I watched your 'crimes against humanity' video and didn't really get into your line of thought. but now that you showed the way it could be done I realised you were 100% correct from the moment you started talking about gretchen I have difficulties processing visial information. it's so cool that people like you can show me what I can't imagine!
For the ELF products they should’ve had that been for Cady since she’s just getting into makeup. It would’ve been way more believable since elf is drugstore but has so many dupes
Definitely and it would also match the trying to be Regina thing so it could be like we see a scene Regina putting on Dior lip oil and in the scene we see cady putting on elf we can see she’s trying to be her but still haven’t got to that point
@@kaitlynb5467 It wasn't a smart idea to accept the ad when it doesn't fit in the movie. They can decline it, and I'm sure plenty of other brands wanted to work with them.
The "Costume Designer" they had was a middle aged man whose only credentials were putting people in suits or casual wear for sitcoms.. He had zero point of reference for teenage girls, let alone fashion, and only got the job because he was friends with Tina Fey. Describing his inspiration he literally said influencer approved brands from tiktok... so it's definitely shein.
hearing it’s a middle aged man with no experience dressing teenage girls is honestly more disappointing thank hearing about how they had tiktok as their inspiration 😞 like why did they even think that would work…
@@joeyiscultured it’s crazy cuz the OG movie was so defining of an era in fashion, with casual but elevated styling that’s referenced to this day… and then this one is just the front page of Shein and is already aging poorly
I figured she hired a bunch of people she knew in need of a job which hey we love to see somebody helping their Homies but only when their Homies are actually competent 😅
0:45 Gretchen definitely wouldn’t have her bra showing considering they have a scene where Regina reads Karen for showing hers at the Christmas Talent Show
it felt like an attempt to call back to the fashion of the original, because most of them had their bras showing at some point in that, but it totally fell flat for me bc it was such a weird choice for a movie that was trying that hard to do modern fashion.
Exactly. In the early 2000s, that was a normal thing, and while I wouldn't exactly call it a trend, it was kind of normal. But wearing your bra showing in 2024 is so out of the blue, this isn't a thing anywhere at all. And to do it in such a weird way too! You'd have to keep pulling your top down for it to keep showing, whereas Cady's pink bra with the strapless dress would've just happened because of how the dress fits.
Actually there is this one scene where she is wearing an outfit like that. It is a short clip where Regina brushes her off they are giving Cady a makeover!
@@Sun.Shine- You’re not paying attention to the intention of my comment. I’m saying Gretchen as a character would not wear an outfit revealing her bra; the costume designer for the musical movie made a mistake in choosing that wardrobe choice. Highlighting the inconsistencies of their design with the script.
Janice losing her authentic alternative style in the new movie is a reflection of how 'alternative culture' has changed in our current society that is so image-obsessed. It has truly lost its meaning when everything is done for aesthetic purposes and not for the beliefs, ideas, interests and lifestyle choices of a person adopting a certain style.
Loving the new looks, the only one I'd argue against is Janis. One of the things that made her look so alternative in the original movie was her total lack of conventional silhouettes and trendy pieces. The whole point is that she doesn't have a ton of money, she's just like every other highschooler in that regard, and wouldn't go shopping for brands, making everything she has herself or buying cheap and editing it. Putting her in Jean Paul Gaultier? Girl she could NEVER afford that and frankly, wouldn't want to buy into such a prestigious brand.
Agree, the recommendations were also too trendy, most alternative styles (goth, punk grunge) have their roots in taking what's available and give it a twist or just combining it in a "unconventional" way, it wasn't until late 80s and the 90s where these subcultures became a marketing target and specific clothing for those styles were being sold. You can look "grunge" with a simple wide leg Jean, a full studded cargo pants and chains is not something I image Janice wearing, even if they were not trending, I don't even remember her wearing pants in the 20004 movie 😅
Yeah, definitely. I think individually a few of the designer pieces could be used in the wardrobe but appearing again and again, the way a normal person would wear such an extravagant item. For example my goth friend has a pair of demonia boots and she wears them all the time because they are this big, special piece of her wardrobe. It would provide a nice visual trademark for Janice and also contrast her more down to earth, anti-plastic outlook on life with the Plastics’ conspicuous consumption. EDIT: I do think it is still a bit unrealistic to have high schoolers have investment pieces in their wardrobe when they could easily grow out of them. But we are talking about a movie so a little bit of unreality is fine imo.
it feels like her costume designer never worked with a body over size S. Renee is curvy and instead of emphasizing them they put her in these baggy/big clothes, i hate those cargo pants so much
lots of cool things here! but something to consider is that janis, rejecting a lot of the materialism and superficiality of the plastics, including their taste in fashion, probably wouldn't go "high fashion goth" (or even mall goth, as they used to say in the early aughts lol) but for more of a thrifted, diy look which is more authentic to the punk/goth subculture anyway !!
very true, i think with the way i did the video it was a bit easier for me to do retail pieces but i definitely think most of her wardrobe would be thrifted
@@Nothereforit174that doesn't matter though.. im gen z and even i think the fashion was a let-down & didn't fit at all for the mcs, no matter how realistic it may be for gen z to buy from fast fashion like shein, i wouldn't call it realistic for the plastics (esp regina) in any generation. maybe they'd have a few fast fashion items but not at the degree in the movie and it misses the entire point. the whole point of this remake was nostalgia bait & for tina fey to keep recycling the story over and over, each time losing more of the charm & lesson the original had, bc she's trying too hard to ground the story in pure realism & not add the grit & storytelling that made it work bc of trying to follow shallow "girlboss" white-feminist-adjacent ideals
@@Nothereforit174gen z here. There are SOO many different trends and styles within what’s common for gen z. coquette/preppy/old money/stockholm style are examples of those that would’ve fit the mean girls 2024 movie. Or what she showed in the video. Also trendy stuff. But the eyesore that every single ill-fitting outfit from this movie is was NOT good. It feels like they chose what 14y/o girls would think highschoolers dressed like.
@@mydogismybff this is it for me. It’s very much, what would tweens/12 year olds think cool high schoolers would be wearing, so it’s not really a defining style like the original was. Wealthier upper class teens aren’t wearing shein, or shopping from TikTok, that’s for sure, because they’re defining what the trends are in the first place.
The original costume designer said that Gretchen and Karen's outfits balance Regina out, and I think that's what's missing in the remake as well. They feel less like a unit.
i agree with everything except maybe change the bag for Karen's pink out fit because even though its the brand, she probably wouldn't want anything to say something that would annoy Regina like having her be "god's favourite" when Regina is in 'charge'
Very good point. But Karen, the most promiscuous of the group, carrying a purse with the saying "God's Favorite" is comedy gold. Maybe when Cady is Queen Bee she would hold it?
I love these looks, they would’ve been great in the movie! And yes, totally agree with your analyses of the styles. My one exception is pre-plastic Cady, I actually thought that her wearing outdated, simple clothes in the movie was totally in character because it showed her being out of step with fashion, basic, and even a little bit timeless in some outfits, which felt like a good character choice. If that had been contrasted against actually fashionable versions of the plastics like the ones you styled (and her transforming into that when she become plastic), I think the costume choices they made for pre-takeover Cady would’ve shone more.
definitely agree that's one of the main reasons i didn't restyle any of her "ugly outfits" although i did thing it was odd she was in sooo manyyy stripes
Something I noticed a lot in the original Mean Girls is not only were they effortlessly chic for the time the movie takes place, but it fit the actresses in terms of cut and colors. The stylist in the original nailed it for maintaining the personalities of the characters while still making them feel a part of the time, as well as enhancing the actresses. And even today, they're outfits you'd still see! It's timeless in a way despite it being the early 2000s. However, what I noticed in the remake is that the outfits feel more like fast fashion, especially since the trends of today's age seem to change at a much more rapid pace than the previous decades. These were all outfits I would see on tiktok for a few months before it would change again, or something on an ad from Shein...it will make the movie age more faster than most. They weren't really original in terms or portraying the characters nor was it something that aided in their characterization. It just felt like a giant ad from facebook for outfits I would never wear. Not to mention that, despite liking Renee Rap as Regina, the way some of these girls were acting seemed more cringy than real. Regina in the original FELT real. She was the mean girl that everyone has met some time or another, while these girls in the remake just felt like cyberbullies you'd meet in a youtube comment.
