analyzing the outfits in mean girls 👠🛍🗣
“on october 3rd he asked me what day it was....” i’m back with the first of many style analyses! mean girls is one of my favorite movies when it comes to contemporary costuming and we have to thank mary jane fort for being the brilliant mind behind them. i hope you enjoy this mean girls style analysis and do let me know which of the plastics outfits are your favorite!
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cady: 3:20
janis: 10:32
karen: 14:02
gretchen: 16:04
regina: 19:27
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yes the footage is flipped, this video was in copyright hell and it was the only way i could get it through... sorry 🥺
omg I didn't even notice
I only noticed when Karen's k wasn't backwards
i only realized when karen's k was stuck on correctly
You still did an amazing job! YOU GO GLENN COCO!! and Happy October 3rd!!!!
Its okay, the footage shouldnt even try to contest with your amazing script and editing! Thank you for the wornderful work!
Regina's final outfit really reminds me of Cady's style, aside from the pink heart. Maybe the fact they are actually alike at the core was why she took her in immediately, and why the rivarly grew so intensely.
it’s my favorite outfit from Regina!! I think she rocked that style.
The pink heart on her shirt could actually represent how she had a ‘ ‘ change of heart ‘ ‘.
I think you're right. Also I looked at it like the Grinch's heart that grew haha
I could never make these connections!
@@iceywater9696 I see the sentiment but I sorta doubt it. Regina didn't magically become authentically nice, she's just on civil terms with Cady by the end. The traits she displayed are still there, underground, and rerouted in less apparent ways
I love how you can clearly see the same students all throughout the movie. I feel like some high school movies would just scatter whatever extras they booked for that day throughout the scene. But here, you know that the girl who uses jumbo sized tampons also got punched in the face by Regina. She also sits next to the girl in the wheelchair at lunch and the girl in the wheelchair has trouble with trust falls for obvious reasons. And Emma Gerber who “eats her feelings” (ouch) went to the spring fling dance with a hairstyle that must have taken hours.
Yes!! I love how even the extras has some background, in a way that cady (and the audience) know them a little bit, like in a school with many students are in a real life.
My favorite is the “unfriendly black hottie” being very friendly and nice to Regina when she compliments her skirt, showing that even the other “cooler” cliques fear the Plastics, and that Regina is ready to use the same tactic on her that she did Cady, a newcomer who wasn’t even part of a group at the time.
Me too! But also like how they don't have a different outfit every single scene. A shirt in the first scene can reapear 10 scenes later it's a subtle way of making the movie grounded
And the "she does car commercials" girl made out with hot-dog
Don't forget Glen Coco who sat in front of Cady each time they have an English class scene. You go Glen Coco!
To be honest, I think Karen was wearing pink everyday so that she diden't forget to do so on the days she was supposed to wear pink XD
lol
Omg I love this yes
@@imthebossmermaid3648cv
Headcannon accepted 😂
Something interesting about the “On Wednesdays we wear pink” scene: later on when the girls are at her house, we see Regina take off her cardigan (the only pink component of her outfit), showing both her lack of reverence for the pink rule and her taking off a costume of sorts at home. Meanwhile the pink clothing the other three have chosen can not be so easily shed-they’re still on the clock, so to speak, until they get to their homes and out of Regina’s space.
Very nice observation!
Love this
I always saw Regina's Wednesday outfit as another representation of her seeing herself as above the rules and the other Plastics. Her only pink item is the cardigan, which can be and is later taken off. The only effort she has to put into the Wednesday rule is throwing a cardigan on over a more distinctive outfit, whereas the others commit more through blouses.
good point
Very great observation. Regina accessorized with pink, which I feel highlights the fact that Regina was truly the queen bee; it was her world and everyone (particularly the Plastics) had to commit and conform to live in it.
You're so right, I hadn't noticed
Its the dictator video isnt it
Yeah!
"Out of all the girls, Karen was the only one who wasn't pretending to be someone she wasn't" This hits haaaard.
That's why I love Karen so much. She wasn't even a mean girl... By that I mean throughout the entire movie, she's never done anything intentionally malicious to anyone... She just... Happened to meet Regina and ended up hanging with her cuz "why not" I love how it pointed out that unlike Cady, Regina and Gretchen, Karen never changes the entire movie. She doesn't change for the sake of others... She just stays her genuine self with or without regina... With or without Cady... Ect.
@@enevy3165 personally I think the only reason Regina recruited her is because Karen is very pretty, and that the school views her prettier than Regina but then Regina took her in and now Karen is forgotten now so that Regina could be queen B
@@candycandy6082 I actually think the same, Regina refers to Karen as the most beautiful girl in school, but then she says that everyone forgot about her because she is dumb and promiscuous. Regina befriend Karen because she was beautiful and if someone is beautiful has to be a plastic At least that's how I think Btw sorry for bad english, it's not my first lenguaje
That’s why she’s my fav
I think Regina befriends people who she thinks are prettier than her only to make sure that they stay socially below her.
I love the fan theory that Regina vs Janis is all based off Janis saying she's "Lebanese" and Regina thinking she was "lesbian."
Like Brittany on Glee 😂
I thought she was American
@@wren_. 😭
Its not a fan theory tho
@@PingRes When..? In the movie Regina tells Katie that she thought Janis was a lesbian because Janis got mad at Regina for hanging out with her bf and ditching her. Regina said Janis was obsessed with her and uninvited her to her bday party because she thought Janis was a lesbian and had a crush on her.
Something I liked is at the end of the film when Cady sits down with her friend group and Karen is there. Karen is braiding another girl’s hair, showing she still has a love for beauty and femininity, going back to what you said about her never really pretending to be someone she wasn’t. Karen was never vicious in the same way that Regina and Gretchen were (not that she’s perfect) and when she was down on herself after Regina called her stupid, Cady was comforting and kind. It feels right that those two managed to stay friends in the end while the other plastics grew apart.
Someone mentioned a theory that Karen was considred the most beautiful in the school at one point (maybe all the guys wanted to sleep with her) and Regina was threatened by that. So instead of absolutely crushing her socially and creating another Janice, she would belittle her here and there but keep her in the circle of power. I really love that theory.
@@prettynpetty8342maybe that's why Regina called her a slut during the phone call !!
@dopa.mine- Or why Regina kept Karen under her thumb in the first place. Regina possibly felt threatened by all of the attention that Karen was receiving from the guys.
ik nobody asked but 700th like :D
@@prettynpetty8342i mean that's the reason why Regina told Cady to sit with them in the first place. It was Cady's first day in school and a guy was already hitting on her right in front of them (Gretchen's ex no less). She felt threatened by her beauty and wanted to keep her close to do things her way
I think the best part of the "why are you white" line is just how genuinely confused Amanda looks when she says it lmao
lmao as a black african i genuinely found that funny
@@tink6225 as an ignorant American, ive often wondered the same thing about white people "from Africa"
@@vladimirvilliani6732 there's a lot of white South Africans and Africans in general left over from colonization lol
@@tink6225 same 😂 im Nigerian!
