That so not true! I used to run in the same club scene in NYC in the early 90s when she was around. Everyone knew she was a total social climber. It’s all façade.
I'm so happy someone finally will explain to me why this woman is such an icon. I always thought i lack some artsy brain cell because i never 'got it' 😂
@@vero8droxI understand the hype around Chloe but just like you I don’t get the appeal around Alexa Chung. I think watching her in Next in Fashion kinda turned me off because her opinions are wack… it really erases the veneer of relatability because she’s acting like a higher authority in a competition show about fashion design, criticising designers with fashion labels that have existed for decades. Meanwhile her label only lasted five years and wasn’t exactly groundbreaking. Plus I know this is very subjective and personal but I just don’t like how she does away with her Chinese roots.
As a weird girl during the 90’s and 2000 Chloe was always the girl that was our net. You could be as weird and experimental, but it will never be as cool and weird as Chloe so you feel safe. She totally mark an era un culture
Also back in the 90s, the scene was on the streets. So you could be small town or big city famous just based on your vibes, friend group and clothes with or without an internet presence. Chloe was New York famous. I think that explains why she got cast. Some people back in the days used to make that their whole existence. Just strutting around town looking cool making friends and enemies that way
@@bankrolldame That's cool, sometimes I get the feeling that it would be exactly the same if we had cameras on our phones and social media back in the 90s. I'm surprised there wasn't social media back in the 90s with the Advent of the Cyber subculture and stuff like that.
@@Thrivinginthespotlight very true! tbh I wish social media didn't exist :\ I know its probably the same old popularity game that has existed since forever but there are so many pitfalls to it.
Chloë was my first real introduction to someone who I felt that I knew so much about without knowing anything at all. As a black girl growing up in the south and in underfunded theatre clubs, all of my studying or knowledge of acting came from watching films but more specifically some of my favorites like the brown bunny, buffalo 66, mysterious skin, last days of disco, requiem of a dream and so many more. Her acting style and overall personality always resonated most with me of all actors. Most recent film i’ve seen her in is ‘Bones and all’, she’ll always be a huge inspiration for me
So glad i am a STEM nerd... Its so easy to be the It Girl amonst dorks lol. If you ever wanna be an It Girl, wear non-ugly clothes in an engineering office and people will think you're an Icon and The Moment. In case any of you feel FOMO lol
this is so interesting bc as a Black woman in America, born and raised in urban NYC, I can’t even name a movie/show this woman is in off the top of my head. I never saw her as an “IT girl” but i understand why she is for a lot of people. America really has multiple worlds lol
Tbh I didn’t really know anything about her until this year! Who are some of the major It Girls that come to mind for you when you hear that word? I would love to talk about It-Girls from all different worlds and background
as a black girl I completely disagree, for me she’s always been a huge inspiration I guess it just depends on what you see around you but I definitely understand why you say this, I feel the same about Jennifer Aniston.
Yeah I definitely agree on the “America has multiple worlds” bc it’s so true!! I know about Chloe bc i was on tumblr during 2013-2014 and her images were very popular, but otherwise i would likely not know her at all.
Agreed, and it’s odd that her peer, Rosario Dawson, was also considered an It Girl at the same time, but didn’t have the full-throated backing of NYC media outlets like Chloe did. I like Chloë Sevigny, she has her cool moments. But on the whole, she kinda bores me.
It’s those 👀 EYES. Chloe’s eyes have always been deep but approachable. They’re introspective, full of destiny, with great longing and wisdom but playful, kind, sweet…. She’s the girl next door AND the art house-floating in the clouds girl, at the same time… Besides, very few girls/women can pull off a shaved head so successfully
Actually that’s part of it. The fact that she never got a cookie cutter nose job like most actresses has given her a leg up for roles that are more “real” so actually her nose makes her.
I was born in 83 and for me, a big part of her appeal was that she wasn't "preppy". Punk, goth, hippy kids etc didn't have as many people to look up to. I think alt kids kind of saw themselves in her, during a time where we weren't represented in media as often (or accurately). We have aesthetics now, but the subcultures that we had back then were often really insular and specific. She scratched a certain itch and it felt good to have someone to kind of point to, like, "she's pretty okay." I have a fuller understanding of it now (pick me girls, cool girls, etc) but back then it felt like she didn't "conform" and (for lots of reasons), that carried a lot of weight with us. We couldn't identify with the wider culture, but we had a few people. I love hearing people younger than me dissect this shit lol Thank you so much, this video is great. 💜
Not saying you were alone in looking up to her, but it certainly wasn't a universal experience for alt kids, based upon my experience and the expirence of the people I knew in different subcultures of the time period.
@@Seraphim4190 oh no, 100%! Alt subculture varied so widely before the Internet was as much of a thing. I remember moving from the mountain west to texas as a 19 year old and being horrified that everyone shopped (and hung out at!!) the local hot topic. Hot Topic was way too corporate for me, but rich white girls somehow weren't! 💀 So who even knows. The video just unlocked too many memories lol
Yeah, i grew up in the 80’s and early 90’s. Sassy Magazine was pretty much what we had for grunge/alt anything besides preppy and all the designers were same same same except Betsy Johnson. And maybe Betsy Johnson wasn’t your thing but at least she was different from everyone else… we did not have 10,000 different “aesthetics” to chose from… you were “preppy,” “nerd” or “weird” and that’s about it.
She is phenomenal in Boys Don't Cry. this movie was so formative to me and it’s so powerful and heartbreaking. If you, guys, haven’t seen it yet prepare to be mesmerized and shattered. Also, the Brown Banny is really what she has said - it’s an art movie that should be played in a museum like a Warhol movie. It’s good. It’s a good experimental movie. I guess they shouldn't have taken it to Cannes
I have a weird relationship with that movie as a transgender man. I hate its depiction of transness, or how it's almost seen as deception by the narrative. But she was good in it.
