When examining the history of fashion in film, audiences tend to gravitate towards elaborate Victorian style outfits of period piece cinema or the immaculate dresses worn by Hollywood’s Golden Age. We overlook the complexity and difficulty of pulling off contemporary costume design, mainly due to our familiarity with the styles of the time. By undermining the significance of these outfits, we fail to see how they drive character development, and if done correctly become more timeless and culturally relevant than any fantasy couture.  

This attention to detail and dedication to contemporary costume design created one of the most fashionable films in history [1]; a movie that not only used fashion as the driving force for the plot but had us totally buggin’ for a wardrobe makeover. That film was Amy Heckerling’s Clueless (1995), and when Cher Horowitz and her Beverly Hills gang stepped onto the big screen strutting one of the outfits by Polish costume designer Mona May, the world was saved from the army of baggy clothes, backward caps, and flannels of the grunge era.  

Clueless kicked off a new wave of preppy minimalism: flaunting knee-high socks, plaid ensembles, and designer labels – becoming the blueprint for bold, playful, and totally fabulous fashion. With the 30th anniversary coming to theatres nationwide June 29 & 30, we scrolled through our computer closet app and picked out our six favorite fits that like still totally slay in our latest blog:

www.fathomentertainment.com/blog/six-outfits-from-clueless-that-still-slay-fashion-30-years-later/