It’s intentionally fast fashion😂 I’m glad you said that actually because you made my gen z point. That’s where most of us(who are rather young) can afford to shop, like it or not. We thrift too and some of us can make things but with so many of us still being school aged....fast fashion is the best alternative. We would rip up a movie that made it seem like we can all afford expensive clothes that last forever. Especially high schoolers. Uniform or it’s coming from Shein lol. Now do we discuss this and have conversations about thrift. Yes but a lot of those discussions also revolve around how white privileged straight sized girls overbuy larger sizes to cut up for items to make which limits who can shop for what and how many of us don’t have very inclusive thrift shops near us anyway. So I like the outfits in the original mean girls but we constantly roast those unrealistic teen movies/shows and I liked seeing them get real about how we dress. The way we value comfort with Regina wearing pants. Like you’re not gonna see us wearing heels and a skirt most of the time and even in mean girls the plastics are an unrealistic standard compared to the rest of the school but they have rich parents. These days even people with parents who are slightly better off can’t just buy up designer like that or it’s low level designer mixed with real cheap stuff. Often they end up shein too when they get older and parents aren’t supporting their habits anymore by buying them stuff constantly. Chic is for the rich and white and I’m intentional about saying white because I noticed those ideas of chic don’t have room for non Eurocentric ideas about fashion. Juicy couture track suits, baby phat, big hoops, gold chains and character jewelry were the “chic” of my people growing up. Chic is a nicely wrapped headscarf. Not something to only wear inside. Low rise jeans and timberlands with a little underwear peaking at the top like Aaliyah. It’s “fly” actually not chic. I don’t care about looking fly and chic by white people’s standards anymore. A lot of us don’t. We wear j fashion now like it’s nothing. You all have so much to prove to each other and where did it get you? Kind of similarly to gen x I think. Another generation experts seem to agree didn’t quite take off. Well we already have people my age who own major production companies(no nepo babies either, I know one and it’s from her own hard work as a child actress that she balanced with school even into Harvard)and are doing great work for the planet, not just Greta, I mean the indigenous kids protecting your water every day. We’re already starting to enter politics and we’re known for our inclusion and activism levels. But anything even geared towards gen z and with us in it is habitually bashed by millennials who have a limited vision of the world beyond old standards and yourselves once you feel you own something. And even your assessment of Renee, first off cyber bullying kills people and it’s been a big topic for years now so that was not a great criticism. But now there’s a wrong and right way to bully people?....and it seems your opinion in based in the idea we should all have a female monster of sorts we’ve encountered which by the way y’all have tainted feminine relationships with your idea of mean girls because you forgot the idea was they’re human too with their own issues and many of you are just eager to do witch hunts and identify who seems like your high school bully. I hate how many younger gen z have been influenced by you because my half actually liked other women and not in a fake conditional way. Rapp did just fine. She’s not your Regina is all. And oh idk maybe she acted like a bully we’d recognize. I liked Rachel. But I didn’t know anyone like her growing up so no we haven’t all met these mythic mean girls millennial women are always saying they can spot because someone said hello a certain way😂 maybe things change and always have. She’s not cringe because you can’t relate. The fashion isn’t bad either. I hate the waste of fast fashion but the outfits are cute. And I can see someone nearer to my age wearing them...ever heard of period dramas? Nothing is meant to look like it’s eternally new. Most old movies don’t. Mean Girls the original doesn’t even look that way, it’s just familiar to you so you feel like it does lol. Even Kady’s hair looks out of date to me and no one dresses like Janis anymore who is alternative, not gen z, that’s just a outcast look now. Regina’s outfit during the book reveal. Cute, but very much of its time. Actually, now that I took a look back through Google images, they are very much from the early 2000s. No one dresses like that now, the skirt shapes are even out of style and the jean cut with those shoes on Kady.....no. It’s cute when you watch it but I wouldn’t think they were from now. If I saw it I’d think someone was dressing 2000s for a theme day. And that’s fine!
Definitely agree on the part about the 2024 movie's fashion looking dated. Hell, it ALREADY looked dated to me by the time I saw the first trailer. It was giving me 2020-2021 TikTok Shein haul vibes.
are you a fashion major?? these outfits were so carefully curated and honestly fit so well for these characters. It’s frightening how the actual film couldn’t even meet a fraction of the standards you set in this video
i enjoyed all of your styling but i do feel like janis would wear more oversized tops instead of the tight ones but it was still very true to her style
I think the movie mean girls was revolutionary because even if the fashion is outdated in the time you watch it- you can tell exactly who this person is
5:46 I noticed that too! Her outfit was the only one in the group in which she could remove her pink item! Everyone else took it more seriously, so their top was pink but it wasn’t removable like a jacket. That was a great detail! Great vid, BTW! Only nitpick is for the pink outfits I’d have more vibrant pinks as opposed to the paler pinks (except maybe for Karen who’d go for a softer pink and Regina who takes the rule less seriously and matches more with black).
I love that you added the battle vest for Janice, that sort of bold decidedly anti-plastic piece is something she needed to have, and it ties to her love of making her own art/clothes
You’re so right because as soon as I saw Gretchen in that bra-showing outfit, I was like WRONG. And it’s even more egregious when Regina calls out Karen for doing the same thing later on, when she never said a thing to Gretchen. Costuming, characterization and continuity were all over the place in that movie.
Looove this! I would make Karen’s pink outfit more pink tho, because one of the things I love the most about that outfit in the og movie is the fact that she is dressed in pink head to toe! As If she took the “on Wednesdays we wear pink” too literally. Idk it just adds to the dumb factor
only thing id say is that a lot of “popular girls” these days do follow micro trends to a T, and often to dress in shein. although these characters do come from money which makes more sense as to them dressing with name brands and better fashion! I love your restylings though!! so much better than the movie
you matched the key labels i had in mind for every girl: Gretchen - youthful Chanel Karen - flirty balletcore Regina - 00s pop star Janis - grunge misfit Cady - relatable cool
New Regina felt like she was in a completely different movie than everyone else…like Renee Rapp slays I want to see her in an action movie beating people the F up now lol
@@millies.left.eyelashess Rich kids don't wear Shein and Fashion Nova. Today's rich kids may not wear "old" Gucci specifically, but other fashion designers like Balenciaga and Vivienne Westwood.
Love the looks but the only thing I think isn’t right is that those pinks are too light appearing almost white, and I feel like a slightly more colorful pink would fit the mean girls vibe better.
Agreed with all of this! I wouldn’t put Janice in any designer stuff, would have kept it to all thrifting, DIYing, and possibly her makeup to show most of her character. I haven’t seen the new movie, but Cady starting in outdated clothes doesn’t bother me so much, but that should have made her transformation even more staggering.
I feel like they really misstepped with everyone but especially with Regina! I noticed that because the actress gained weight (still gorgeous in my eyes! But it’s stupid Hollywood) they really wanted to cover her up more. Which backfired because just schlepping fabric on anyone is not slimming at all.
shes stunning & i totally agree that they were trying to cover her up---i rly feel like very few people in hollywood have any clue how to style women who aren't super petite, which is such a shame bc regina would def want to accentuate her body. it especially felt weird bc i know renee rapp has discussed her eating disorder and the body-shaming she received when she did the stage musical, so like what kind of message is being sent if they aren't even respecting her body enough to style her well?