@clinicalreservist its a horribly tragic story, for sure, and it's a real story, and it is about a very bad time and place to be a transgender.. so it's not an uplifting movie ((
She honestly doesn’t understand that she’s just naturally dope as f***. It’s charming. It’s sad she’s not treated like an artist, because she definitely is one.
Sad? I think her life turned out just fine, and she's definitely respected as an "artist". You're watching a documentary about how she's the ultimate it-girl, right? Save your sadness for things that are actually sad.
She's so authentically and unapologetically herself, and I think people really admire that about her. She doesn't seem to care what people think about her, she's going to do what she wants and express herself how she wants regardless.
NY in the 90s was the s***, not just Downtown Manhattan, even the uncool area I grew up in Queens was so alive. Hip hop and R&B was amazing and even pop radio played tons of great grunge and pop punk.
I think an It Girl is confidence, fearlessness in being yourself, in a nutshell, cool without trying. And of course, being very attractive. Kate Moss is another great example of this.
She's from Darien?! Y'all know Darien, CT is one of the most seriously profound affluent communities in CT? DANG, this IT girl grew up with some cash. No doubt, talented beyond belief, but privilege makes the path a bit easier no doubt. Keep that in mind when you dream big. Sometimes talent trumps all that, but the reality is that having $ makes things a bit easier in this life.
Yh she was able to thrift pricey vintage clothes & fall into some opportunities because she was already affluent. wealth afforded her the option to choose between preppiness vs alternative style
I think she said her family was the poorest in Darien. Growing up in an affluent zip code doesn’t necessarily mean your family is wealthy. It does help with connections though
@@liliebilie Not trying to be rude, but you've never been anywhere near Darien, have you? It is NICE. Houses start at several million dollars, maybe $1.5-2million for a small house, and Chloe said they lived in one of the nicer neighborhoods, not the "lesser" ones (which are still fancier than most of us can imagine). Chloe's family dropped multiple millions to live there, which is fine, no shame to them for being able to afford that lifestyle. But it's not like you can pay $250k and get a house among the mansions. They may have been the "poor family," but having a $2million mini-mansion among $10million Old Money mansions doesn't make them "poor."
Since i was a teenager in the mid late 2000s I remember just loving her films, style, realness and just that new york artsy cool chick. She takes no shit. She’s one of those original indie babes❤
I remember Chloe from washington square park, really cool laid back girl, also skating with Harold and Justin, also photographer Davide Sorrenti (RIP all 3) and Jaime King and so many others, a few months i was looking at some pics of those 90s days, how we dressed, the music and films that we shared and even though some of us came from really bad background, we didnt have a care in the world, all those scenes (hardcore punk, techno/rave, hip hop, art, etc) overlapping with each other. The manifestation of youth, fun times. I think its cool that the youth generation today is looking at that precise time (the 90s) for whatever it is, inspiration, motivation, whatever, thats dope.
Amazing analysis once again! I also liked Chloe in "If These Walls Could Talk 2". She played a lesbian who drove a motorcycle with short hair. It's amazing how she can easily step into the roles of completely diverse characters.
she's kind of a queer icon despite not being queer lol. she also played a transwoman hitwoman in Hit and Miss, a series from 2012. which I remember being a good performance (though one wishes an actual transwoman was cast. don't think we were there yet as a culture. we're not even there now.) and a lesbian mother in another tv show whose name I can't remember.
I married the bunny boy from the movie gummo all because of Chloe. She was my 90s icon and lead me to Jacob through that film. 😂. It’s a wild world and you can do amazing things in weird ways. Live your life ❤ follow your dreams. Thanks Chloe!
Have always loved that hint of a mid-Atlantic/trans-Atlantic accent she has. Also love that she and I both shaved our heads way back in the 90s🤘 Edit: speaking of character actors, my wife put on some old episodes of Law and Order: SVU a few weeks ago--I forgot that Chloë starred in one! She portrays an upper east side housewife turned sex-crazed murderess.
First saw Chloe in Kids as a kid. Then grew up, moved to NYC, eventually became at regular at her brother’s bar until I got jumped there by some ghetto girls I didn’t know & their sketchy drug dealer. When Paul took his side over mine I realized he wasn’t cool at all.
lol just a couple of days ago I was thinking to myself how weird it is that I couldn’t find any videos touching on the impact of Chloe Sevigny and her undoubtedly yet unconventional position as an It girl (i’m a sucker for pop culture commentary) and here we are, you video was heaven sent :)
I'm not someone who follows fashion or trends but she has always stood out because she can actually act. Every role she's in - small or large - she makes an impression and you remember her character.
I worked with Kizzy, who was supposed to play Chloe's role in kids. She said she was too much of a mess to be in the movie, so they went with her friend, Chloe instead. That was a million years ago but I never forget her.
Chloe is so underrated and she’s been around for so long and yet she is so fresh and timeless .She reminds me of Danny Trejo. He’s been around forever and been in so many movies. Very Indie and Bohemian type people/ movies I loved her in American horror story, kids, gummo American psycho. She is just amazing. She is the only girl I will ever see that made me want to shave my head lol she rocks everything she does.
I'm 13yrs Chloe's senior and a guy. Have watched her career moving along. I always hung with artsy people. Film, music, painting. Became a graphic artist myself in the 80s. Her trailer park chick character in "Bloodline" on Netflix was hypnotic. I look forward to her future projects.