@@lunamoone5231 me too
people give Lindsay a bad rep but we cant deny her talent , and for making our childhoods ex. Freaky Friday, Parent Trap, Mean Girls.
Don't forget Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen!
@@xiopaovid1215 My favorite! Oh and the fashion in Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen is ICONIC😍
she is also good in Georgia rule a film with darker subject matter
She has talent which is why she was given SO many changes despite her behavior. People were rooting for her but she blow up every new change she had for a comeback.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 what did she do that we should take personnally?
I feel like Janis’ style is partially due to her ‘rebelling’ against Regina after their fallout at the beginning of high school. She probably had a similar style to Regina as they were best friends (it is even mentioned that Janis choreographed the Jingle Bell Rock dance) but after Regina spread rumours about her and ruined her life Janis lashed out against the traditionally girly and feminine standards she used to uphold.
Exactly! Just because she doesn't wear pink everyone assumes she's a pick me girl. Like, no, it's just how she dresses.
regina also mentions “all of her hair was cut off and she was totally weird” about janis in the candy cane gram scene.
@@tokuko9027 Nah, it's not really how she dresses, it's more how she acts in my opinion
or......... she likes that style. I don't get why everyone is implying that it's a bad thing?
@@adriennepaige4003 It's not a bad thing. Personally, I love that style but I first got into it when my mental health spiraled. It's not just a cute style, sometimes there's a reason behind it. For example, Regina's style is super cute, but is she dressing that way because she wants to or because she thinks being a pretty blonde stereotype will make everyone love her? No matter what, it's a cute style, but it's interesting to see why they like it so much
Honestly when regina said “these sweatpants are all that fits me right now” i felt so bad for her :[
fr tbh i think this was sort of the worst 'revenge' on Regina.
@@starr2870 same. Messing with someone’s health like their weight is very bad.
@layla it was because of what janis suffered from Regina, Cady wasn't doing this for herself, janice pressured her to.
Honestly that line always confused me. I mean Regina is obviously rich, and it's not like weight gain to that extent would happen overnight, so why didn't she just buy other clothes?
@@bluebird1914 Probably didn’t want to buy anything that was too big a size. She shopped at 1-3-5 and from what we can tell, dieted to stay within that range
Mean Girls is the most accurate high school movie in terms of how high school bullying actually works, probably because it was based off a non-fiction book written by a psychologist who studied how young girls actually talk to each other. There are so many painfully inaccurate films and TV shows where the girls say insults straight to each other’s faces. That almost never happens, in high school or beyond. All this drama is sneaky and under the table. Passive aggressiveness. Anonymous cyber bullying. Saying, “come to the mall with me. But don’t tell Gretchen. I don’t want her to come.” “Forgetting” to invite Karen to that party.
How teenage girls bully other teenage girls is pretending to be nice when theyre actually not just so they can get vulnerable with them and pick at their insecurities. Reveal their secrets and spread rumors about them A girls worst enemy is not the other enemy but her best friend Its that passive aggressiveness thats so subtle
I was psychologically bullied in school to the extent that I hated my body, my skin, my everything
Jen’sDollhouse same with me! It started in middle school. You could always tell because when you psssed by they’d be whispering and giggling to each other when you walked by, with that little side glance so you know they’re talking about you lol.
@@CA-vy8et aw man that happened to me too
In my case they also said things to me face to face.
I’d also like to point out that if you take a closer look at the scene when Regina calls the 'unfriendly black hottie' skirt ugly, the skirt plaid skirt is actually almost identical to the plaid ones Gretchen wore. Meaning she secretly hated Gretchen's style too, just as she did Cady's.
Damn, Regina's still insulting Gretchen even when she's nowhere near her LOL
Wow that's so spot on!! I Always wondered why she thought the skirt was so ugly when it seemed like a girl like her/of her group would love it
yeah I thought abt that aswell
i think the reason that she hated it is due to the fact that she revealed that this skirt was a hand-me-down, and not brand new. she acts above this because of her wealth
Yup
growing up as a female is realizing it’s okay to like pink and that you’re not “conforming to the patriarchy”
The amount of my life that I fought against "femininity" is insane. Now pink is my favorite color and I've found my accurate self which is still somewhat masc with a light touch of femininity and cutesy because everyone needs to be themselves without trying to fit into some little box of what you believe is ideal.
So true. I always loved both feminine and non traditionally femine colors so I would dress based on my mood and whatever look inspired me that day. I had many friends and people at school say they hate pink or ask me if I was trying to "fit in" when I wore it. To me it was just a pretty color. I wore black most days though.
exactly!! i remember there was a time in elementary school when almost every girl myself included pretended to hate pink?? it's literally just a color but we weren't even aware why we were doing it. it's crazy how deep this rejection of femininity runs in girls.
right??? i mean there’s nothing wrong with being in touch with ur feminine and “masculine” side but i pushed it so much and mostly because i wanted the validation of my male friends and make it seem like i was “one of them” eventually i came to terms i love both! and i will mix it up a bit but yeah those times were tough...
Same lmao, now I'm grateful I grew out of it and opened my eyes that there's nothing wrong with liking or loving it. Anyway- Imma just share My favourite pink has to be soft pink, it's so pretty and cute ^-^
Regina’s burn book reveal outfit (the black off the shoulder top and jeans) is honestly my outfit goals everyday. I think it’s pretty timeless
Like it's so basic but iconic
And it reminds me of princess diana's revenge dress a little. Really made that burn book reveal sequence more intense
yes!!!
FR!! I’m literally wearing this EXACT outfit today
I would literally wear that outfit today! 😅❤
I think that Gretchen's argyle and plaid plus preppy style recalls a school uniform, its like a way to reinforce how serious she takes the rules of the Plastics
Good take
absolutely! and how she is somewhat more reserved and innocent than Regina, like the "innocent schoolgirl" trope
There is hint in the movie that gretchen is close to her dad/family, probably has a more traditional family and doesn’t want to disappoint them, so i think it also shows she is more conservative and traditional. regina on the other hand has an extremely liberal mom who doesn’t give any limits to her kids, bevause the relationship is inversed, the mom is afraid of the kids and doesn’t want them to dislike her
Good observation
i see what you mean, that makes perfect sense actually!
i dont know if this was the intent, but when we see regina in the “power suit”, she is wearing the colors black and pink. at the party at cady’s house, cady’s dress is black and pink. i think this might show that cady has all the power and popularity that regina had at the beginning of the film.
and then when regina crashes the party and decides to get back her power through the burn book shes also wearing black and pink
Good observation
SoRandom Girl the colors are also inverted from the power suit. perhaps to show the new/different level of mean regina is going to take in the next scene
@@bestie9744 Black and pink seem to be the colors of power in the movie; pink is the most feminine color and is associated with sexuality, and then the black makes the pink come across more serious and 'meaner.'
