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What's with Lori's wardrobe??

posted 18 years ago by Gena_Beana
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I know that this character is supposed to be the "girl next door"/country bumpkin type, but some of the things they had her wearing were just over the top. The typical woman who moved to L.A. from Colorado in 2001 was not wearing tapered, acid-wash jeans and billowy ruffled tops. I know this seems like a minor issue, but I found it really distracting. The costume designer should learn a little something about subtlety.

Other than that, I thought the movie was decent. Good acting, some funny moments, but I wouldn't scour the town looking for a copy of it to rent.

[–] ulrichsfamily-1 18 years ago

I think that the situation is this. 1) It's an indie film . . . no money for fancy clothing designs, although really, it wouldn't have taken much, and 2)there is the fact that this movie was filmed quite a while ago (6 years or more??) and therefore, styles have changed. That look was really popular in the 80's and early 90's, but that was way before this movie. But otherwise, I agree, the costumes were a little distracting.

[–] taylor345 18 years ago

beth didn't dress that way when we were around her although it has been a while i think i still remember

[–] jencyphers 18 years ago

As a twentysomething "girl next door"-type from Colorado, I can assure you the costume designers for this film missed the mark. It never occurred to me that Lori's awful wardrobe was chosen on purpose to reflect her character. I figured there was some other explanation. I will say, though, I quite liked the #7 football jersey she wore to bed. Now that's Colorado for you! Long live Elway!

[–] anuk78 18 years ago

Um hello 2001 was not that long ago. The fashions weren't that bad in 2001. It seems to me they picked horrible clothing and it made Lori look way too frumpy! I still liked the movie.

"I am drunk at Vogue!"

[–] taylor345 18 years ago

yeah, doesn't seem like the punk beth style!!! but it was like and indepent film remember that!!

[–] Jimayy6 18 years ago

they talked about going to thrief stores to get the costumes and stuff.. could be it. i was taken by it too.. the air force shirt, i got.. she just got out.. but some of it was kinda wierd.

[–] quigley_brown-1 18 years ago

She's always wearing that same gray suit to work.

[–] sheymabuali 17 years ago

Yes! She did indeed wear the same suit to work everytime. I was waiting for an explanation for that. Forget frumpy, the suit issue was just wierd!

[–] hgu73112 17 years ago

I recorded it on Encore the other night and it said 1999. I thought the jeans she wore to the range were a poor choice, made her look way too hippy.

[–] clclouse 17 years ago

Uh, yeah! I was shocked to see this movie is from 2001, I thought it was made it the early/ mid nineties by the way people were dressed!

[–] ExSilentio 17 years ago

I have no idea why IMDB lists this movie as 2001...it came out originally in '99 so that means it was probably filmed in 97-98 ...which would help explain some of the wardrobe choices a little bit more.