She was my roommate in New York. Harmony Korine was her boyfriend that catapulted her to access. My boyfriend was his best friend. We all lived together in NY in the 90's
I found her in Russian Doll a few years back, and I had no idea that there was all this history to her! I just saw her as another actress who happened to play Nadia’s mother, yet now I see there was so much more to here all along.
Feel like Rosario Dawson gets forgotten about when people remembering 'Kids'. Maybe, I am just projecting, bc I forgot until Seeing the clips from the movie. Idk, if she was part of their crew IRL, but regardless, she gave a great performance alongside Chloe.
I assure you, people of color absolutely remember first seeing Rosario in KIDS. Her saying her and the guy made out until their lips felt busted lives in our heads rent free. ❤
When I was a teen the thrift/vintage fashion was kind of rising in Sacramento. Sometimes she would come up and shop around. Because the early 00s was more into Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, her visit was overlooked. I saw her once and she was so quiet and sweet.
My boyfriend met her in person a few months ago to get the fucking awesome board for me and i’m sooo jealous. It was a short amount of time but through his description she seemed very warm, humble, and even silly. Would love to sit and have a conversation with her, shes so enthralling.
Does it ever happen anymore that people just get approached to be in these large publications? I feel like you never hear about that anymore. It’s a lot harder now to get noticed.
Chloe will forever be the most iconic it girl for me. I was 15 when I saw "Kids", in the late 90s and it forever changed me, cementing my taste for alternatives, experimental everything (from movies and music to fashion and art). I think what people love about her is that you can feel she's down to earth, speaks her mind, doesn't have a massive ego (which is remarkable in itself given how big her head could have gotten with being so famous and revered at barely 20). Still today, she's a muse with a very special place in my heart ❤
I visited the Lizzie Borden House which is now a bed and breakfast in Fall River MA and slept in the same bed in Lizzie's room that Chloe slept in when she visited during the time she prepped for the Lizzie Borden movie.
Omg I didn’t even realize she was the mom in Russian doll , I def see her on fashion circles as an it girl and I didn’t really understand her hype, seeing her history and discography and what movies she chooses to star in, I understand a lot more
I have an early formative memory of my dad taking me to the a record store in the mall and while he was looking at the cds I stood directly in front a cd with a cover that I absolutely terrified me that I could not stop looking at and disturbed me for hours that day. For years I would remember that cover and be chilled by it trying to think of story the photo was trying to convey. As an adult I wondered what album it was but decided to never seek it out, to be comforted with the very image that once upset so much while watching a video in the middle of the night. I guess it was the soundtrack to Party Monster 18:15
I’ve been to Darien. They were always super nice to me even though I was just a visitor from Philly at their skating rink. Sometimes, ppl don’t know how good really have it.
She’s one of those actresses that I’ve love and remember from my childhood all the way up to my 20s and somehow not know anything about her so thanks for this video this makes me love her even more
Not sure if I'm right on this but...she said her family were considered the "poor bohemians" in their very affluent neighborhood. Which could've meant that, that was the judgment passed on to her family from neighbors maybe because their buying choices weren't lavish and glitzy. They could've been well to do but more crunchy and artsy as a family. There's plenty of artsy stuff that's Rustic but big bucks on the wallet.
Not necessarily, the Broadway trip could have been a one-off, a really big treat, and theatre camp doesn't need to cost much, depends on the camp. I grew up very frugally (like, I didn't really comprehend the difference between second hand and new until I was nearly a teen because to me, second hand was just how you got "new" stuff, and we at times struggled to get food on the table) but I went to theatre and arts camps frequently, I also went to the West End for my 13 birthday with my mum- my parents would spend on those things because they were cheaper than going on vacation, which we couldn't afford, and we would make use of deals and work-arounds that made them even cheaper than they would otherwise be. And a family may have made other sacrifices to make a splurge- for example, my family never bought a TV or a phone, we had a kind and wealthy neighbour who always gave us her old ones, in fact we barely ever bought anything new. You never know.
She didn’t play an immediately likeable character in Big Love (though she ended up with a sympathetic character arc) and definitely didn’t dress like an It Girl, but I really loved her performance in it and loved the show. I also loved her in Kids and Boys Don’t Cry but haven’t seen a lot of her other work. Now I’m intrigued. Thanks for the video!
And the industry chews them up and spits them out on the pavement of the alley and treats them like garbage. The industry does not care what happens to them as long as its' addictions are fed.
No different than how the rest of us are treated by our Government and fat cats. Difference is they have enough money to show for it after all is said and done.
Kids was literally the best movie ever. We would all get stoned and watch it when we were teenagers. Omg and gummo, that was our tripping movie(one of them) I still watch it sometimes and I'm 41. I love Chloe.
She represented who all us teens wanted to be in the 90s. Not in the sense of fame, but in the sense of just existing within the zeitgeist. And it's that holistic persona of the era that has continued to last even to today. When you think of what we like, what was cool, and what we could bring back about the 90s, Chloe represents all of that
"The actor Vincent Gallo is being investigated by the Sag-Aftra union after several women alleged he made inappropriate remarks to them during the casting process for the movie The Policeman. At least three women reported Gallo to the actors’ union for sexually explicit and unsettling comments he allegedly made during the casting process for the film in November 2023, Rolling Stone first reported" Do with that what you will.
I used to be offended when people said I looked like Chloe Sivegny. I wanted to be more conventionally pretty. Now I kind of like that I’m half ugly and half pretty like her.
She had me in a chokehold in hs ❤️❤️❤️ Didn’t know much about her but she seemed intelligent, cool, and just had a swagger about her that I resonated with
I remember her since boys don't cry. I always thought she was very mysterious, cool and interesting. When kids came out, it was the movie to see if you were a teen. It blew my mind I was very young at the time.