They did the same this to Sasha Pieters, the actress who played pretty little liars. Completely ruined her character and made her more ‘adult’ after her weight gain
6:58 I loved that reference to the lyrics from World Burn! "I will grind you to sand beneath my Louboutin heel" AND YOU ACTUALLY GAVE HER LOUBOUTIN HEELS!
I love your takes! Janice especially- I’m surprised costume designers in general do so little with punk battle jackets/vests, besides throw them on background characters with a lot of random generic patches. Real live vests are such a labor of love that they say so much about be person who made them, which is a wonderful canvas for storytelling through clothing. I would have loved that on Janice. Anyways, great work!
Personally, Gretchen has my favorite style precisely because I like to dress in that preppy way. But I must confess, I CAN'T believe that in the new film they allowed her to wear that terrible outfit with her *bra* showing! It was so vulgar I bet Gretchen 1.0 would have a meltdown for her life and reputation. That look was offensive and extremely unnecessary.
@@chisom.the Gretchen in the musical is not Gretchen in the movie. Plus it’s an updated gen z mean girls so this is very on brand. It’s not vulgar(we’re kind of pass the idea that old religious ideas define what’s appropriate for everyone and Gretchen has European Jewish heritage where they wear that confidently because the body isn’t a sin to them)
As a fashion enthusiast who just graduated from high school, I couldn't help but nod along through most of the video - especially the Regina section. If one of my classmates had walked into class wearing louboutins I would have pushed them in front of a schoolbus for sure 🚚
Imagine if this movie had the Euphoria costume designers… the movie would still suck but the clothes would absolutely deliver. They did such an amazing job in doing an unatainable high schooler look and totally set trends, especially in 2019 with the first season
It forever baffles me than artistic industries are run on nepotism when talented people who could bring so much to jobs in departments like the costume department don't get the same chance to shine.
long essay rant basically: The interesting thing is that the 04 film also took inspiration from real-life fashion at the time (specifically from HS yearbooks, Paris Hilton & 50s silhouettes), but the difference is that they still had an element of creative integrity & pure fun in mind. The remake seems to purely base it on generic internet-heavy microtrends, & while I don't actually have a problem w/ that concept when gaining inspo, it's clear they just mishmashed hyperfeminine Shein aesthetics mindlessly, thinking that would click, when the Plastics still had pretty distinct motifs, & it matched their individual personalities, that just heavily complimented each other but w/ discernible differences, if that makes sense. It just doesn't make sense for this type of film & these characters to purely base it all off of bleak, watered-down fast fashion that gets forgotten in a week. esp when regina is supposedly a trendsetter & she's just wearing generic, unstylish polyester, that is "accessible"... but not aspirational or shows us her style identity. & the OG did mix-match high & low too, but it was still cohesive & believable yk. the styling arrangement was honestly the biggest problem out of everything bc they did smth similar in 04' but still had a good vision in mind. 24' makes expensive items look cheap & frumpy. another weird thing is that early 2000s fashion has been trending heavily since like 2018-19. it could still be set in the modern day and have heavy inspiration from that era, & still resonate w/ trends amongst gen z + look good, just like euphoria. they said they didn't want it to be like gossip girl fashion even tho i feel like that would have actually fit well, bc i feel like this movie repeated some CW show melodramatic & camp tropes. all in all it's just not interesting, they're way too focused on realism, relating to certain time periods & ideas when the heart of the story is that the plot is timeless. it was purposely exaggerated in diff aspects for entertainment & to tell these types of stories, & even many gen z enjoy the original & can relate to it... i don't understand why hollywood is now so uncomfortable with stylization & to share a narrative.
Your outfits make so much sense and with only a couple points as to why you would do them and it STILL makes more sense for a remade Mean Girls, just awesome!!
Thank you for your service. I thought for sure the costume designers of this movie would get it so right because of the overwhelmingly beloved and in-depth original source material, yet here we are. You killed it!
my high school drama club just did mean girls, and the Regina, Cady and Janice outfits were on point as well as Damien. They were based off the og movie’s outfits, but still stylish today. Also, notes on how you styled Cady: Cady is fit for more earthly tones, like the ones she was wearing in the beginning. Cady wearing blue and pastels shows how she’s changing herself for the plastics ok ty!
This seems to happen a lot when established characters get a remake. The people who do the styling rarely seem to get what made the og character’s look so iconic. I really love what you’ve done here, especially the Plastics.
The costume designer of the film mostly worked on SNL and 30 Rock. Not hard to see who/why he was hired but in one video you completely outshone the films costuming. The 2024 films costuming was very very forgettable. This is a great video and you clearly did a lot of research and nailed it!
thank you !! honestly i wish they had consulted with younger people at the very least or like some people said the costume designer for euphoria did amazing at styling teens
i think it’s important to remember that this film was always intended to be a direct to streaming production and the studio had no intention of giving it a theatrical release until production was completed and the test audiences gave it favourable reviews. considering this alongside the studio’s deceptive marketing strategy, where the film was not advertised as a musical, I don’t think they really thought it would be watched by as many people when the costuming was devised, and so opted to put the characters in trendy and low budget pieces rather than putting a lot of thought into what the characters would wear. if it had been made as a film that would play in theatres from the start and was given a budget to match, i’m sure the costumes would have better reflected the character’s personalities and incorporated more high-end pieces.
you are a visionary...I was obviously disappointed by the costuming of this version, but your video made it so much clearer just how much the costume department missed the mark with their characterizations through costuming. Amazing job!!
I think there are too many high end brands here. The beat part of the og Mean Girls movie and McBling fashion in general is that you could look at a celebrity in a magazine or in a show and easily be able to find the same thing in stores. McBlibg fashion was accessible.
Yes, a big part of Mean Girls fashion was the high and low clothing choices. You could aspire to dress like any of the characters by going to Kohls for basics but then finding some statement pieces from the latest Teen Vogue. That's a major part of why the movie's look was so special. It never felt unattainable but the girls in the movie were stunning.
girl your outfits are sooo much better than they were in the movie they should have hired you as the stylist!! also i feel like cady would like a lot of brandy melville, clothes too?
Girl. You need to be a costume designer. You genuinely have a talent for this and the way that you are using their personalities to identify their style is a really unique skill.
I also wanted to note re Janice. I think the aesthetic you’ve given her is spot on, but I’d just add the note ‘I’d find thrifted clothes to recreate this look which would align with Janice’s philosophy’
This is such a good vid idea 💕 I really don’t know how they managed to mess up Janis’ wardrobe THAT BAD but you did it justice. Loved Renee Rapp ofc but really nothing will ever top the og mean girls
2:21 i feel like Gretchen was a white gold/ Silver girly because that’s what she mostly wears in the first movie but over all I REALLY love your new Gretchen outfits
5:18 the darker color palette also shows that she is the "bad guy" of the movie, it's also kinda cohesive with Janis who are huge foils of each other but are both queen bees/alpha bitches (also Regina mixes black with pink, purple, red, and blue) while Janis is more black with brown and gray.
omg im saaaur glad u did this! Its funny cause I made a power point presentation on this too but I went more with a specific aesthetics angle since this is how young girls try to explore their personal style nowadays! Like for example Regina's style was more Y2K baddie inspired, Gretchen was more preppy of course and Karen was boho chic. I did it based on their personality, a mix between what they tried to do in the 2024 version and with what they did in the OG version. Anyways, I was excited to see what styling u came up with and u did not dissapoint! Great video, should've hired u as the stylist for the movie !
Cady’s outfits in the new movie are really giving Juno, as soon as you said 2010s that clicked for me. Funny since they reference Juno as being an “old movie” in one of Gretchen’s lines.
