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Of course good materials help, but even if we bought something for 99 cents we made sure it fit like a glove—and it looks totally couture. The sense of the film is that everything looks perfect, but it really was a mixture of expensive and very inexpensive vintage stuff. Read: We Binge Watched all 10 Seasons of Friends, Here’s Our Favourite Outfits for Each Character Fluffy and Feathery Details I was acting as a fashion designer by trying to create trends—something very fresh and new that wasn't really reflected on the streets or in the culture yet. That was so cool because that kind of creativity doesn't usually happen often in a film—especially with fashion.

Let’s be real, Clueless is filled to the brim with amazing fashion choices and great looks that epitomize each character and make them shine throughout the movie. That being said, the popular clique of Beverly Hills teens had a very distinct preppy uniform that was a fashionable and rad alternative to the Catholic schoolgirl uniform of those times. MM: Pretty much. There was not much in the mall then—it was horrible. It was Contempo Casual and just hideous stuff out of left field. We did shop some of that stuff for Tai because we wanted to show how high fashion Cher was in comparison. Tai wanted to emulate her and they made her over to look like Cher, but she was different—she didn't have the money. So it was more of a lower-end version of Cher. As well as spawning a million Halloween costumes, all one need do is open TikTok to see every other Gen Z-er dressed in plaid skirts, spaghetti strap dresses and sheer tops perhaps unknowingly, given their age, emulating the very look May helped popularise. It helps, of course, that the Clueless aesthetic has been kept alive by a generation of designers and creatives who grew up with its influence. Alexander Wang, for example, famously cites it as his favourite film and regularly references its most famous looks in his collections while Iggy Azalea created a shot-for-shot copy of Clueless for the video to her 2014 hit Fancy. It was, also understandably, the chosen sexy style Cher went for when she mistakenly decided it was going to be the night she stopped being a virgin. Mona May: I have to say I am surprised about the staying power overall, but I'm not surprised about the aesthetic in a sense. I feel like there's something about my point of view that's proven to be very timeless.MM: I love all my babies. That's so hard. The iconic yellow suit, of course. I love her dresses, I love her little shift dresses, these empire waists, the cap sleeves. I love all of the timelessness—to me it's just forever. Now, then, and 10 years from now, 20 years from now.

MM: For Cher, working with her skin and blonde hair, we went for vibrant tones—the reds and blues and yellows. Then with Dionne we went all out with the leopard and the fuchsia and great textures. It's great creating the characters because you want each one to be so unique. Harper’s Bazaar, Clueless’ Costume Designer on Creating a Fashion Phenom https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a11462/conversation-with-clueless-costume-designer/ This Dionne from Clueless costume is so cute and perfect for dressing up as Dionne for Halloween! Perfect for Halloween! Alicia Silverstone had 63 costume changes as Cher. Some of the most notable clothing items made it to the dry cleaner’s style closet at the beginning of the film, but there were other not-so-distinct ones that were key to the DNA of her style.Dionne wears a short red sweater vest in Clueless, so you’ll need a cropped sweater vest. Wear This Sweater Under Your Blazer

You’ll need a basic white t-shirt t- wear under your red vest for a Dionne from Clueless costume. Hanes T-Shirt Or you dress up as Cher, Dionne, and Tia from Clueless for a fun college costume idea for groups. Perfect for Groups of 3 The Best Plus Size Dionne Costume

Cher and Dionne at a House Party

And if you’re feeling daring, you can go a step further and add a nice print to the mix, like Cher’s fancy plaid leotard. Cher’s wardrobe really showcased how she was a very sweet and innocent girl. Dionne (Cher’s best friend) on the other hand, was more sophisticated and worldly. Her outfits mixed prints, textures, and colors in outlandish ways that screamed to the world how secure and self-assured she was. The Clueless wardrobe comprised a unique mixture of proper school uniform items that on a second look were anything but (cropped sweaters and vests, a ton of original red plaids, and innocent-looking see-through shirts). The sheer number of outfits is partly behind Clueless’s appeal to a fashion-inclined audience. “Maybe I would say 25 [changes] would be an average [in a film],” May says. She points out that in Clueless, Cher had 60 outfit changes, Dionne had 45, Tai had 30 and Amber (Elisa Donovan) “our fashion victim, she had so many changes. Plus I had to dress all the extras.” It was a learning curve for Silverstone, a teenager with little previous acting experience. “She was a hippie girl, an activist already, fighting for the animals, saving the world in her sweats … She was like, ‘More clothes? More fittings?’ Years later we talk about it, we are still friends.” Every film starts with a mood board She managed to pull off the most outlandish styles, like the red and yellow Dr. Seuss Gonzo top-hat (with a red plaid mini-skirt) and the Rasta-inspired beanie, by letting the hats be the main focus of her stylish attires. This doesn’t mean that the rest of her wardrobe was subdued, quite the contrary.

However, it was the iconic red Cher outfit by Alaïa that would make it to the top of the list of favorite clothing pieces for me. The sheath dress fit Cher like a glove! Alicia Silverstone got to keep most of the clothes she used as Cher…Wonder if she still has this amazing red number forgotten in a corner of her closet?! Unlike most of the costumes in the film, the dress worn in the first date scene is central to the plot so it was imperative that May find the perfect piece. Although described by Cher’s father as a ‘naked’ dress, many of the early options May tried were too tight or nude in an obvious way and, to May’s mind, simply didn’t fit Cher’s character.MM: In terms of Cher she was a really good girl. She was a sweet, innocent girl in a sense—she just wanted a good life. But her fashion is fashion. That's kind of the starting point. Then you have Dionne who's much more sophisticated and worldly in a sense—more sexually active. She's more sassy. P.S. – Dressing up as Cher from Clueless and Dionne from Clueless is a great Halloween costume idea for teenage girls too! Perfect Costume Idea for Two The director of photography, Bill Pope, was a brilliant film-maker,” says May. “The way that he looked with his camera, it was like an eye of a fashion person. He would go up the leg of Cher so you would see them walking. It’s almost like a runway in the sense that you really got to see the details.”