I could never tell if her fashion sense came from being completely clueless like a huge fashion “don’t” or if she knew what she’s doing with it. It doesn’t work on anyone but her.
I had no idea who she was, but had only seen headlines such as It Girl. I assumed she was rich and partying like Paris Hilton etc omg she was actually proper cool ‘British type IT Girl with real charm and charisma
I cant wait for you to talk about emma chamberlain bc after watching your it girl series she reminds me a lot of Edie Sedgwick & Chloe Sevigny. They are even described by the media in the same way "Real", "Not like other girls", "Relatable", "Refreshing" etc.
Though I don’t see myself making a video on anyone who rose to prominence after the 00s, I agree with you! I think it’s hard to see clearly who the major It-Girls of any given era are whilst in the midst of the present moment. But my guess is, in 20 years from now when we look back on the 2010s-2020s and reflect on who some of the stand out “It-Girls” were, Emma will be amongst the ones who stand the test of time. Her influence on pop culture is very evident in my opinion and she has transcended common “influencer” status. My guess is she will undoubtedly be remembered as an It-Girl!
agree! she is so influential among teenagers in our generation starting w the VSCO girl trend even if people don’t want to admit it n she hv definitely trescended the normal influencer status
You put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it. Great to have a piece like this about Chloe who is a GREAT actress. Despite being seen as weird and outside and pretentious she has something very real, grounded and thoughtful in her presentations and approach. Thanx for exploring and sharing these ideas about her.
I’ve always enjoyed her. She didn’t want to be famous, she wanted to make great art. That’s rare in the entertainment business.
They all always say that, I personally don’t buy it.
It's not rare. It's just poorly funded and, sadly as a result, poorly recognized.
That so not true! I used to run in the same club scene in NYC in the early 90s when she was around. Everyone knew she was a total social climber. It’s all façade.
Whats wrong with wanting both?
😂🤣 Yeah, ok...
I'm so happy someone finally will explain to me why this woman is such an icon. I always thought i lack some artsy brain cell because i never 'got it' 😂
Tbh same! I really knew very little about her before making this video and I was so curious about her rise to “It-Girl” royalty
I used to feel this way towards Alexa Chung. It seemed as if I was missing something everyone else was “getting”.
@@vero8droxI understand the hype around Chloe but just like you I don’t get the appeal around Alexa Chung. I think watching her in Next in Fashion kinda turned me off because her opinions are wack… it really erases the veneer of relatability because she’s acting like a higher authority in a competition show about fashion design, criticising designers with fashion labels that have existed for decades. Meanwhile her label only lasted five years and wasn’t exactly groundbreaking. Plus I know this is very subjective and personal but I just don’t like how she does away with her Chinese roots.
wow. if you watch her best movies, you woudn't be asking this question, becouse she is the coolest
@@Sofiaode18I'm of the same opinion as you: I get Chloë; I don't get and have never got Alexa Chung...to be frank, nor do I care to.
As a weird girl during the 90’s and 2000 Chloe was always the girl that was our net. You could be as weird and experimental, but it will never be as cool and weird as Chloe so you feel safe. She totally mark an era un culture
Wow I love that!
Same, graduate of the class of 2004.. she was definitely on the radar but at the same time was under it as well.
Also back in the 90s, the scene was on the streets. So you could be small town or big city famous just based on your vibes, friend group and clothes with or without an internet presence. Chloe was New York famous. I think that explains why she got cast. Some people back in the days used to make that their whole existence. Just strutting around town looking cool making friends and enemies that way
trust me its still the same today in the east village! only now social media is involved so how many followers you have makes a huge difference ofc
@@bankrolldame That's cool, sometimes I get the feeling that it would be exactly the same if we had cameras on our phones and social media back in the 90s. I'm surprised there wasn't social media back in the 90s with the Advent of the Cyber subculture and stuff like that.
@@Thrivinginthespotlight very true! tbh I wish social media didn't exist :\ I know its probably the same old popularity game that has existed since forever but there are so many pitfalls to it.
@@bankrolldame the arrangement of the subcultures would definitely have a more stark division and more obvious boundaries than in modern times though.
@@Thrivinginthespotlight so true! Everybody is everything these days which can be very cool
The way people talk about her is so poetic. I've always loved her style she absolutely embodies "cool".
had the pleasure of working w/her & natasha on “poker face” - seriously quite possibly a highlight of my life. 😅💕✨
Sooo cool!
That’s neat!
That's a very very rad combo of colleagues
omg! one of my favorite eps of the show was the one with chloë "rest in metal"
I feel like they are both that unique breed of '90s Downtown It Girl. Parker Posey was another one.
Chloë was my first real introduction to someone who I felt that I knew so much about without knowing anything at all. As a black girl growing up in the south and in underfunded theatre clubs, all of my studying or knowledge of acting came from watching films but more specifically some of my favorites like the brown bunny, buffalo 66, mysterious skin, last days of disco, requiem of a dream and so many more. Her acting style and overall personality always resonated most with me of all actors. Most recent film i’ve seen her in is ‘Bones and all’, she’ll always be a huge inspiration for me
I’m gonna check these movies out, thanks. Good luck with your acting
She was so underrated in bones and all!
It's great to randomly see Buffalo 66 get some love. Such a fantastic film.💖
Yet another "as a black girl" perspective. Like, who gaf?
Srly. NOBODY gaf!!!
@@ArvidRanta Your reply is yet another "as a dumb*ss ignorant dude" perspective. Like, who gaf?
Srly. NOBODY gaf!!!