Love your choices! Can really feel the personality of the girls coming through. I'd love for you to analyse the costumes in The Sweetest Thing. I'm not much of a fan of the movie but the fashion was memorable and I love how they're walking and running everywhere in stilettos.
Now this ATE. I think the best part of the fashion in mean girls was that the girls had their own style, but very much of their times. Gretchen’s mix between Y2K and English fashion was perf. You really represented that
You won me over immediately and knocked me out of the park with the Gretchen look. Karen ideas I love, but I think her pink look wouldn’t deviate from the colour pink to mix and match because I don’t think she’s… sophisticated enough, to think of that. I think her being head to toe all pink, still cute still innocent still expensive but not deviating from all pink or thinking out of that would make more sense. But then you won me back with the Regina look. The pink day look is genius and I’m mad the movie didn’t do it. Overall, I think your spring fling ideas are better than even the og movie where the clothes are generally fantastic t characterisation but I feel they kind of fumble my the spring fling… and idk why it’s the climax. One side thought, I think something that *could* have been cool is if Regina and Janice had a look that was similar at some point. Like just as a way to nod to their parallels.
The fashion choices u gave to each character would have done so much justice, looking into their fashion choices now closely its just abit weird. Ps love ur fashion sense for each character.
How I wish you were their stylist! You have better ideas than the creators of this reboot ,the outfits is fitting with this year but still have the vibes of 2004 !
I thought this was AMAZING. You have great taste. I also think Gretchen also likes to red and cady likes to wear button-up tops which I think the new movie attempted to replicate.
you did such a good job and not only do the outfits match the characters but i feel like they would look good on the 2024 actors i can SEE the vision and my favorite is definitely gretchen
i feel like no one in the comments is pointing this out but they are high school students? all of these outfits, (while beautiful) are extremely short and revealing, they would never fly, especially since dresscodes are so strict in the us. I also don't think most of them would actually be able to afford brands like JPG or Dior.... and, finally, the actresses don't all have a completely flat stomach, i think most of these outfits would just not fit their body types at all (no hate for anyone, the creator is very talented and i respect how much time and energy this takes)
omg I would have loved to see your stylings, they were so much better than whatever happened in the movie. Each character's individuality would have stood out so much more
I really love your take on the styling, and I agree it's much more accurate. Maybe my high school was not as chic, but these outfits might be too expensive and "adult" (not in a sexy way, just styling skills-wise) for high schoolers? Then again, it's a movie and not real so they could dress however they wanted. Also, times have changed and people dress more elevated at a younger age than my generation did. But as a costumes designer, I might bring it back to a more youthful and less sophisticated style. I think Regina was styled in a more queer-coded fashion, which worked great on Renee Rapp but maybe was not as true to Regina's character? Absolutely LIVING for these conceptualizations though! Much more thought-out and close to the character's personalities.
I love your choices! I’d been thinking of making a vid like this restyling the characters bc I was so disappointed with how they styled them, you’re so right!!
I really do like your take on them and I especially enjoy how you styled Cady. I would like to point out that the vest you paired with Janice's first outfit is actually a black metal battle jacket and I initially did not like the idea of Janice wearing it but the more I think about the more I like it tbh. Janice has this superiority complex and it is well known within our community of black metal that we have so called elitists that look down on anyone that does not agree with them. I know it wasn't intentional to make Janice a black metal elitist since you referred to it as a punk vest but I really do think it is cool and I applaud the effort that went into this video.
So bruno mars said in 2016 at the grammys that people are just singing ballads (gaga just got done w singing a powerful ballad on stage) and not making dance hits. And now look at him, on a ballad w gaga. Her mind is ELITE
Karen wore so much pastel in the original movie that I would have put Avantika's Karen in brands like Liz Lisa and Axes Femme from Japan. These brands were inspiration for the coquette style which shows a lot of influence from lolita and himegyaru brands from Japan but also has a pinup twist. I'm not sure all of the Plastics were into high-fashion brands like Chanel and Dior, although Gretchen definitely would have. (Although I agree 100% with you that Regina wouldn't be caught dead in e.l.f. makeup or...any of the Shein stuff. I really liked Regina's black leather outfit and think it should stay....but I would have picked a baby or coral pink shirt for under it. Also...a tank top or bustier is not a corset top. Corsets have lacing and structure.
I watched your 'crimes against humanity' video and didn't really get into your line of thought. but now that you showed the way it could be done I realised you were 100% correct from the moment you started talking about gretchen
I have difficulties processing visial information. it's so cool that people like you can show me what I can't imagine!
you got to be really humble to acknowledge this, it is a rare but honorable attitude, keep it up! (:
The gasp let out when she styled gretchen 😢 so beautiful
Gretchen in old money style and Karen in coquette style are so accurate for a mean girls remake
Its not a remake its the movie adaptation of the musical
@mademoiselleelise and the musical was adapted from the original movie, whats your point?
For the ELF products they should’ve had that been for Cady since she’s just getting into makeup. It would’ve been way more believable since elf is drugstore but has so many dupes
regina should wear dior lip oil.
Definitely and it would also match the trying to be Regina thing so it could be like we see a scene Regina putting on Dior lip oil and in the scene we see cady putting on elf we can see she’s trying to be her but still haven’t got to that point
@@AUGHHHHHBBG u guys realize it is an advertisement?😭 why would thy put elf side by side with Dior when ELF paid them
@@kaitlynb5467 I know it’s advertised it’s clearly obvious but still
@@kaitlynb5467 It wasn't a smart idea to accept the ad when it doesn't fit in the movie. They can decline it, and I'm sure plenty of other brands wanted to work with them.
The "Costume Designer" they had was a middle aged man whose only credentials were putting people in suits or casual wear for sitcoms..
He had zero point of reference for teenage girls, let alone fashion, and only got the job because he was friends with Tina Fey. Describing his inspiration he literally said influencer approved brands from tiktok... so it's definitely shein.
that is so disappointing to hear...this was definitely not an aspect of the film they should have phoned in
hearing it’s a middle aged man with no experience dressing teenage girls is honestly more disappointing thank hearing about how they had tiktok as their inspiration 😞 like why did they even think that would work…
@@joeyiscultured it’s crazy cuz the OG movie was so defining of an era in fashion, with casual but elevated styling that’s referenced to this day… and then this one is just the front page of Shein and is already aging poorly
I kind of feel bad for him tbh this was clearly not a job meant for him
I figured she hired a bunch of people she knew in need of a job which hey we love to see somebody helping their Homies but only when their Homies are actually competent 😅
0:45 Gretchen definitely wouldn’t have her bra showing considering they have a scene where Regina reads Karen for showing hers at the Christmas Talent Show
exactlyyy and honestly even if that wasn't the case that is not a normal or common style for anyone that i've seen
it felt like an attempt to call back to the fashion of the original, because most of them had their bras showing at some point in that, but it totally fell flat for me bc it was such a weird choice for a movie that was trying that hard to do modern fashion.
Exactly. In the early 2000s, that was a normal thing, and while I wouldn't exactly call it a trend, it was kind of normal. But wearing your bra showing in 2024 is so out of the blue, this isn't a thing anywhere at all. And to do it in such a weird way too! You'd have to keep pulling your top down for it to keep showing, whereas Cady's pink bra with the strapless dress would've just happened because of how the dress fits.
Actually there is this one scene where she is wearing an outfit like that. It is a short clip where Regina brushes her off they are giving Cady a makeover!
@@Sun.Shine- You’re not paying attention to the intention of my comment. I’m saying Gretchen as a character would not wear an outfit revealing her bra; the costume designer for the musical movie made a mistake in choosing that wardrobe choice. Highlighting the inconsistencies of their design with the script.
Janice losing her authentic alternative style in the new movie is a reflection of how 'alternative culture' has changed in our current society that is so image-obsessed. It has truly lost its meaning when everything is done for aesthetic purposes and not for the beliefs, ideas, interests and lifestyle choices of a person adopting a certain style.
