do you permit it?
Alison. London/Durham. Gemini, ESFJ. Literature student. Drama queen, series & film junkie. Crying about fictional characters since 1996.
do you permit it?
“I was using the book Emma a lot as far as research and structure. At one point, there was a party, and Emma didn’t think she should go because the people weren’t high-class enough for her. I wanted that kind of feeling — what would make her have to go to the party? It would be in support of her friend. And it would be a party she didn’t really look forward to going to. So the equivalent of that would be going to the Valley.” – Amy Heckerling on the ‘Val party’ scene (Variety)
In the first five minutes of the film, the throughlines of Cher’s wardrobe are established: bright or rich colors, plaids, and some variation on the four Fs: feathers, fuzz, fur, or frills, which all tend to highlight her fussy nature and princess-like attitude. (…)
Her entire wardrobe suddenly changes almost exclusively to romantic pinks and lavenders as she tries to make herself into a better person, a person worthy of Josh. There are no frills here, no ruffles or feathers, no plaids or thigh-highs, no bright or rich colors. Pastels—and especially pinks—are not just the colors of romance for Cher, they’re the colors of maturity and growth as well. (…)
This final bit of costuming illustrates why Clueless has had such long-lasting impact and has inspired fond memories for an entire generation of viewers. Clueless isn’t a film about vapid mean girls or trendy fashion or even about young women pinning all their hopes and self-esteem on finding love. It’s Cher Horowitz’s coming-of-age story, plain and simple.
- ‘Clueless’ style: a fashion analysis of the best teen movie of all time by Tom and Lorenzo
I loved this scene so much, because she doesn’t judge her friends when they say they’re not virgins, and she’s not apologetic about the fact that she is. I think there’s a tendency these days to assume that if a girl is a virgin, it’s because she buys into purity culture and is somehow hurting other girls by not having sex, when it’s like, hey, it’s okay if you don’t want to have sex, or if you do want to have sex someday, but you haven’t found someone you want to have sex with yet.
THIS THIS THIS
“So okay, I don’t want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don’t get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair (eww!) and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we’re expected to swoon? I don’t think so.” - Cher Horowitz, Clueless