So glad i am a STEM nerd... Its so easy to be the It Girl amonst dorks lol. If you ever wanna be an It Girl, wear non-ugly clothes in an engineering office and people will think you're an Icon and The Moment. In case any of you feel FOMO lol
Honey being a STEM nerd is very hard there is a reason people are calling you an icon
well, dorks and STEM ppl are hot on that alone, but chances are you're actually also hot. don't sell yourself short ✨ 🩷
Girl stop giving out our secrets like that.
Real, everytime i see a stem nerd dressing like cute im like mother and icon LMAOO
Haha
this is so interesting bc as a Black woman in America, born and raised in urban NYC, I can’t even name a movie/show this woman is in off the top of my head. I never saw her as an “IT girl” but i understand why she is for a lot of people.
America really has multiple worlds lol
Tbh I didn’t really know anything about her until this year! Who are some of the major It Girls that come to mind for you when you hear that word? I would love to talk about It-Girls from all different worlds and background
as a black girl I completely disagree, for me she’s always been a huge inspiration I guess it just depends on what you see around you but I definitely understand why you say this, I feel the same about Jennifer Aniston.
Yeah I definitely agree on the “America has multiple worlds” bc it’s so true!! I know about Chloe bc i was on tumblr during 2013-2014 and her images were very popular, but otherwise i would likely not know her at all.
Agreed, and it’s odd that her peer, Rosario Dawson, was also considered an It Girl at the same time, but didn’t have the full-throated backing of NYC media outlets like Chloe did.
I like Chloë Sevigny, she has her cool moments. But on the whole, she kinda bores me.
I think it's a gay/alt white genre type thing. She was in Party Monster so that's where I found her on Logo the gay channel lol
I have seen Chloë Sevigny eating alone at Veselka in the East Village and she’s just as stylish on an off day as she is on the red carpet ❤
It’s those 👀 EYES. Chloe’s eyes have always been deep but approachable. They’re introspective, full of destiny, with great longing and wisdom but playful, kind, sweet…. She’s the girl next door AND the art house-floating in the clouds girl, at the same time… Besides, very few girls/women can pull off a shaved head so successfully
Well it's not her Nose.
I also love her jaw and facial bone structure
that's funny bc she wear blue contacts O_O 1:55
tbh anyone can pull off anything successfully if they like what they are doing
Actually that’s part of it. The fact that she never got a cookie cutter nose job like most actresses has given her a leg up for roles that are more “real” so actually her nose makes her.
I was born in 83 and for me, a big part of her appeal was that she wasn't "preppy". Punk, goth, hippy kids etc didn't have as many people to look up to. I think alt kids kind of saw themselves in her, during a time where we weren't represented in media as often (or accurately).
We have aesthetics now, but the subcultures that we had back then were often really insular and specific. She scratched a certain itch and it felt good to have someone to kind of point to, like, "she's pretty okay."
I have a fuller understanding of it now (pick me girls, cool girls, etc) but back then it felt like she didn't "conform" and (for lots of reasons), that carried a lot of weight with us. We couldn't identify with the wider culture, but we had a few people.
I love hearing people younger than me dissect this shit lol Thank you so much, this video is great. 💜
Not saying you were alone in looking up to her, but it certainly wasn't a universal experience for alt kids, based upon my experience and the expirence of the people I knew in different subcultures of the time period.
@@Seraphim4190 oh no, 100%! Alt subculture varied so widely before the Internet was as much of a thing. I remember moving from the mountain west to texas as a 19 year old and being horrified that everyone shopped (and hung out at!!) the local hot topic. Hot Topic was way too corporate for me, but rich white girls somehow weren't! 💀 So who even knows. The video just unlocked too many memories lol
Yeah, i grew up in the 80’s and early 90’s. Sassy Magazine was pretty much what we had for grunge/alt anything besides preppy and all the designers were same same same except Betsy Johnson. And maybe Betsy Johnson wasn’t your thing but at least she was different from everyone else… we did not have 10,000 different “aesthetics” to chose from… you were “preppy,” “nerd” or “weird” and that’s about it.
She is phenomenal in Boys Don't Cry. this movie was so formative to me and it’s so powerful and heartbreaking. If you, guys, haven’t seen it yet prepare to be mesmerized and shattered. Also, the Brown Banny is really what she has said - it’s an art movie that should be played in a museum like a Warhol movie. It’s good. It’s a good experimental movie. I guess they shouldn't have taken it to Cannes
I have a weird relationship with that movie as a transgender man. I hate its depiction of transness, or how it's almost seen as deception by the narrative. But she was good in it.
Oh God Brown Bunny is terrible.
@clinicalreservist its a horribly tragic story, for sure, and it's a real story, and it is about a very bad time and place to be a transgender.. so it's not an uplifting movie ((
@@jenhaskenit's a common reaction to it. As a regular movie it is rather bad. But it's a good watch at a museum of contemporary art 😊
What IS an art house movie? And, what makes a movie an "art" movie?
She honestly doesn’t understand that she’s just naturally dope as f***. It’s charming. It’s sad she’s not treated like an artist, because she definitely is one.
A beautiful humble person ❤
It's probably her scorpio-ness 😂
Sad? I think her life turned out just fine, and she's definitely respected as an "artist". You're watching a documentary about how she's the ultimate it-girl, right? Save your sadness for things that are actually sad.
She’s always exuded coolness in everything she does and that’s why she is the it girl to end all it girls
She's so authentically and unapologetically herself, and I think people really admire that about her. She doesn't seem to care what people think about her, she's going to do what she wants and express herself how she wants regardless.
Stop making misogynistic backhanded compliments 😂
I think it’s her looks (flawlessly skinny), her confidence, and the interesting projects she chooses.
Her Beautiful Eyes too there a highlight
Here's to the weird girlies 🍾🥂 ❤ this was a great breakdown video. I've learnt so much.