Interesting point but I think this wasn't the intention of the fashion area saddly.
Loving the new looks, the only one I'd argue against is Janis. One of the things that made her look so alternative in the original movie was her total lack of conventional silhouettes and trendy pieces. The whole point is that she doesn't have a ton of money, she's just like every other highschooler in that regard, and wouldn't go shopping for brands, making everything she has herself or buying cheap and editing it. Putting her in Jean Paul Gaultier? Girl she could NEVER afford that and frankly, wouldn't want to buy into such a prestigious brand.
Agree, the recommendations were also too trendy, most alternative styles (goth, punk grunge) have their roots in taking what's available and give it a twist or just combining it in a "unconventional" way, it wasn't until late 80s and the 90s where these subcultures became a marketing target and specific clothing for those styles were being sold. You can look "grunge" with a simple wide leg Jean, a full studded cargo pants and chains is not something I image Janice wearing, even if they were not trending, I don't even remember her wearing pants in the 20004 movie 😅
Yes exactly. I'd expect a lot of thrifted clothes, layered. It can be whatever, but as long as it's layered and thrifted it would fit het style
I agree
I agree with you!! the only re styling I didn't like was janis'
Yeah, definitely. I think individually a few of the designer pieces could be used in the wardrobe but appearing again and again, the way a normal person would wear such an extravagant item. For example my goth friend has a pair of demonia boots and she wears them all the time because they are this big, special piece of her wardrobe. It would provide a nice visual trademark for Janice and also contrast her more down to earth, anti-plastic outlook on life with the Plastics’ conspicuous consumption.
EDIT: I do think it is still a bit unrealistic to have high schoolers have investment pieces in their wardrobe when they could easily grow out of them. But we are talking about a movie so a little bit of unreality is fine imo.
The new movie ruined Regina's style it's so hard to look at
soo much like it's actually distracting
noo i loved most of it just not the wednesday fit but the black fit and the white fit halloween was so good
it feels like her costume designer never worked with a body over size S. Renee is curvy and instead of emphasizing them they put her in these baggy/big clothes, i hate those cargo pants so much
Cus they changed Regina’s personality
Yes! Renee Rapp is gorgeous and they picked the least flattering cuts and styles for her body type.
lots of cool things here! but something to consider is that janis, rejecting a lot of the materialism and superficiality of the plastics, including their taste in fashion, probably wouldn't go "high fashion goth" (or even mall goth, as they used to say in the early aughts lol) but for more of a thrifted, diy look which is more authentic to the punk/goth subculture anyway !!
very true, i think with the way i did the video it was a bit easier for me to do retail pieces but i definitely think most of her wardrobe would be thrifted
Not these days. See y’all aren’t checked into modern styles with gen z and trying to make our mean girls your mean girls
@@Nothereforit174that doesn't matter though.. im gen z and even i think the fashion was a let-down & didn't fit at all for the mcs, no matter how realistic it may be for gen z to buy from fast fashion like shein, i wouldn't call it realistic for the plastics (esp regina) in any generation. maybe they'd have a few fast fashion items but not at the degree in the movie and it misses the entire point.
the whole point of this remake was nostalgia bait & for tina fey to keep recycling the story over and over, each time losing more of the charm & lesson the original had, bc she's trying too hard to ground the story in pure realism & not add the grit & storytelling that made it work bc of trying to follow shallow "girlboss" white-feminist-adjacent ideals
@@Nothereforit174gen z here. There are SOO many different trends and styles within what’s common for gen z. coquette/preppy/old money/stockholm style are examples of those that would’ve fit the mean girls 2024 movie. Or what she showed in the video. Also trendy stuff. But the eyesore that every single ill-fitting outfit from this movie is was NOT good. It feels like they chose what 14y/o girls would think highschoolers dressed like.
@@mydogismybff this is it for me. It’s very much, what would tweens/12 year olds think cool high schoolers would be wearing, so it’s not really a defining style like the original was. Wealthier upper class teens aren’t wearing shein, or shopping from TikTok, that’s for sure, because they’re defining what the trends are in the first place.
Dude I wish they’d had this energy for the outfits in the actual movie, because your picks are literally soooooo good omg
thank you so much 😭😭🩷
The original costume designer said that Gretchen and Karen's outfits balance Regina out, and I think that's what's missing in the remake as well. They feel less like a unit.
i agree with everything except maybe change the bag for Karen's pink out fit because even though its the brand, she probably wouldn't want anything to say something that would annoy Regina like having her be "god's favourite" when Regina is in 'charge'
Very good point. But Karen, the most promiscuous of the group, carrying a purse with the saying "God's Favorite" is comedy gold. Maybe when Cady is Queen Bee she would hold it?
@@itried8968 ooooo comedy wise that actually sounds smart and i can totally see Cody wearing it after taking over the group!
That's an interesting point
I love these looks, they would’ve been great in the movie! And yes, totally agree with your analyses of the styles. My one exception is pre-plastic Cady, I actually thought that her wearing outdated, simple clothes in the movie was totally in character because it showed her being out of step with fashion, basic, and even a little bit timeless in some outfits, which felt like a good character choice. If that had been contrasted against actually fashionable versions of the plastics like the ones you styled (and her transforming into that when she become plastic), I think the costume choices they made for pre-takeover Cady would’ve shone more.
definitely agree that's one of the main reasons i didn't restyle any of her "ugly outfits" although i did thing it was odd she was in sooo manyyy stripes
Something I noticed a lot in the original Mean Girls is not only were they effortlessly chic for the time the movie takes place, but it fit the actresses in terms of cut and colors. The stylist in the original nailed it for maintaining the personalities of the characters while still making them feel a part of the time, as well as enhancing the actresses. And even today, they're outfits you'd still see! It's timeless in a way despite it being the early 2000s. However, what I noticed in the remake is that the outfits feel more like fast fashion, especially since the trends of today's age seem to change at a much more rapid pace than the previous decades. These were all outfits I would see on tiktok for a few months before it would change again, or something on an ad from Shein...it will make the movie age more faster than most.
They weren't really original in terms or portraying the characters nor was it something that aided in their characterization. It just felt like a giant ad from facebook for outfits I would never wear. Not to mention that, despite liking Renee Rap as Regina, the way some of these girls were acting seemed more cringy than real. Regina in the original FELT real. She was the mean girl that everyone has met some time or another, while these girls in the remake just felt like cyberbullies you'd meet in a youtube comment.
It’s intentionally fast fashion😂 I’m glad you said that actually because you made my gen z point. That’s where most of us(who are rather young) can afford to shop, like it or not. We thrift too and some of us can make things but with so many of us still being school aged....fast fashion is the best alternative. We would rip up a movie that made it seem like we can all afford expensive clothes that last forever. Especially high schoolers. Uniform or it’s coming from Shein lol. Now do we discuss this and have conversations about thrift. Yes but a lot of those discussions also revolve around how white privileged straight sized girls overbuy larger sizes to cut up for items to make which limits who can shop for what and how many of us don’t have very inclusive thrift shops near us anyway. So I like the outfits in the original mean girls but we constantly roast those unrealistic teen movies/shows and I liked seeing them get real about how we dress. The way we value comfort with Regina wearing pants. Like you’re not gonna see us wearing heels and a skirt most of the time and even in mean girls the plastics are an unrealistic standard compared to the rest of the school but they have rich parents. These days even people with parents who are slightly better off can’t just buy up designer like that or it’s low level designer mixed with real cheap stuff. Often they end up shein too when they get older and parents aren’t supporting their habits anymore by buying them stuff constantly. Chic is for the rich and white and I’m intentional about saying white because I noticed those ideas of chic don’t have room for non Eurocentric ideas about fashion. Juicy couture track suits, baby phat, big hoops, gold chains and character jewelry were the “chic” of my people growing up. Chic is a nicely wrapped headscarf. Not something to only wear inside. Low rise jeans and timberlands with a little underwear peaking at the top like Aaliyah. It’s “fly” actually not chic. I don’t care about looking fly and chic by white people’s standards anymore. A lot of us don’t. We wear j fashion now like it’s nothing. You all have so much to prove to each other and where did it get you? Kind of similarly to gen x I think. Another generation experts seem to agree didn’t quite take off. Well we already have people my age who own major production companies(no nepo babies either, I know one and it’s from her own hard work as a child actress that she balanced with school even into Harvard)and are doing great work for the planet, not just Greta, I mean the indigenous kids protecting your water every day. We’re already starting to enter politics and we’re known for our inclusion and activism levels. But anything even geared towards gen z and with us in it is habitually bashed by millennials who have a limited vision of the world beyond old standards and yourselves once you feel you own something.