Yes, black/pink on Regina is very important. Black is associated with power and strength: when they go the mall on Pink Wednesday, she's the only one who gets away with having a black clothing piece. It's like "yeah we wear pink, but I'm also wearing black to let you know who's in charge".
Imagine what Janis ian dressed like when "friends" with Regina..
They should had done that as a mean girls 2 movie as a prequel. Instead of the ugly movie they just labeled as mean girls 2 that we got lol
@@Michelle58546 OMG THAT IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA SOMEONE GET ON THISSS
Someone get this to Tina Fey!!!
@@Kay-io5gx too late, the actors are too old now
@@nikkisumesh well if it's a middle school prequel, they could cast child actresses. The harder part would be making it a Y2K period piece since to be a prequel to 2004 it would have to take place between 1999 to 2002.
Idk why but I find Regina George so incredibly charming when she says things to cady like “I love her. She’s like a Martian” and that kind of stuff
That's the point of Regina's character. She uses her words and influence to manipulate those around her. That charm is what she uses as a weapon.
It's lowkey triggering lol. Reminds me of how my frnds used to be like
“Get in loser, we’re going shopping” and “she doesn’t even go here” are great lines..But I think “I’m a mouse, duh!” Is my fave
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
My fav would be "but he's your cousin!" Lmao. A sweet home alabama meme before sweet home alabama was a thing
Everytime me and my mother go out, I always use the “get in loser we’re going shopping”.
thats my fave too. although she forgot to mention “is butter a carb?” and “on wednesdays we wear pink” significantly, and i feel like those are the two most popular and iconic lines of the show, although it is full of them.
That's a scary mask, bro
Oh my god I just realized gretchen doesn't have big hair in the last scene because it's no longer full of secrets
I thought she just straightened it to blend in more with the "Cool Asians," but that makes sense too😂
I never thought about it that way!
Well im sure she's now aware of all the secrets inside the cool asians squad lol
OMG
OMG, I never thought of it like that!
Another thing to point out about Gretchen: when the plastics were introduced in the beginning, Damien said Gretchen's hair is so big because it's "full of secrets" And by the end she has her hair straightened. even though she is hanging out with the cool Asian clique it does symbolize that there are no more hidden secrets or lies 1k likes??? I had no idea Thanks lolll
I never realized that! What a good point
Maybe, but I feel like it's mostly because Asians usually have straight hair and it's just her trying to fit in
She’s also wearing hoop earrings since she wasn’t allowed to wear them around Regina
@@jordandoerfler2082 i saw that too! that was such a nice touch and i loved it bc it shows that shes free from reginas reign
But is she Asian?
Gretchen has a medium-tan skin tone. I always thought that the colors she wore were chosen to compliment her skin tone. Those tans, oranges, and red looked better on her than pink.
I have no doubt they were. Gretchen is the kind of girl who comes from enough money and is obsessed enough about looking right that I wouldn't be surprised if she had a professional color palette skin tone consultation at some point.
Gretchen absolutely rocks her tan. Seriously, she's really pretty.
I just had an idea for why Gretchen's spring fling dress doesn't seem to match her usual style. As we can see in the video, Cady's Spring Fling dress was going to be a flowy A-line with flower appliques. Gretchen's is a periwinkle A-line with flower appliques. Just goes to show how much of a follower she is. She copies her new queen bee's style.
omgggg yesss, i hadn't see it like that
Her character was very sad indeed she never felt good enough being herself which is shame because She actually wasn’t that bad as a person and her fits was the reason my favorite print is plaid
@@elizabethclarke4981 i agree! i loved her outfits most
@@safaaxdeen lol same I have a little collection of plaid mini skirts thx to her
i just made ur comment 2k likes
I heard Amanda Seyfried auditioned for Regina George, but the crew decided against it because her performance made the character SCARY. Like... I REALLY want to see that tape 😂
imo amanda seyfried disappears into her character as karen. her vacant personality feels so specific to this movie. would LOVE to see her acting manipulative 😈
It’s the eyes. Lol
@@hibiscus10moon she played the manipulative mean girl in season one of veronica mars and she was amazing at it 😍
@@ceilidhn9958 ooh i will have to check it out
@@morganfaith her eyes are much larger than Regina’s, so I can see that a bitchy manipulative stare coming from her would be way more intimidating, and her delivery would make it scary
I always thought Karen was kept around to make Regina look better by comparison in both fashion and intellect. This reinforces why Gretchen considers herself Reginas best friend. It makes her eventual break down that much more believable
I also think it might've been Karen was competing with Regina for "hottest girl in school". If there are girls who might upstage her beauty she'd rather have them as part of her clique so she can control access to them. Same reason she instantly recruits Cady.
The fact that Rachel McAdams was 26 and looked potentially younger than Lindsay Lohan who was 18 in the movie is just absolutely astounding!!! Not to mention that explains her acting chops! She did a supreme job in that movie!
24 actually
@@kio_na9222 still impressed that she looked more like a teenager tbh
Lindsay Lohan looked more like a teenager to me. She had a rounder face, more child like, Rachel is very sharp and defined, she had already grown into her face and bone structure. She looks good.
lindsay definitely looked younger but yeah this did look like they were almost the same age
She looks younger but the wig didn't do any favors
I always wanted a type of spin off about the “unfriendly black hotties “ and “cool Asians”
frrr I woulda wanted to be apart of the cool Asians clique so bad even tho I’m half Asian haha
@Ghosthorns what... 💀
@ghost stfu..
Weren’t two girls in the cool Asians clique sleeping with the gym teacher?
@@Vanessa-bv2rj yea , he was definitely the worst character they also used the N word and all that which ideas odd Edit- I’m aware Tiny fey and their production team are the ones that subtitled it to say the n-word.
15:35 - "It's around this point that you have to wonder, how is Karen actually part of the plastics?" The Take had a great, ahem, take on this question. In the film, Regina herself references how Karen is perceived as the most attractive girl in school, so a potential threat to Regina's role as queen bee. Regina has the likes of Karen and Gretchen (a gossip/information broker) in her ranks to keep them under her control and remove them from the table as potential threats to her power. She quickly befriends Cady for the same reason due to Cady's good looks and interesting background.
Which video?
@@anidleteen kzhead.info/sun/Z81vkpSfq6WNmIU/bejne.html - like at 5: 54 is when she starts talking about co-option.
Milasia fairly certain it’s this one kzhead.info/sun/Z81vkpSfq6WNmIU/bejne.html
This is a good point. This way, they help her increase her popularity (because she is seen with other popular/attractive girls), but she keeps them in a mindset of submission to her (Regina), by tapping into their insecurities, as well as 'giving' them something to keep them there.
Y’all are cracking me up. Y’all are analyzing this movie as if it was Julius Caesar’s reign lol. No hate just something That I noticed.