Weird girls are forever 🥂
NY in the 90s was the s***, not just Downtown Manhattan, even the uncool area I grew up in Queens was so alive. Hip hop and R&B was amazing and even pop radio played tons of great grunge and pop punk.
I think an It Girl is confidence, fearlessness in being yourself, in a nutshell, cool without trying. And of course, being very attractive. Kate Moss is another great example of this.
Well done. I ran into her outside the Strand bookstore in NYC many years back. The extended eye contact... true, and no surprise. Her smile was.
She's from Darien?! Y'all know Darien, CT is one of the most seriously profound affluent communities in CT? DANG, this IT girl grew up with some cash. No doubt, talented beyond belief, but privilege makes the path a bit easier no doubt. Keep that in mind when you dream big. Sometimes talent trumps all that, but the reality is that having $ makes things a bit easier in this life.
Yh she was able to thrift pricey vintage clothes & fall into some opportunities because she was already affluent. wealth afforded her the option to choose between preppiness vs alternative style
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I think she said her family was the poorest in Darien. Growing up in an affluent zip code doesn’t necessarily mean your family is wealthy. It does help with connections though
@@liliebilie Not trying to be rude, but you've never been anywhere near Darien, have you? It is NICE. Houses start at several million dollars, maybe $1.5-2million for a small house, and Chloe said they lived in one of the nicer neighborhoods, not the "lesser" ones (which are still fancier than most of us can imagine). Chloe's family dropped multiple millions to live there, which is fine, no shame to them for being able to afford that lifestyle. But it's not like you can pay $250k and get a house among the mansions. They may have been the "poor family," but having a $2million mini-mansion among $10million Old Money mansions doesn't make them "poor."
Yeap!
Since i was a teenager in the mid late 2000s I remember just loving her films, style, realness and just that new york artsy cool chick. She takes no shit. She’s one of those original indie babes❤
Fun fact - Natasha Lyonne was also in party Monster - she is even in one of the scene stills used in this video
Her mom was so based for pulling her from that scene so early on
based?
@@rapadgett3426It's 14yr old boy-speak for not-woke.
Thank you. Based used to mean of a primitive class. Zero culture. It was a put down.
@@LisaKelly-k8s It still *is* a put-down. Unless you're a middle school edgelord.
@@TeeveepicksuresWrong. It does mean woke for 14 year old boys. And I like using it. It’s very useful.
I remember Chloe from washington square park, really cool laid back girl, also skating with Harold and Justin, also photographer Davide Sorrenti (RIP all 3) and Jaime King and so many others, a few months i was looking at some pics of those 90s days, how we dressed, the music and films that we shared and even though some of us came from really bad background, we didnt have a care in the world, all those scenes (hardcore punk, techno/rave, hip hop, art, etc) overlapping with each other. The manifestation of youth, fun times. I think its cool that the youth generation today is looking at that precise time (the 90s) for whatever it is, inspiration, motivation, whatever, thats dope.
Amazing analysis once again! I also liked Chloe in "If These Walls Could Talk 2". She played a lesbian who drove a motorcycle with short hair. It's amazing how she can easily step into the roles of completely diverse characters.
I forgot about that! She was surprisingly believable as a butch.
she's kind of a queer icon despite not being queer lol. she also played a transwoman hitwoman in Hit and Miss, a series from 2012. which I remember being a good performance (though one wishes an actual transwoman was cast. don't think we were there yet as a culture. we're not even there now.) and a lesbian mother in another tv show whose name I can't remember.
@@AthalieM so she should be trans to play trans but not lesbian to play lesbian?
There was a 2?
I was surprised this wasn’t mentioned. Loved her in that role!
I love her! Mac Miller has an old mixtape based off the KIDS movie. If you haven’t seen the movie or heard the mixtape watch and listen to both!
Kickin' Incredibley Dope Shit (RIP Mac)
I married the bunny boy from the movie gummo all because of Chloe. She was my 90s icon and lead me to Jacob through that film. 😂. It’s a wild world and you can do amazing things in weird ways. Live your life ❤ follow your dreams. Thanks Chloe!
Have always loved that hint of a mid-Atlantic/trans-Atlantic accent she has.
Also love that she and I both shaved our heads way back in the 90s🤘
Edit: speaking of character actors, my wife put on some old episodes of Law and Order: SVU a few weeks ago--I forgot that Chloë starred in one! She portrays an upper east side housewife turned sex-crazed murderess.
First saw Chloe in Kids as a kid. Then grew up, moved to NYC, eventually became at regular at her brother’s bar until I got jumped there by some ghetto girls I didn’t know & their sketchy drug dealer. When Paul took his side over mine I realized he wasn’t cool at all.
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She’s always been so intriguing and I definitely see that realness in her eyes. She has an edge to her that is authentic and captivating.
lol just a couple of days ago I was thinking to myself how weird it is that I couldn’t find any videos touching on the impact of Chloe Sevigny and her undoubtedly yet unconventional position as an It girl (i’m a sucker for pop culture commentary) and here we are, you video was heaven sent :)
I'm not someone who follows fashion or trends but she has always stood out because she can actually act. Every role she's in - small or large - she makes an impression and you remember her character.
Boys Don’t Cry is such a good movie. I watched it at 10 and was sobbing.
I worked with Kizzy, who was supposed to play Chloe's role in kids. She said she was too much of a mess to be in the movie, so they went with her friend, Chloe instead.
That was a million years ago but I never forget her.
Still waiting on the “it girl” explanation. You just went through her filmography and career, which you could read on Wikipedia
This is an underrated channel. Lots of thought provoking and interesting content.