And even your assessment of Renee, first off cyber bullying kills people and it’s been a big topic for years now so that was not a great criticism. But now there’s a wrong and right way to bully people?....and it seems your opinion in based in the idea we should all have a female monster of sorts we’ve encountered which by the way y’all have tainted feminine relationships with your idea of mean girls because you forgot the idea was they’re human too with their own issues and many of you are just eager to do witch hunts and identify who seems like your high school bully. I hate how many younger gen z have been influenced by you because my half actually liked other women and not in a fake conditional way. Rapp did just fine. She’s not your Regina is all. And oh idk maybe she acted like a bully we’d recognize. I liked Rachel. But I didn’t know anyone like her growing up so no we haven’t all met these mythic mean girls millennial women are always saying they can spot because someone said hello a certain way😂 maybe things change and always have. She’s not cringe because you can’t relate. The fashion isn’t bad either. I hate the waste of fast fashion but the outfits are cute. And I can see someone nearer to my age wearing them...ever heard of period dramas? Nothing is meant to look like it’s eternally new. Most old movies don’t. Mean Girls the original doesn’t even look that way, it’s just familiar to you so you feel like it does lol. Even Kady’s hair looks out of date to me and no one dresses like Janis anymore who is alternative, not gen z, that’s just a outcast look now. Regina’s outfit during the book reveal. Cute, but very much of its time. Actually, now that I took a look back through Google images, they are very much from the early 2000s. No one dresses like that now, the skirt shapes are even out of style and the jean cut with those shoes on Kady.....no. It’s cute when you watch it but I wouldn’t think they were from now. If I saw it I’d think someone was dressing 2000s for a theme day. And that’s fine!
Definitely agree on the part about the 2024 movie's fashion looking dated. Hell, it ALREADY looked dated to me by the time I saw the first trailer. It was giving me 2020-2021 TikTok Shein haul vibes.
@@katelinakeene7578FR 😭 i agree with her when she said that their style was based a lot off 2020 micro-trends
are you a fashion major?? these outfits were so carefully curated and honestly fit so well for these characters. It’s frightening how the actual film couldn’t even meet a fraction of the standards you set in this video
no i wish ive graduated but i always wanted to study fashion , thank you for watching the video im so happy you enjoyed it 💕
I genuinely wish you had been the one styling this movie. Assignment understood and Cady's take over fit would've gone so much harder in the dark navy
right?? i lovedddd that house of cb top i want it for myself
i enjoyed all of your styling but i do feel like janis would wear more oversized tops instead of the tight ones but it was still very true to her style
i get what u mean! i can see the sheer/printed tops being the first layering piece with baggy tops, vests etc layered on top!
It’s more goth punk these days to go right. The style has changed
I think the movie mean girls was revolutionary because even if the fashion is outdated in the time you watch it- you can tell exactly who this person is
5:46 I noticed that too! Her outfit was the only one in the group in which she could remove her pink item! Everyone else took it more seriously, so their top was pink but it wasn’t removable like a jacket.
That was a great detail!
Great vid, BTW! Only nitpick is for the pink outfits I’d have more vibrant pinks as opposed to the paler pinks (except maybe for Karen who’d go for a softer pink and Regina who takes the rule less seriously and matches more with black).
I love that you added the battle vest for Janice, that sort of bold decidedly anti-plastic piece is something she needed to have, and it ties to her love of making her own art/clothes
thank you i thought the same 🩷
I can SO see Gretchen rocking Vivienne Westwood.
And having mean girls(2024) having 2000’s inspired fashion would make so much sense because that’s in style now
You’re so right because as soon as I saw Gretchen in that bra-showing outfit, I was like WRONG. And it’s even more egregious when Regina calls out Karen for doing the same thing later on, when she never said a thing to Gretchen. Costuming, characterization and continuity were all over the place in that movie.
Looove this! I would make Karen’s pink outfit more pink tho, because one of the things I love the most about that outfit in the og movie is the fact that she is dressed in pink head to toe! As If she took the “on Wednesdays we wear pink” too literally. Idk it just adds to the dumb factor
only thing id say is that a lot of “popular girls” these days do follow micro trends to a T, and often to dress in shein. although these characters do come from money which makes more sense as to them dressing with name brands and better fashion!
I love your restylings though!! so much better than the movie
you matched the key labels i had in mind for every girl:
Gretchen - youthful Chanel
Karen - flirty balletcore
Regina - 00s pop star
Janis - grunge misfit
Cady - relatable cool
New Regina felt like she was in a completely different movie than everyone else…like Renee Rapp slays I want to see her in an action movie beating people the F up now lol
literally who is wearing a leather suit? to high school
@@chisom. but whos wearing gucci?
@@millies.left.eyelashess Rich kids don't wear Shein and Fashion Nova. Today's rich kids may not wear "old" Gucci specifically, but other fashion designers like Balenciaga and Vivienne Westwood.
you understand perfectly the characters' personalities & how to bring their wardrobe foward in time. impeccable choices as well!
Love the looks but the only thing I think isn’t right is that those pinks are too light appearing almost white, and I feel like a slightly more colorful pink would fit the mean girls vibe better.
Agreed with all of this! I wouldn’t put Janice in any designer stuff, would have kept it to all thrifting, DIYing, and possibly her makeup to show most of her character. I haven’t seen the new movie, but Cady starting in outdated clothes doesn’t bother me so much, but that should have made her transformation even more staggering.
yeah i feel like cadys transformation was very lackluster, ty for watching 🩷🫶🏾
I feel like they really misstepped with everyone but especially with Regina! I noticed that because the actress gained weight (still gorgeous in my eyes! But it’s stupid Hollywood) they really wanted to cover her up more. Which backfired because just schlepping fabric on anyone is not slimming at all.
I think Renee also said she wanted to wear pants more, which is stupid cause why audition for this character in the first place
shes stunning & i totally agree that they were trying to cover her up---i rly feel like very few people in hollywood have any clue how to style women who aren't super petite, which is such a shame bc regina would def want to accentuate her body. it especially felt weird bc i know renee rapp has discussed her eating disorder and the body-shaming she received when she did the stage musical, so like what kind of message is being sent if they aren't even respecting her body enough to style her well?
They did the same this to Sasha Pieters, the actress who played pretty little liars. Completely ruined her character and made her more ‘adult’ after her weight gain
true renee looks like shed never care about her weight which is not very regina George
@@adeleaslan8182too this day I’m STILL pissed about this. She literally had the best style of all the girls(imo)😭
That outfit with the orange sweater and plaid skirt on the right at 1:24 really looks like something Gretchen would wear.
okay your regina outfits ate dowwwnnnn!!!! I can't believe how far off the movie stylists were WOW
thank youuuu ily 🥰
6:58 I loved that reference to the lyrics from World Burn! "I will grind you to sand beneath my Louboutin heel" AND YOU ACTUALLY GAVE HER LOUBOUTIN HEELS!
