretty right at the beginning of the film. However, watching it now has an entirely different meaning with the new emergence of geek chic, you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching a film in reverse.
4. Legally Blonde - Workwear doesn't have to be void of personality.
If ever there was inspiration for fabulous workwear, it is Elle Woods. Granted, we might not want to turn up at the office in a full hot pink suit, yet the sentiment is still there, there is always room for fashion! Check out these five triumphant looks from the film, a few fully wearable even today!
3. The Devil Wears Prada - Hair changes everything. Oh, and over 40 can totally be fabulous.
I am a full supporter of the full-fringe look. Although a risk, it can turn a plain face into one that is instantly fashion forward with one quick snip of the scissors. It's not for everyone, so compare your bone structure to famous faces who are champions of the full fringe (like Zooey Deschanel) before taking the chop, however, if you get it right, it may change your life (over-dramatic? I think not). Anne Hathaway's transformation from frumpy to fab in this film classic wouldn't be complete without it. Also, Meryl Streep will never not look amazing.
This film is full of iconic moments. The lift, the lake, every time Patrick Swayze melted our pre-teen hearts. But I bet the costume designer for the film didn't guess that she was creating looks still wearable forty years later, with Baby's classic fifties/early sixties cuts, which have all of the feminine class and subtlely of that era, and none of the frump. She also brings out her playful side in the denim shorts, white shirt outfit, which cemented the denim and white combo as a summer favourite for every generation. I challenge thee not to see it as soon as the sun breaks through the clouds this year. Baby, soldiers of fashion everywhere, salute you.
1. Grease - Saucy and morally questionable. A winner all round.
Yes, we know Grease has a terrible moral lesson. Sweet, shy Sandy abandons everything she believes in and lives by and sexes herself up, all to bag herself a man. But who can worry about that when Olivia Newton-John looks so goddamn amazing at the end? Plus, we were all brought up on Grease, yet we don't walk around sporting skin-tight shiny trousers and red lips....oh wait.
The ultimate moral is, monochrome works. It has always worked, and will always work. Meoww.
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