I’m so late to this but it’s super telling that Gretchen wasn’t ever allowed to wear hoop earrings until the end of the film despite being Regina’s best friend, but Regina allowed Cady to wear them. As if Regina accepted that Cady was the only one on her “level” and didn’t want to fight her about it, out of some form of respect. And with Gretchen’s spring fling dress I think both her and Janis dawned purple to symbolize that neither of them were really “meant” to be Spring Queens.
maybe this can play into the Regina being possibly queer with lots of internalized homophobia theory, a reason why she had that respect could be because a possible liking to Cady. There are clues in the film that despite still being mean to Cady she liked her the most/viewed her as a little more than a minion in comparison to the other plastics, for example replacing her photo of her and Aaron in her room with one of her and Cady as seen when she rages in the burn book. She also didnt even care for Aaron until Cady liked him, which is her obviously her having that possessive nature but could also be hints of jealously
@@user9391 No. Regina is rather the cool straight girl. And thank goodness rather.
Regina is rather the Cool straight girl. And thank goodness rather.
@@kiranjitKaur61 what does "cool straight girl" mean? Why can't queer or people part of the LGBTQ+ community be cool? I don't think Regina is into Cady but I wouldn't confidently say she ain't queer either.
@@Random_ratinNewYork Regina is rather the Cool straight girl.
Regina proves that it is not her outfits which influence others to follow her, but her attitude. The way she presents herself is important, because regardless of the outfit, everyone tries to mimic her outfits because of how she portrays herself in them.
Unlike the other girls, it’s a lot harder to describe what Regina’s style is. Karen’s is childish and juvenile. Gretchen’s is posh and preppy. Cady’s is simple with blouses and jeans. Janis is goth/grunge/alternative. However with Regina her outfits have a lot of variation. Sometimes she’s wearing a power suit, sometimes she’s more revealing, and other times she just opts for a simple blouse. The clothes don’t make her - she has a fierce enough persona to define who she is.
We are all so insecure that if someone seems so confident in something, then we all might as well use it, the idea that "is not embarassing if i'm not alone/if she's confident on it", we crave the confort
as a person who studied in a only-girls school, this movie is a ACCURATE representation about bullying between girls: never use your fists to hits the other person, always create rumors and gossips behind their backs about them.
As a girl, yes definitely. But there have been times where girls (myself included) would just simply scream at each other. I say shit about people I don't like and am also mean (I'd say), but when I really snap I don't hold back and don't try to spread rumors.
It is but it's not an accurate representation of high school though, cliques don't exist and its mostly friend groups. Mean girls do exist but they aren't popular or rule the school. The passive aggressive bullying is however the same.
@@mr.worldwide4758 I feel like the mean girls in my school are pretty much hated.
Tbh in secondary school in the UK, I found girls would mostly say mean shit to each other straight up. Maybe it's a cultural difference
@@CelebrianUndomiel Well you guys are English after all
How is Karen a part of the Plastics? Because she's insanely pretty, and Regina needs pretty friends to frame her; and she's easily controlled, which Regina likes quite a lot.
she might be a threat to regina due to her beauty
Agree just a dump girl with a pretty face 🤣
I’m assuming she’s know Regina for a long time, so they have a long history of being friends
She reminds me of Heather McNamara
I don't think she is considered that pretty in the movie
I loved how Karen and Cady ended up in the same friend group at the end of the film I think it’s so sweet and it shows how Karen was the least mean out of the Plastics
Janice in Mean Girls is also a Mean Girl, just not a plastic. She’s a true parallel to the Plastics and I love her character for that.
Like a lot of people missed the point of mean girls the point is that they were ALL mean
Same that's why I love her
What was interesting to me was that Regina's Wednesday outfit is the one with the least amount of pink it. It's just a pink cardigan that quickly be taken off (like she does in her bedroom). It shows her demonstrating that the rules of the plastics barely apply to her
nice touch
Yup. The rules of the plastic don’t actually mean anything to her. They only exist for her to hold power over her underlings.
which is even crazier considering that the fashion rules are what gets her kicked out of the friend group :0
OMFG
The shot of Cady's Louis Vuitton white purse with multi-colored lettering perfectly describes her after Christmas break: a counterfeit Regina. Since that LV piece was extremely popular in 2003, it was also highly counterfeited as well during that time. Therefore, the shot of Cady starting to wear the handbag later in the school year in 04 when she turned plastic, symbolizes what she became: a knock off of Regina George!
i thought that regina gave her the purse but i guess reginas not that kind
damn
That is great thinking, I also think that perhaps Regina gave some of her old clothing to Cady, so maybe it is originaly Reginas purse and Cady started using it just like Reginas letter necklese, Cady also started wearing her own letter necklese.
yup! mary jane (the costume designer) is positive that regina’s LV bag would be the real thing and cady’s a knockoff. she doesn’t think regina would give anyone ANYTHING, even if it was something she hated/didn’t wear anymore
@@ModernGurlz this actually is mentioned in a deleted scene. Cady encounters Regina in the restroom where Regina tells her she is very possessive of her things, and would never want to give away.
I remember being in third grade and watching Mean Girls with my friend. In the Burn Book scene where it says "Janice Ian-Dyke" we didn't know what "dyke" meant and we thought that was her real name and they just hadn't written anything about her yet.
Lol I was in 5th grade so I was just starting to understand what words like that meant.
Same
same haha
What does that mean
@@rrr826 it means a masculine looking lesbian
"These iconic lines" *Literally skips over "On Wednesdays we wear pink."*
no they didint lool
5:29 they didn't skip it😒
That's so fetch
I must say, I’m suprised Shane Oman stayed with Regina even after she had her downfall. He must’ve really liked her lol
Inna Indita I was thinking the same thing actually. Must say I respect that.
He was just like her.
It's kind of sweet, usually mean girls loose everything, it is refreshing.
I mean from the start he stayed with him, even as a secret lover so it's not that surprising.
I also like to think he was one of the few people who didn't give her a hard time over her weight gain
Mean Girls is so rewatchable even to this day. Iconic.
Especially this day!! (October 3rd)
Where do yall watch it ? Netflix took it down :(
@@chandraschannel6166 Showtime on Demand is where I watched it. I was disappointed that in the end there was usage of the n-word
It's crazy how 4 years from now the movie will be 20 years old...
@@rahbeeuh wait what?
Every straight cis-male friend I have says this is their “favorite chick flick” and I can see why. This is the one high school film that’s the most accurate depiction of high school to this day. I remember being in high school and appreciating that they had the “Asian nerds” and the “cool Asians” because that’s exactly how it was. I liked that, even if it was still stereotypical (the girls cat fight in Cantonese), they showed Asians as much more than the nerdy straight A students. I think guys also like this movie because it helps them understand girl world a lot better. When guys fight, they throw fists and forget about it. It wasn’t until they saw this movie that my guy friends realized how vicious and sneaky fights were amongst women.
i found out abt this movie through my black uncle he was 21 at the time and showed me when i was like 8 so its deffinitly impactful
Idk why it is assumes that girls fights are catty and sneaky while boys aren't . There have been some really fucking bad fights among the girls in my school and they went back to being friends the next day . Girls arent as mean as you think they are .