I love your takes! Janice especially- I’m surprised costume designers in general do so little with punk battle jackets/vests, besides throw them on background characters with a lot of random generic patches. Real live vests are such a labor of love that they say so much about be person who made them, which is a wonderful canvas for storytelling through clothing. I would have loved that on Janice. Anyways, great work!
Personally, Gretchen has my favorite style precisely because I like to dress in that preppy way. But I must confess, I CAN'T believe that in the new film they allowed her to wear that terrible outfit with her *bra* showing! It was so vulgar I bet Gretchen 1.0 would have a meltdown for her life and reputation.
That look was offensive and extremely unnecessary.
vulgar is exactly the correct word it's out of character for gretchen and tbh just off in general
@@chisom.the Gretchen in the musical is not Gretchen in the movie. Plus it’s an updated gen z mean girls so this is very on brand. It’s not vulgar(we’re kind of pass the idea that old religious ideas define what’s appropriate for everyone and Gretchen has European Jewish heritage where they wear that confidently because the body isn’t a sin to them)
But gretchen has this one outfit where her straps are showing. The scene where they are giving cady a makeover (it is a very minor scene)
@@Nothereforit174ur just wrong
especially while she sang this vulnerable song in this scene, seemed really out of place
As a fashion enthusiast who just graduated from high school, I couldn't help but nod along through most of the video - especially the Regina section. If one of my classmates had walked into class wearing louboutins I would have pushed them in front of a schoolbus for sure 🚚
hahaha same!!
I know right?
~Regina George
The “god’s favorite” purse for Karen omg… great vid loved the picks !!
Imagine if this movie had the Euphoria costume designers… the movie would still suck but the clothes would absolutely deliver. They did such an amazing job in doing an unatainable high schooler look and totally set trends, especially in 2019 with the first season
It forever baffles me than artistic industries are run on nepotism when talented people who could bring so much to jobs in departments like the costume department don't get the same chance to shine.
Thank you for saving us from the hellish memories of bad fashion. I seriously needed this.
Okay but no lies or missteps were made, these stylings are so good!
thank you so much, it's my first time doing anything like this so i'm really happy you like it 🩷
GIRL STYLING IS YOUR THINGGGGG
long essay rant basically:
The interesting thing is that the 04 film also took inspiration from real-life fashion at the time (specifically from HS yearbooks, Paris Hilton & 50s silhouettes), but the difference is that they still had an element of creative integrity & pure fun in mind.
The remake seems to purely base it on generic internet-heavy microtrends, & while I don't actually have a problem w/ that concept when gaining inspo, it's clear they just mishmashed hyperfeminine Shein aesthetics mindlessly, thinking that would click, when the Plastics still had pretty distinct motifs, & it matched their individual personalities, that just heavily complimented each other but w/ discernible differences, if that makes sense.
It just doesn't make sense for this type of film & these characters to purely base it all off of bleak, watered-down fast fashion that gets forgotten in a week. esp when regina is supposedly a trendsetter & she's just wearing generic, unstylish polyester, that is "accessible"... but not aspirational or shows us her style identity. & the OG did mix-match high & low too, but it was still cohesive & believable yk. the styling arrangement was honestly the biggest problem out of everything bc they did smth similar in 04' but still had a good vision in mind. 24' makes expensive items look cheap & frumpy.
another weird thing is that early 2000s fashion has been trending heavily since like 2018-19. it could still be set in the modern day and have heavy inspiration from that era, & still resonate w/ trends amongst gen z + look good, just like euphoria.
they said they didn't want it to be like gossip girl fashion even tho i feel like that would have actually fit well, bc i feel like this movie repeated some CW show melodramatic & camp tropes.
all in all it's just not interesting, they're way too focused on realism, relating to certain time periods & ideas when the heart of the story is that the plot is timeless. it was purposely exaggerated in diff aspects for entertainment & to tell these types of stories, & even many gen z enjoy the original & can relate to it... i don't understand why hollywood is now so uncomfortable with stylization & to share a narrative.
Your outfits make so much sense and with only a couple points as to why you would do them and it STILL makes more sense for a remade Mean Girls, just awesome!!
These outfits you put together feel so much more accurate to the characters. Amazing job.
tysm ❤️❤️
Thank you for your service. I thought for sure the costume designers of this movie would get it so right because of the overwhelmingly beloved and in-depth original source material, yet here we are. You killed it!
tyyy 🩷🥰
my high school drama club just did mean girls, and the Regina, Cady and Janice outfits were on point as well as Damien. They were based off the og movie’s outfits, but still stylish today. Also, notes on how you styled Cady: Cady is fit for more earthly tones, like the ones she was wearing in the beginning. Cady wearing blue and pastels shows how she’s changing herself for the plastics ok ty!
This seems to happen a lot when established characters get a remake. The people who do the styling rarely seem to get what made the og character’s look so iconic.
I really love what you’ve done here, especially the Plastics.
The costume designer of the film mostly worked on SNL and 30 Rock. Not hard to see who/why he was hired but in one video you completely outshone the films costuming.
The 2024 films costuming was very very forgettable. This is a great video and you clearly did a lot of research and nailed it!
thank you !! honestly i wish they had consulted with younger people at the very least or like some people said the costume designer for euphoria did amazing at styling teens
i think it’s important to remember that this film was always intended to be a direct to streaming production and the studio had no intention of giving it a theatrical release until production was completed and the test audiences gave it favourable reviews. considering this alongside the studio’s deceptive marketing strategy, where the film was not advertised as a musical, I don’t think they really thought it would be watched by as many people when the costuming was devised, and so opted to put the characters in trendy and low budget pieces rather than putting a lot of thought into what the characters would wear. if it had been made as a film that would play in theatres from the start and was given a budget to match, i’m sure the costumes would have better reflected the character’s personalities and incorporated more high-end pieces.
you are a visionary...I was obviously disappointed by the costuming of this version, but your video made it so much clearer just how much the costume department missed the mark with their characterizations through costuming. Amazing job!!
thank youu ily 🩷
I think there are too many high end brands here. The beat part of the og Mean Girls movie and McBling fashion in general is that you could look at a celebrity in a magazine or in a show and easily be able to find the same thing in stores. McBlibg fashion was accessible.
Yes, a big part of Mean Girls fashion was the high and low clothing choices. You could aspire to dress like any of the characters by going to Kohls for basics but then finding some statement pieces from the latest Teen Vogue. That's a major part of why the movie's look was so special. It never felt unattainable but the girls in the movie were stunning.
lol definitely may have went overboard with the designer
girl your outfits are sooo much better than they were in the movie they should have hired you as the stylist!! also i feel like cady would like a lot of brandy melville, clothes too?
I loved all of the changes you made! I feel your outfits more fit the girls true personalities and characters.
thank you !! 🥰
I love how I came here by coincidence, never seen Mean Girls, but now feel like I know the characters a bit, through your video. Neat. :)
Girl. You need to be a costume designer. You genuinely have a talent for this and the way that you are using their personalities to identify their style is a really unique skill.
aww ty i'd love to have a job like this ❤
OMG!! MISS MAM THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE RESTYLING OF THIS MEAN GIRLS MOVIE!!! EXACTLY WHAT WAS ON MY MIND!!!
I also wanted to note re Janice. I think the aesthetic you’ve given her is spot on, but I’d just add the note ‘I’d find thrifted clothes to recreate this look which would align with Janice’s philosophy’
These outfits look so much better than everything i saw in the trailer for the new movie
😭😭 thank you
This is such a good vid idea 💕 I really don’t know how they managed to mess up Janis’ wardrobe THAT BAD but you did it justice.
