Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Dress for Less: Inspired By Clueless

One of my favorite movies is Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone. What many people don't know is that it is a modern interpretation of the novel Emma by Jane Austen, which was also made into a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow (among other versions).  One of the things I love about the film is the fashion, Cher wears so many crazy outfits but a lot of them can still be worn now and will look current. 

I decided to do a Dress for Less based on my favorite outfit of hers, the maroon dress. It was hard to find a good shot so you'll have to settle for these bad ones. I wish I could find heels the same color as the dress, but these were the perfect shape to match hers. These never come out as good as I imagine them in my head since its always impossible to find exactly what you're looking for. Hopefully it's not too horrible.

Sleeveless Dress - Tibi from The Outnet $108
Short Sleeve Dress - Mango from ASOS $94.65
Long Sleeve Dress - YesStyle $30
Heels - Forever 21 $22.80
Pink Ribbon (for belt) - Jo Ann Fabrics $1.99
TOTAL SLEEVELESS: $132.79
TOTAL SHORT SLEEVE: $119.44
TOTAL LONG SLEEVE:  $54.79

P.S. Did you know that Calvin Klein did a remake of the white dress she wore? Buy it HERE for only $916 ;) (haha...no thanks)





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47 comments:

  1. I adore this movie too...how fun!!! Great choices hunnie:) LOVE the shoes!! I have them in Gray:)

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  2. I love Clueless! Post pictures when you get the outfit.

    xxx

    Jessi

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  3. very nice!!

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  4. I love the Mango dress - you did a creat job recreating her look...and now I really want to to rewatch Clueless again.

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  5. Clueless is one of my favorite movies. I love the Calvin Klien white dress!

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  6. Ooh! I like! You should do more Clueless looks...rarely do I get inspired from movies fashion-wise, but I do from this movie! And you're right: a lot of them can be updated to look quite modern and wearable.

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  7. I love that color in between red, wine, burgundy, maroon.

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  8. I love Clueless! Such a great movie.

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  9. Love Clueless! Great post!

    xoxo,jaz
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  10. Perfect to the T...I love that movie haven't seen it in a long time, though.

    Jackie
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  11. Gah, love Clueless! "Rolling with the homies ..."

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  12. clueless - great movie..
    the dresses are ok..

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  13. The colour is lovely, great picks:) x

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  14. Blast from the past! Love that long sleeve dress!

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  15. As if! Whatever! LOL! Oh gosh, how I loved Clueless. I always wanted Cher's closet.. ha ha ha. I actually picked up a copy of the movie on DVD a few months ago... now, I'm thinking I need to watch it tonight!!

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  16. this is great! Clueless is one of my favorite movies too. i actually just watched it last month--rolling with the homies!

    and i remember really liking the dresses she wore in the movie.

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  17. I love Clueless. I never sick of Cher and her fabulous closet. I really love the short sleeve dress. It's such a pretty color.

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  18. Loved it! Wantedto be like Cher so bad when I was 10, Clueless was awesome! ... Loved the outfit!

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  19. I love the Tibi dress! And Clueless is a classic!

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  20. I love the tibi and the mango dress!

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  21. Oh this brings back memories, I wanted here digital wardrobe so much!

    The Tibi dress is really cute

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  22. I looooooove Clueless, such a cute movie with great style indeed! the nineties are totally back with a vengeance and I love it.



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  23. One of my favorite movies!

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  24. LOVE that long sleeved dress. :)SArahD

    PS Home Alone and Home Alone2 are definitely my 2 fave x-mas movies (from your post below:))

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  25. beautiful colours!

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  26. I need to watch Clueless again, it has been wayyyyyy too long! And OMG at the price of the remake Calvin Klein dress!

    -Ashley
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  28. Great post! I just started following you! I love "look-a-like" fashions for less. I just found a D&G look-a-like printed knitted sweater-dress at H&M and I love it!!!

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  29. Cute idea! I really LOVE this film and could watch it again and again!

    Cute pics! I like only the look of the winter, but I don't like the cold...

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  30. i remember my sisters would watch that movie when i was growing up.

    i really like the short sleeved one!

    xx Kenny

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  31. I love this outfit of hers in the movie! So cute!

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  32. the maroon dress is so pretty, and a great color to work with in the fall!

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  33. omg! i was watching this movie the other day!! love it and your interpretation is flawwless :)

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  34. i love clueless..i wanted to be cher so badly!

    xx

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  35. I love Clueless! My favorite is when she wears that slinky little dress on her date, and her dad asks what she's wearing. "A dress." "Says who?" "Calvin Klein."

    Definitely watching that tonight.

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  36. Love Clueless soo much! Gab post hun! Happy Wednesday Mwah xxx

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  37. This color is beautiful. Amazing dress..... wonderful outfit:)

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  38. the tibi dress is amazing! and the colour looks so pretty both on light skin (like mine) and also on tanned/olive skin...

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  39. Great outfits !
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  40. I totally rememeber that maroon number on Cher!! I had no idea the movie was inspired by Jane Austen's novel.. (I read that novel too!) For shame.. haha

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  41. Sweet post, I love the colour of that dress!
    x

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  42. Cher's dress looks fab in that movie, the only thing missing was the leggings. :-D I will never forget how she would say, "Oops! My bad!"

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  43. love clueless and the wardrobe so fun and loud, a reflection of the great decade of the 90s.

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