@@nobitanobi3475 Yeah, I agree with you sometimes its girls fight and guys gossip...
@@nobitanobi3475 well, its just generalizing.
@@nikkisumesh but it is not even true
So many girls went through the Janis phase. I can still remember being a teen and proudly stating "I hate pink!" even though secretly it was my favorite color (still is)
Because we weren't allowed to like pink tbh
I still don't dare to wear pink to campus (I only wore pink twice) even tho I'm now in college, no longer in high school, cuz most students in my major are boys. Thankfully one of my female seniors wears (really) short skirts and girly pants so I'm now more comfortable to reveal my girly side...
is it just me who just recently realized that the "lesbian" thing was about janis being "lebanese" i feel dumb af
Omg thats why ! I just thought that Regina thought that because of Janis being possesive
It's actually not because of the Lebanese thing. At one point when Regina talks to Cady, she clearly explains that she thought Janis was a lesbian because she was "obsessed with her" and "weirdly jealous" of her boyfriend.
TrEs 2b ur right and I do know that, I just felt like regina used both to her advantage when she started the rumors.
@@gabi4205 she could be lying so she wouldn't look stupid
i literally did not realize that HAHA that's actually funny
Gretchen probably wanted to win really bad and that's why she wore a dress like that on the Sprint fling
Yes! But she doesn't have any real confidence in herself so she trys to be what she think will win. 💔
@@ruaoneill9050also, did you notice Gretchen dressing almost same like the Cool Asian leader, Implying she’ll always mimic her ’superior’
@@thedevilsadvocate858 yup always be a follower, not leader
Could also be the beginning of her transition to the ‘cool asians’ - the sign of her losing sense of plastic self
She choose a romantic princess dress because that's that's what the spring fling queen wears. She's copying Regina completely in this scene because she doesn't believe she can win spring queen by being herself.
You know when Regina was getting nominated for spring fling? She wore a purple outfit. Purple means royal or regal, or wisdom, probably symbolic of her status as a “prom queen” and a “queen bee”, since not only is she popular, she won every single spring fling queen title before Cady came in. The “wisdom” can come in as she is depicted as a queen or goddess in the school, influencing her friends and those around her, considered wise for setting trends by peers.
Ol but anybody notice how by the end of the movie, Gretchen’s hair is straightened, “You know why her hairs so big, it’s full of secrets” her hair is no longer big and full, meaning she’s stopped knowing everything about everyone
And because she is with the asían Girls now
I love that you acknowledge how toxic and mean Janis also is. They're all mean girls! In the musical, Janis is oversimplified and basically made flawless, which seems to basically echo the warped perception of Janis many have. It's very disappointing, she's framed as only the cool feminist victim of the popular girls
i mean they did hide it a lot more but you can plainly see it in revenge party with her solo at the beginning and all of the remarks she said throughout the rest of the song, i think she also apologizes/brings it up in i see stars but i still need to watch do this thing. i’d rather be me, while having a great message, is literally her being manipulative and telling the other girls that it was all cady and regina’s fault. it’s very hidden but to be fair you do have to think about it quite a bit in the movie too since it didn’t click until after i watched the movie
I don't know, I think musical Janis is pretty loyal to the original, as the previous commenter said, her words are very sharp and attacking in Revenge Party, and in I'd Rather Be Me she herself admits that she's played into their game and become just as toxic as the Plastics. They're both equally toxuc, it's just that musical Janis comes to realise this.
I don't know, she's still pretty mean in the musical - even if it's less so than in the movie - especially during and before Revenge Party, when she reveals her plan to take down Regina. (there are other points as well, like when she convinces Cady to spy on the Plastics, but the entire Revenge Party sequence is the best example I could think of)
I think the musical didn’t make her flawless, they just didn’t specifically call her out (she didn’t even apologize, which is disappointing)- I still think the movie Janis is better, but they didn’t change all of the toxic stuff she did.
That is quite disappointing
can we just appreciate the fact that she put this out on october 3rd, only moderngurlz
1.1k likes but no comments??
what's it have to do with October 3rd anyway?
@@JasmineLajeunesse Cady (Lindsey Lohan) was in calculus class and had a crush on a guy named Aaron Samuels. One day he asked her what day it was and she responded “it’s October 3rd”.
Omg yess
My new favorite day! (Get it, from the musical?)
My favorite outfits in the whole movie are Regina's. You can tell Regina is the powerhouse in the plastics just by the details of his under-shirt on the power suit. Everything is very sharp and prominent, almost telling you that Regina is not easy to play around with, and it's very much used like a non-verbal introduction to Cady about the power-dynamics of the group. Regina's outfits in general feel like a power play to outshine the other plastics. The way that she barely even fit the dress code on wednesday, showing how much she can stray far away from the rules without consequences, the way she doesn't even wear a revealing shirt on PE, showing how she doesn't even try to even get the attention from the whole school. She can get away with doing anything and she will still be above the plastics. And she loves knowing that, and savours it for every single day until Cady throws the whole dynamics into an 180 just by her intelligence
I actually like Cady's pre and post plastic style. Among the plastics, Gretchen has the best style in my opinion.
YESSS. Gretchen is the most attractive one in the whole show.(imo) she has such a sophisticated look 🌸💖
I didn’t even realized the footage was flipped until Regina was writing in the book
I noticed whe cady fell in the bin
I noticed when the “k” Karen writes in her chest wasn’t reverse jaja
I noticed when the girl was hanging on the door cause I just watched it last night.
What about the jingle bell rock scene, the letters are flipped
Taehyung is that you I see looking cute😍😍
I think Gretchen’s prom outfit is actual a kind of symbol of how despite the fact Gretchen is trying out for Spring Fling Queen, without a leader (as she’s not under Cady or Regina’s rule) she’s awkward since she does not know how to be her own person and thus lacks all her previous structure. Once she becomes a follower again then she is comfortable once again and so her outfit once again shows it.
I'm pretty sure that she is "following" Cady in this one, because as we saw earlier, Cady was going to wear a flower themed dress for the Spring Fling Queen, and Gretchen ends up wearing a similar dress with flowers and an a-line skirt.
The dress is pretty similar to Cady’s spring fling dress - soft pastel color with translucent fabric, and floral themed.