Loved Renee Rapp ofc but really nothing will ever top the og mean girls
thank you 💕❤️
this is spot on I love all the outfits you created
thank you so much 🩷
THIS WAS SO SPOT ON AND SO GOOD!
THANK YOU ILYYY
2:21 i feel like Gretchen was a white gold/ Silver girly because that’s what she mostly wears in the first movie but over all I REALLY love your new Gretchen outfits
GIRL YOU ATE THISSSS. i've always loved karen the most and i was shook you picked my fav brands and pieces. ugh so good loving your channel
Yay! Thank you so much for the support ily 🩷🫶🏾
as a metalhead i'm definitely taking inspirations from janice's wardrobe, thanks lol
The second Janis outfit is so perfecttt
woww u really nailed this. i love how you took the new movie into account and didnt just make outfits based on the original movie.
thank you 🥲
5:18 the darker color palette also shows that she is the "bad guy" of the movie, it's also kinda cohesive with Janis who are huge foils of each other but are both queen bees/alpha bitches (also Regina mixes black with pink, purple, red, and blue) while Janis is more black with brown and gray.
exactlyyyy you get it
omg im saaaur glad u did this! Its funny cause I made a power point presentation on this too but I went more with a specific aesthetics angle since this is how young girls try to explore their personal style nowadays! Like for example Regina's style was more Y2K baddie inspired, Gretchen was more preppy of course and Karen was boho chic. I did it based on their personality, a mix between what they tried to do in the 2024 version and with what they did in the OG version.
Anyways, I was excited to see what styling u came up with and u did not dissapoint! Great video, should've hired u as the stylist for the movie !
thank you 😊 i've always wanted to be a stylist so these comments are gassing me up ngl
tbh this restyling clued me in to SO MANY awesome but subtle design choices made in the original movie that I didn't notice before!!
Cady’s outfits in the new movie are really giving Juno, as soon as you said 2010s that clicked for me. Funny since they reference Juno as being an “old movie” in one of Gretchen’s lines.
Love your choices! Can really feel the personality of the girls coming through. I'd love for you to analyse the costumes in The Sweetest Thing. I'm not much of a fan of the movie but the fashion was memorable and I love how they're walking and running everywhere in stilettos.
I was gonna say “You should Style 2024 Damien” But his outfits and character are too iconic and good for that 🤩
Damien is perfect, why change him?
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THANK YOU! I hate the way they dressed the girls in the new movie. The outfits you chose were PERFECT!
Thank you so so much for your kind words ❤️❤️❤️
Now this ATE. I think the best part of the fashion in mean girls was that the girls had their own style, but very much of their times. Gretchen’s mix between Y2K and English fashion was perf. You really represented that
thank you ily 🩷
They should have hired you 😭 this is so good!
thank you 😭🩷🩷🩷
You won me over immediately and knocked me out of the park with the Gretchen look.
Karen ideas I love, but I think her pink look wouldn’t deviate from the colour pink to mix and match because I don’t think she’s… sophisticated enough, to think of that. I think her being head to toe all pink, still cute still innocent still expensive but not deviating from all pink or thinking out of that would make more sense.
But then you won me back with the Regina look. The pink day look is genius and I’m mad the movie didn’t do it.
Overall, I think your spring fling ideas are better than even the og movie where the clothes are generally fantastic t characterisation but I feel they kind of fumble my the spring fling… and idk why it’s the climax.
One side thought, I think something that *could* have been cool is if Regina and Janice had a look that was similar at some point. Like just as a way to nod to their parallels.
I love this! Just letting you know, coming from a Scottish person, any tartan skirt is not a kilt, a kilt is a very specific cultural garment 😊
thank you! the only reason i called it that is bc thats what it said on burberrys site
They needed you on that set😭
You absolutely nailed these looks! I feel like my personal style is a cross between how you styled Regina and Janis 🩷🖤
id probably say the same !! 🩷
The fashion choices u gave to each character would have done so much justice, looking into their fashion choices now closely its just abit weird. Ps love ur fashion sense for each character.
How I wish you were their stylist! You have better ideas than the creators of this reboot ,the outfits is fitting with this year but still have the vibes of 2004 !
the gretchen outfits you styled are sooo cute i love them
thank you!!! 🩷🩷
This is spot on. Very very good points made & so sad there was nothing even close to this in the actual movie!!
I thought this was AMAZING. You have great taste. I also think Gretchen also likes to red and cady likes to wear button-up tops which I think the new movie attempted to replicate.
This video is so artful and I agree with your styling choices! Brava 👏🏼
you did such a good job and not only do the outfits match the characters but i feel like they would look good on the 2024 actors i can SEE the vision and my favorite is definitely gretchen
Loved karens outfit like 🎀🏹
thank you 🎀🩷💕
i feel like no one in the comments is pointing this out but they are high school students? all of these outfits, (while beautiful) are extremely short and revealing, they would never fly, especially since dresscodes are so strict in the us. I also don't think most of them would actually be able to afford brands like JPG or Dior.... and, finally, the actresses don't all have a completely flat stomach, i think most of these outfits would just not fit their body types at all
(no hate for anyone, the creator is very talented and i respect how much time and energy this takes)
omg I would have loved to see your stylings, they were so much better than whatever happened in the movie. Each character's individuality would have stood out so much more
girl they should hire you and redo the whole movie. LOVE this!!
I really love your take on the styling, and I agree it's much more accurate. Maybe my high school was not as chic, but these outfits might be too expensive and "adult" (not in a sexy way, just styling skills-wise) for high schoolers? Then again, it's a movie and not real so they could dress however they wanted. Also, times have changed and people dress more elevated at a younger age than my generation did. But as a costumes designer, I might bring it back to a more youthful and less sophisticated style.
I think Regina was styled in a more queer-coded fashion, which worked great on Renee Rapp but maybe was not as true to Regina's character?
Absolutely LIVING for these conceptualizations though! Much more thought-out and close to the character's personalities.
I love your choices! I’d been thinking of making a vid like this restyling the characters bc I was so disappointed with how they styled them, you’re so right!!
you should!! i'd love to watch 🫶🏾
SO TRUEE ugh ur goood at this 😭😭❤️❤️
thank you !! 🥰
I really do like your take on them and I especially enjoy how you styled Cady. I would like to point out that the vest you paired with Janice's first outfit is actually a black metal battle jacket and I initially did not like the idea of Janice wearing it but the more I think about the more I like it tbh.
Janice has this superiority complex and it is well known within our community of black metal that we have so called elitists that look down on anyone that does not agree with them. I know it wasn't intentional to make Janice a black metal elitist since you referred to it as a punk vest but I really do think it is cool and I applaud the effort that went into this video.
I really like these outfits it shows that you understood the characters well! also, your editing style is so cool we can see the effort
Thank you so much!!
So bruno mars said in 2016 at the grammys that people are just singing ballads (gaga just got done w singing a powerful ballad on stage) and not making dance hits. And now look at him, on a ballad w gaga. Her mind is ELITE
thank you so much for this, i feel like i have not seen enough people talking about how atrocious the costume design was in the new movie 😭🙏🏽
Karen wore so much pastel in the original movie that I would have put Avantika's Karen in brands like Liz Lisa and Axes Femme from Japan. These brands were inspiration for the coquette style which shows a lot of influence from lolita and himegyaru brands from Japan but also has a pinup twist.
I'm not sure all of the Plastics were into high-fashion brands like Chanel and Dior, although Gretchen definitely would have. (Although I agree 100% with you that Regina wouldn't be caught dead in e.l.f. makeup or...any of the Shein stuff.
I really liked Regina's black leather outfit and think it should stay....but I would have picked a baby or coral pink shirt for under it.
Also...a tank top or bustier is not a corset top. Corsets have lacing and structure.
all of the fits are nice, but the second Janice one is FIRE
thank youuuu i was lowkey iffy about that one so im glad you like it