Thank you!! Glad you’re enjoying ☺️
Chloe is so underrated and she’s been around for so long and yet she is so fresh and timeless .She reminds me of Danny Trejo. He’s been around forever and been in so many movies. Very Indie and Bohemian type people/ movies
I loved her in American horror story, kids, gummo American psycho. She is just amazing. She is the only girl I will ever see that made me want to shave my head lol she rocks everything she does.
I'm 13yrs Chloe's senior and a guy. Have watched her career moving along. I always hung with artsy people. Film, music, painting. Became a graphic artist myself in the 80s. Her trailer park chick character in "Bloodline" on Netflix was hypnotic. I look forward to her future projects.
I’ve been watching her since Kids came out on video. I’ve seen her in countless movies and she always kills it.
She was my roommate in New York. Harmony Korine was her boyfriend that catapulted her to access. My boyfriend was his best friend. We all lived together in NY in the 90's
I found her in Russian Doll a few years back, and I had no idea that there was all this history to her! I just saw her as another actress who happened to play Nadia’s mother, yet now I see there was so much more to here all along.
Feel like Rosario Dawson gets forgotten about when people remembering 'Kids'. Maybe, I am just projecting, bc I forgot until Seeing the clips from the movie.
Idk, if she was part of their crew IRL, but regardless, she gave a great performance alongside Chloe.
No Rosario doesn’t get forgotten
I assure you, people of color absolutely remember first seeing Rosario in KIDS. Her saying her and the guy made out until their lips felt busted lives in our heads rent free. ❤
You need to see the Marvel series she is in for a start!! She’s been in so much !!
When I was a teen the thrift/vintage fashion was kind of rising in Sacramento. Sometimes she would come up and shop around. Because the early 00s was more into Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, her visit was overlooked. I saw her once and she was so quiet and sweet.
You're thinking of Greta Gerwig, who grew up in Sacramento and has a very similar vibe to Chloe.
My boyfriend met her in person a few months ago to get the fucking awesome board for me and i’m sooo jealous. It was a short amount of time but through his description she seemed very warm, humble, and even silly. Would love to sit and have a conversation with her, shes so enthralling.
She is the epitome of artistic integrity!
Does it ever happen anymore that people just get approached to be in these large publications? I feel like you never hear about that anymore. It’s a lot harder now to get noticed.
Her roles in Swans and Menendez Monsters , SO SO GOOD
Chloe will forever be the most iconic it girl for me. I was 15 when I saw "Kids", in the late 90s and it forever changed me, cementing my taste for alternatives, experimental everything (from movies and music to fashion and art). I think what people love about her is that you can feel she's down to earth, speaks her mind, doesn't have a massive ego (which is remarkable in itself given how big her head could have gotten with being so famous and revered at barely 20). Still today, she's a muse with a very special place in my heart ❤
I'm definitely not the demographic for this video but the subject is something I have wondered! I find her so intriguing and eclectic!
you skipped her role on the HBO series We Are Who We Are. one of my favorite roles of hers
I visited the Lizzie Borden House which is now a bed and breakfast in Fall River MA and slept in the same bed in Lizzie's room that Chloe slept in when she visited during the time she prepped for the Lizzie Borden movie.
Omg I didn’t even realize she was the mom in Russian doll , I def see her on fashion circles as an it girl and I didn’t really understand her hype, seeing her history and discography and what movies she chooses to star in, I understand a lot more
"Sweet birthday baby" 😊
I was reading through comments, hoping for someone to mention Russian Doll. Glad I found you!
What a strong charisma! I never knew she's so attractive. Wow
I have an early formative memory of my dad taking me to the a record store in the mall and while he was looking at the cds I stood directly in front a cd with a cover that I absolutely terrified me that I could not stop looking at and disturbed me for hours that day. For years I would remember that cover and be chilled by it trying to think of story the photo was trying to convey. As an adult I wondered what album it was but decided to never seek it out, to be comforted with the very image that once upset so much while watching a video in the middle of the night. I guess it was the soundtrack to Party Monster 18:15
I’ve been to Darien. They were always super nice to me even though I was just a visitor from Philly at their skating rink. Sometimes, ppl don’t know how good really have it.
this makes me want to watch all of her movies 🤩
She’s one of those actresses that I’ve love and remember from my childhood all the way up to my 20s and somehow not know anything about her so thanks for this video this makes me love her even more
Going to a broadway show and summer theater camp is not a frugal upbringing.
Plus travelling to New York every weekend to shop and party at nightclubs.
Considering gas was like .90 cents a Gallon in the 90's. Her family could've had a modest income, and still have been "well off", but relatively poor.
Not sure if I'm right on this but...she said her family were considered the "poor bohemians" in their very affluent neighborhood. Which could've meant that, that was the judgment passed on to her family from neighbors maybe because their buying choices weren't lavish and glitzy. They could've been well to do but more crunchy and artsy as a family. There's plenty of artsy stuff that's Rustic but big bucks on the wallet.
Not necessarily, the Broadway trip could have been a one-off, a really big treat, and theatre camp doesn't need to cost much, depends on the camp. I grew up very frugally (like, I didn't really comprehend the difference between second hand and new until I was nearly a teen because to me, second hand was just how you got "new" stuff, and we at times struggled to get food on the table) but I went to theatre and arts camps frequently, I also went to the West End for my 13 birthday with my mum- my parents would spend on those things because they were cheaper than going on vacation, which we couldn't afford, and we would make use of deals and work-arounds that made them even cheaper than they would otherwise be. And a family may have made other sacrifices to make a splurge- for example, my family never bought a TV or a phone, we had a kind and wealthy neighbour who always gave us her old ones, in fact we barely ever bought anything new. You never know.