Also maybe she wanted to look feminine and approachable in order to garner votes
I agree, it very much seems like a dress she picked out either only with Karen or by herself entirely. It doesn't fit her as well (Like not as flattering as her previous outfits) and is different from her usual style, I think it's purposeful but subtle even if it was a happy accident the whole time. Also sorry to replying to a 2 year old comment but I just watched this and already typed my feelings lol
“The oldest actress pretending to be a teen” Musical actors: *frog averting eyes meme*
Errm.. Lacey Chabert, )aka Gretchen) was born in 81. So Im afraid that was innacurate
El Chavo making 40 year olds play elementary school kids: *Seymour Skinner "pathetic"*
@@hypernature that would make her 21-22 at the time the movie was filmed, and around 23 when the movie was released. Rachel McAdams was born in the late 70s.
Renee, plays Angelica and the girl from Rent ( I forgot her name ) the characters are young. The actress is 50.
@@hypernature I was referring to musical actors in general but okay
I would delete my whole memory to watch this movie again.
The way I remember watching this movie in a theater when it came out in 2004 🥹🥹🥹
I want someone to analyze ME like this wtf
😩🤚🏾
Are u as interesting as their outfits tho
@@sweetmimosamommysaranghae3163 I wanna know the symbolism behind my line of monochrome tank tops, shorts, sneakers, and hoodies sometimes
@@somedragonbastard you are most likely a sad human being who stays up all night in your room, like me
Same I want someone to analyze my OC’s outfits since I put a lot of care into them.
You should do "Heathers". It's also an iconic movie, and known for it's color coding in their fashion.
Omg yes
That would AWESOME! It’s perfect for her. And well, Chandler’s my #1
yassss :D The musical is better tho
No I'm not it's just my honest opinion!! AT LEAST I DIDNT SAY RIVERDALE WAS BETTER CUZ THEIR VERSION SUCKED!!!??
@TinyTinTeeth yeah riverdale sucks, i mean in my opnion heathers the musical is better but I didnt mean to sound mean but I would recommend to listen to it :)
//TW// Janis was a punk/goth teen and was bullied/teased by a lot of her peers. There was probably another reason why she wore long sleeves all the time
omg that makes sense. i think janice is relatively confident but i agree,i bet it hasn’t always been that way.
Oh man do you mean because she was probably a cutter? That is a really good point.
Noooooooo no no no no. Stop. We're not going to even entertain that idea because that is a harmful false stereotype to perpetuate. Her style is her style, and deliberate self-mutilation's got NOTHING to do with it.
I love how the musical does the burn book reveal clothes wise: when shes copying the pages shes in an all black very stealthy outfit but when she re-enters onto the stage ‘the next day’ she’s in a completely all white outfit trying to show that she is ‘innocent’ and ‘pure’, but even then she is still wearing the same silhouette of a short skirt, tight top and a jacket with a matching bag and heels. Very cleverly done by the costume designers.💗
That's too on the nose. I Guess it's fine, because it's theater. But the idea of the film was serving fashion and realness at the same time.
i like how they have them re-wear some things bc that’s what actual teens do
It was what teens did back then, but sadly no longer. It's something we need film and TV to normalise now because teens and young people today are developing the habit of not rewearing clothes once they've posted themselves wearing it on Instagram. NORMALISE REWEARING!
@@amstreater most teens rewear. i am a teen and can vouch. it's only a small few that don't, who nobody really likes for that and other reasons, anyway
Speaking of Gretchen's slang term 'Fetch', its actually from England as she says - 'Fetching', meaning 'attractive', just abbreviated.
From 1800s england*
imagine if they used 'peng' lmao
That’s correct but the term ‘fetch’ was never slang nor was it used in that way. However it was a clever way of making something that sounded like it could’ve been slang from the UK.
@@EllinasUniverse dat is bare peng 😂
@@davidmchugh2959 Yeah, I doubt it was ever slang for anyone (before this movie came out, anyway), but I can imagine Gretchen hearing the word and deciding she was going to use it as slang anyway.
i can relate so much to the rejection of feminity. i was such a stereotypical “girly girl” when i was like 5, my friend got into spiderman and more traditionally “boy stuff”. I got influenced heavily, chopped my hair by myself (i regret that so much 😭), and refused to wear dresses and skirts and jewelry. Its not only until my teenage years I’ve been beginning to embrace my feminity again. Wearing pink and skirts and jewelry. Thats kind of what draws me to Janis’s character. We’re both artists and people who have rejected feminity at some point in our lives.
It sucks how stereotypes make people feel like they can’t envelope themselves in their femininity. I know I’ve fallen into that trap.
still cannot fathom that rachel mcadams did mean girls and the notebook in the same year. regina is 16, allie is 24. they aren't alike at all, yet nobody could replace rachel in either film she was just perfect. an ICON.
Weid thing is that I can pin down Karen's style as childish and girly, Gretchen's as preppy and structured... Regina I can't pin down. Like One minute she's wearing a "power suit" then she's in a tank top and leather skirt and other times she's in a tracksuit. IDK
i think that it’s supposed to represent how she doesn’t have to try and fit in, it’s her world and she can do whatever she wants
You can't pin down my style either and I was even more that way in highschool
my style is a girl living in a third world country who can't wear what she wants edit: bc that's exactly what I am lmao, if I could wear what I want, my style would be a fusion of the e girl aesthetic and 80s thrash aesthetics with different band shirts.
@@larsswig912 wait i have a question do u actually have to listen to those bands tho to wear those shirts? I kinda dont wanna embarrass myself when someone asks “oh u listen to that band? Whats ur fav song?” Ya know
@@-criedjupiter-8464 I mean, if you don't wanna get embarrassed then probably. just wear shirts of bands you listen to
Regina's pink blouse + black sweater is the most memorable to me and forever my absolute fave like it's SUCH a good go-to when I'm too lazy to put together an outfit
It's a classic!
I like how the Halloween costumes show the wealth differences between the plastics. Karen is likely middle/upper middle class. Her costume is a lingerie teddy any teen could get from VS. Regina is wealthy. Her costume is somewhat attainable, maybe at Fredrick’s of HW, but still not commonly accessible for a teen girl. Gretchen has a full patent catsuit that fits like a glove. Idk where you could get that back then as a teen. Now you could find things online, but it was much harder then and probably quite expensive.
After 17 years I have realized that while wearing the pink polo Cady would not have been able to sit with the plastics because while wearing pink on Wednesday she was also wearing jeans which could only be worn on Friday.
Y2K is coming back, and i lowkey can't wait to wear all the outfits i wanted to wear, but was too young for. minus the low rise jeans. never again. please, anyone reading this, rise up against the low rise jeans....
Totally agree! I love that boot cut jeans are coming back, but I don't want to have a muffin top this time around.
Low rise jeans can stay in hell.
Megan fox is the only one who can pull off low rise jeans
I was too poor and too young to wear anything I wanted back then I’m happy it’s all coming back 😭💕 especially the cute plaid skirts and little bags 💕
you can wear a mix of modern and older styles. create your own look!
When she's in charge Regina is the only plastic who pairs her girly colours with black until Cady has her party and wears the leather dress to show the flip in power.