That kind of lifestyle was a lot cheaper back then
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Loved her since the 90s! Since it wasn’t mentioned, she was really good in the series Bloodline with Ben Mendelsohn.
that's so cool
i guess people who are passionate about life just give off an incredible vibe
Beautiful work!!!! Loved every second 💖
Thank you for watching 💖
I never get how people can get so obsessed with other people
She didn’t play an immediately likeable character in Big Love (though she ended up with a sympathetic character arc) and definitely didn’t dress like an It Girl, but I really loved her performance in it and loved the show. I also loved her in Kids and Boys Don’t Cry but haven’t seen a lot of her other work. Now I’m intrigued. Thanks for the video!
I luved that show! Didn't watch past season 3. But I loved it until then. I should watch it all the way thru now
I wanna be like her so bad y all dont get it
I totally get it
I do
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'Big Love' was my first exposure to her. Fascinating. Glad to know about her more in-depth.
And the industry chews them up and spits them out on the pavement of the alley and treats them like garbage. The industry does not care what happens to them as long as its' addictions are fed.
No different than how the rest of us are treated by our Government and fat cats. Difference is they have enough money to show for it after all is said and done.
Kids was literally the best movie ever. We would all get stoned and watch it when we were teenagers. Omg and gummo, that was our tripping movie(one of them) I still watch it sometimes and I'm 41. I love Chloe.
She represented who all us teens wanted to be in the 90s. Not in the sense of fame, but in the sense of just existing within the zeitgeist. And it's that holistic persona of the era that has continued to last even to today. When you think of what we like, what was cool, and what we could bring back about the 90s, Chloe represents all of that
Boys don't cry, party monster, Big love...this is what introduced me to Chloe as an actress! I love her in everything she does, soooo underrated!
She truly was the OG. & it’s no shade but she didn’t have to do anything provocative or become pretentious🍵
Someone’s gotta bring up the brown bunny thing though…
i'm here because i was stunned by her met gala gown. she ate and no one seems to agree with me
there is no way she thought brown bunny would go “under the radar” like she said in that interview. but great video
I've been a fan since I saw her in "Kids". Now loving her in "Feud: Capote v. The Swans"
i would be OBSESSED if you did a video on Gia Carangi
Same!
"The actor Vincent Gallo is being investigated by the Sag-Aftra union after several women alleged he made inappropriate remarks to them during the casting process for the movie The Policeman.
At least three women reported Gallo to the actors’ union for sexually explicit and unsettling comments he allegedly made during the casting process for the film in November 2023, Rolling Stone first reported"
Do with that what you will.
I used to be offended when people said I looked like Chloe Sivegny. I wanted to be more conventionally pretty. Now I kind of like that I’m half ugly and half pretty like her.
To me...and I didn't know of her. I think she looks like any white girl. Not beautiful...just genuinely herself. That makes her relatable.
She had me in a chokehold in hs ❤️❤️❤️ Didn’t know much about her but she seemed intelligent, cool, and just had a swagger about her that I resonated with
i didn’t really know anything about her before this video but now i’m OBSESSED
I remember her since boys don't cry. I always thought she was very mysterious, cool and interesting.
When kids came out, it was the movie to see if you were a teen. It blew my mind I was very young at the time.
I could never tell if her fashion sense came from being completely clueless like a huge fashion “don’t” or if she knew what she’s doing with it. It doesn’t work on anyone but her.
Chloe was who us alternative girls looked up to in the 90s. I also subscribed to sassy. It was the alternative to Ym magazine 😊
I had no idea who she was, but had only seen headlines such as It Girl. I assumed she was rich and partying like Paris Hilton etc omg she was actually proper cool ‘British type IT Girl with real charm and charisma
We’re eating good ladies
Omg I’m finally learning how to pronounce her last name off the bat in this video thank you
“Don’t just stare at it, eat it.”
Loved her the moment I saw her in some random issue of Vice magazine when I was a teenager. She just has it.
U forgot one of the most iconic cult roles she played as a Butch biker Lesbian in 1961
If these walls could talk 2
(2000)
I cant wait for you to talk about emma chamberlain bc after watching your it girl series she reminds me a lot of Edie Sedgwick & Chloe Sevigny. They are even described by the media in the same way "Real", "Not like other girls", "Relatable", "Refreshing" etc.
Emma Chamberlain is no where near Chloe
Wait are you serious
Though I don’t see myself making a video on anyone who rose to prominence after the 00s, I agree with you! I think it’s hard to see clearly who the major It-Girls of any given era are whilst in the midst of the present moment. But my guess is, in 20 years from now when we look back on the 2010s-2020s and reflect on who some of the stand out “It-Girls” were, Emma will be amongst the ones who stand the test of time. Her influence on pop culture is very evident in my opinion and she has transcended common “influencer” status. My guess is she will undoubtedly be remembered as an It-Girl!
agree! she is so influential among teenagers in our generation starting w the VSCO girl trend even if people don’t want to admit it n she hv definitely trescended the normal influencer status
I would argue the real it girl of this era are Bella Hadid & for the girl next door type it girl would be Devon Lee Carlson but that’s me
You put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it. Great to have a piece like this about Chloe who is a GREAT actress. Despite being seen as weird and outside and pretentious she has something very real, grounded and thoughtful in her presentations and approach. Thanx for exploring and sharing these ideas about her.
I adore Chloe Sevigny. She is mesmerizing and your eyes never leave her visage.
you’re so great for making these
Because she was a natural blonde and has a French name. I liked her in the Mormon show.
she is literally how I inspire to be I love her
Love her perfume Little Flower by Regime Des Fleurs too!
this video is so well done! I’m obsessed
I love this kid!!! Always ahead of the curve and such an easy elegance
I love her so much she will forever be an it girl ❤
I first saw her in boys don't cry.