Wow that’s so cool
I love how fashion tells a story
My only problem is how NONE OF THEM WORE BACKPACKS EVEN THO THEYRE IN HIGHSCHOOL which you’d probably be carrying around tons of textbooks and notebooks
we weren't allowed to carry backpacks around my high school (in the chicago suburbs, for whatever that's worth). you had to go to your locker between classes to switch out your books.
@@youngandbittermean girls is also set in the Chicago suburbs lol
@@caitlingill yeah idk if it's a regional thing or if it varies by individual schools ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@youngandbitter I also went to high school in the Chicago suburbs and you needed to wear backpacks because the school was so big, there was no time to go to your lockers between passing periods. I think it's much more common to wear backpacks than not in high school. They probably never showed them wearing backpacks because it would ruin their outfits.
idk if anyone noticid before, but Regina is almost always wearing some black. Specially in her most bad-ass scenes ,like when she manipulates the situation the fist time she meets Cati to look like someone you'd like to follow or when she covers the school whith the burn book pages .
A lot of people associate black with evil or badass. That’s probably why she wore a lot of it.
one thing I love about Janis is that even if she’s just as judgemental and lowkey toxic as Regina, she admits that she’s mean. and yeah, i do think that she went into the more grunge/punk style bc she was rejecting Regina’s idea of femininity, but I also think it’s bc she started being more true to herself (since a lot of girls feel like they have to be feminine) edit: just came back to this comment a year later and wow a lot of you did NOT understand what i was saying with this huh
what's wrong w/ being feminine? just be your own kind of feminine.
A lot of girls feel like feminine is a bad thing, too.
@@chesito15 the entire "I'm noT LiKe tHe OthEr GirLs" and "bruh girls" community are example of that just because people want to feel unique they do stuff like this.
i remember being in 2/3 grade and purposefully wearing less conventionally feminine things to be “not like other girls”
Nardos B Lol wait I thought bruh girls was just a brief meme
Ive always interpreted her “plain” clothes in the beginning not necessarily implying that she lacks a sense of self. But that her sense of self was just very laid back and down to earth (hence all the earth tones).
Yeah, same.
it's so amazing how an early 2000s film's fashion can still be worn today. and out of the plastics' fashion style i like Gretchen's the most
Re: how is Karen actually a plastic, I like to imagine she formed a close bond with Gretchen and/or Regina in earlier childhood and simply managed to keep up just enough to fit in. And now I’m thinking about all their life stories lol
The Take had another interesting theory, saying that since Regina refers to Karen as being considered the "actual prettiest girl in school", she roped her in immediately to nullify her as a threat, the same way she did with Gretchen [due to her wealth] and Cady [due to her looks.]
@@tomemeornottomeme1864 Also, I feel like it reflects positively on her to have friends that are attractive or high status in some way. If anyone was going to be in her clique it would be the prettiest, richest, most feminine, etc. girls in her class.
@@tomemeornottomeme1864 I remember that from the ‘psychology of a dictator’ video. Dictators tend to target people who they see as powerful as both a bolster to their power and mystique, and also to keep potential threats in check. Regina recruits Gretchen because of her wealth and secret keeping tendencies, and Cady and Karen because of their appearances. Heck there was even a scene where Regina outright acknowledges Karen is pretty. Karen’s there because she’s well liked and a potential threat to Regina’s status as the queen bee.
@@yamato6114 definitely true I know a few reginas they only befriend the ones who are a threat to their power
yeah i was thinking that too. shes not actually a mean girl, the only reason why she acts that way is because shes kind of forced to by Regina. Have you seen the movie Heathers (1989)? Heather C is like Regina, an evil dictator. Heather D is like Gretchen, a follower who wants to please the dictator. and Heather M is like Karen, not actually a bad person, just someone who acts mean because thats what their friends are teaching them to do. in both movies, as the dictator starts to get weak and go away, the followers get nicer and start to act normal. this whole dynamic displays how people like Regina and Heather C can easily control people and change them in a bad way.
I JUST REALISED I OWN A SKIRT ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THE 'ugliest f-ing skirt" BAHAHHAHAHAHA
Oddly enough that skirt is totally something Gretchen would wear
Katie Chambers ur so right! Sorry Regina😌
That "ugly" skirt in the movie is actually really pretty or should I say fetsch
Gretchen’s lavender gown mis hap may have been a sloppy way to show how Gretchen had lost her style while looking for a new queen bee to worship.
I thought of it as Gretchen following Cady still, because earlier we saw Cady planning to wear the flower dress, and now Gretchen was wearing a flower dress to the Spring Fling Queen.
I like the interpretations here, personally I saw it as a reflection/amalgamation of Gretchen's insecurities, both over the course of the movie and from standing as a nominee next to Regina
watching this today after seeing the 2024 adaptation of mean girls, I appreciate Fort and her work so much more, the original is so timeless and perfect
The fact my mom told me to watch this at 5 for educational purposes-
Well I hope you learned something about showing off your own style and paving your own way through high school
@@kimanirobinson790 yeah i learned how to spot a toxic person, how to make friends in a healthy way, and how to release my anger in a good way :))
My mom banned me from watching this because she thought that would teach me how to be mean lol
@@kathrynvincent1563 I'm imagining your mom in Blockbuster in 2006 see the DVD and thinking "Mean Girls? There might be girls that are mean in this movie. My child won't be watching this. She might become one of these 'mean girls' "
There is actually is a great educational program around this in Australia.
Wow, watching this clip I just remembered how TALENTED Rachel McAdams is. Her facial expressions, the way she carries her character and makes us BELIEVE that she's a highschooler. SO GOOD.
Fr it’s like she was made for Regina
She's the only one that can nail and play Regina George.
I always found that Karen and Gretchen are defining the rules more clearly. Especially Karen. Candy really keeps her style for the first quarter of the movie- just wearing things like tops in her style, but pink. I think another comment has already said this but Regina is also just wearing a pink jumper, you can easily take that off and she would be wearing no pink. Except for the writing on her iconic white shirt. She always had more power over the other plastics and considered herself as the queen bee. The others (Gretchen and Karen) were like minions. With out them she would still have power. Cady also, she seemed to have more power than Gretchen or Karen. You can really see this in the scene where Gretchen is told to move to Reginas left, Karen on Cady’s right and Gretchen on Reginas left. This is shuttle proof that Cady might have had more power than Gretchen and Karen.
Heck her comment about Karen’s vest being ‘disgusting’ just goes to show she doesn’t actually care about the beliefs she preaches. The rules are only there for her to lord her power over others.
I wish that instead of the dumpster fire movie that we did get, Mean girls 2 could've focused on the characters in the original movie but in college instead of high school, I think it would've been interesting to see if Gretchen developed her own style, or if she still needed to be part of a clique.
Agreed. Gretchen deserved a better ending. While her follower nature is played for laughs, it’s sad to see she’s been beaten down so much that she feels she needs to be someone’s minion just to have some sort of identity.
There was some thoughts about that, but there was also pushback because the film was too good and a sequel would ruin it. MG2 ended up happening anyways, but since the actors are different most people just ignore it. Personally, I think it would be good to have a movie with the same actors but who are different characters now. They could set it in college, or just make it a horror movie. I really wanna see Lindsay move on to drama and horror roles and voice-acting for her career.
I hate how Disney shows and movies basically killed this genre of movies. If only there were more movies like this nowadays.
Netflix is the worst offender imo. So many movies try to emulate Mean Girls but none can come close to it due to the lack of grounding and thought behind them.
@@mevox True!
MEvox exactlyyyyy Theyre so bad
EXACTLY!!
This entire movie is a representation of teenage girls: beautiful, seemingly vapid and superficial, but actually quite dark and complex.
my dream is to be a costume designer so i could be known for iconic outfits like the ones shown in this movie and i just love fashion in film in general but i just feel like it’s never gonna happen. it’s nice to fantasize about though hehe
You and I both will become one
I believe in both of you 🥺✌
It can happen.
this is one of my dreams too
YO why would you feel like it's never gonna happen??? If you start working towards it and keep telling yourself u can then u absolutely will I'll probably hire u on one of my movies one day ;^)
The outfit Regina wears where she’s spreading out the burn book and gets hit by a bus is the most memorable to me! That black top and the jeans with the pink LV belt is soooo good!
I don’t know if it’s my love of a good analysis or my love for Mean Girls, but this video made me have so much more respect for costume design/designers. Costume design is a powerful storytelling device that, when done right, reveals character. It also made me realize that good costume design requires a thorough understanding of the characters in a story in order for their clothes to reflect what they’re going through in every scene. Clearly Mean Girls’ costume designer understood the assignment. I’m about to analyze the costumes in every show or movie I watch from now on😆
Could Gretchen's dress style at the Spring Fling have been a reflection of Cady's baby blues and baby pinks? Gretchen was her follower at the time.
And it reminisces cadys original dress we see
Just imagine if we dressed like they do in movies everyday
Why not!? Try it!....some people think you're too dramatic, but you feel amazing for wearing exactly what you wanted to so......
@@cRuchi96 I mean I want to, but I don't have that many clothes to begin with, and I can't dress as good as a stylist dresses a character. But I'll do my best. Thanks for the encouragement!
Sabrina C, the key to dressing good is great fit. Get your clothes tailored. Speak to a seamstress before buying clothes to know what size to buy so that your problem areas can be tailored, as you can always remove excess fabric but you can’t do anything about having not enough fabric. For a quick reference, don’t buy clothes where the waist is too short for your natural waist (unless you’re wearing empire waist style), and buy the size to fit your largest circumference. For example, if you have a large bust, get the baggy shirt to fit your bust. The shoulders and waist can be taken in and the shirt will fit nicely. Or if you have large thighs and hips, get the pants that fit very comfortably in that area and give you comfortable ease of movement, as the waist can always be tailored smaller. I know this is expensive, but it forces you to really consider what style you’re going for and organizing a colour palette that matches everything so that you can make the most outfit combos out of the least amount of clothes. You might not have a lot of clothes but you’ll look amazing in the ones you do. Also, if you choose to learn to tailor your own clothes as a way to save money, keep in mind that it’s still an expensive hobby. There’s a learning curve, and all the hours you put in for learning from your mistakes are the same hours you could have worked at a regular job and paid a trained seamstress to do it for you. That’s not even accounting the cost of materials (clothes you’ll ruin in the learning process), maintaining a working sewing machine, and buying new machine needles for every project. Furthermore, without a mentor, expect it to take a much longer time to learn going down the self-taught route. Only go down this path if sewing is a hobby you’re actually interested in. Good luck in defining your style!
@@hotjanuary I actually started learning sewing this summer and my grandmother is an amazing seamstress, and I bought some books this week, so I think I can do this! Thanks for the tips!!!
I wish I had the time and money to shop for cute clothes like that.
I don't tend to pay too much attention to the outfits in movies and shows, but I really really like them reusing pieces. Its so realistic that teens wear the same clothes over and over again
Personally I think Regina wears the black off the shoulder top and jeans combo to psychologically ‘trick’ mr Duvall. It has the same elements as Cady’s at the beginning of the movie (jeans and a comfortable T-shirt with hair in a ponytail) yet definitely incorporated her own style. Since this is the scene where she regains control you would expect her to wear a more elevated version of what she wore in the shopping scene- where she was most powerful, but that would not separate her from the others enough to make her bullying claim valid. So they went in the opposite direction to create a sense of otherness and make her look like more of an outsider/ victim which was how cady was initially portrayed.
The funny thing is that Regina in italian means queen, so she's literally the queen bee of the school, sorry for my bad english😅
Il tuo inglese è molto buono. Non ti preoccupare. Complimenti 😉
And for royalty, she's the only one with purple in her color palettte
That was absolutely on purpose. :)
@@marisan8265 the costume department is indeed made up of people who have attention to detail and deeper thought process
@@meergoedemuziek grazie!!!ho sempre paura di fare degli errori di scrittura🙂😅
On the pricing standpoint. We have to remember that Cady's mom was a professor at Northwestern University which a professors salary can range from $200k - $400k
And before moving back to the US, both parents were research zoologists. Not as great as a professor salary, but they definitely did well. Plus I’m assuming the dad also had a good job in Evanston too.
I do t think you’re overthinking anything, video media analysts is for this. I came here for this. Mean girls is so cool for this too.
she literally said that she discussed it first with the actual stylist
@@lemoncha_5442 i think you misunderstood their comment, the intial comment was saying that she wasnt overthinking and that her analysis makes sense
Gretchen's ball dress: She knew Regina had said that she wasn't pretty enough to be nominated, and thus she tries something with a Regina-Karen vibe to try and fit the role.That dress is totally in Karen's palette, and also has Karen't childish vibe.
Omg yes that's so smart
it's similar to the dress Cady was supposed to wear because she always imitates the queen bee
And it has a floral theme with a soft color, which is similar to what Cady was going to wear.
Finding an "X" initial bag for myself was IMPOSSIBLE. And still is. 😭
Try out Etsy or Not On The High Street! There are loads of customisable things, including bags!
i couldnt find m necklaces anywhere bc there are so many damn marias where i'm from
I had one as a kid! It was a tiny pastel pink purse with a purple M. Sadly I have a grandma that likes giving away my old stuff "because I dont need it anymore". She gave away the purse and all of my 2000s Barbie dolls
MOOD
I used my mother's that had an M and said it was for my last name 😂
It’s also a style transformation that doesn’t take place in one scene which is rare
Great point
wow i really wish the people behind the costuming of the mean girls musical had seen that costuming monologue from mary jane...because they desperately needed it