Just as cinematographers and costume designers find inspiration from the fashion world, trendsetters take cues from film. From the moment Elle Woods took on "the man" in Legally Blonde and normalized what has come to be known as Barbiecore, to the cast of the cult classic Trainspotting bringing back new age grunge, films have been setting fashion trends since the introduction of the video camera.
Even some of the most memorable movie quotes have to do with fashion trends and the ensemble choices of some of our most favorite characters. For example, it was Wednesday Addams who famously said: "I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color." It was Karen Smith from Mean Girls who let the world know that "on Wednesdays, we wear pink." And it was the devilishly stylish Miranda Priestly who reminded us that florals for spring is hardly "groundbreaking."
Whether entire costumes inspired generational fashion trends or simply gave an up-and-coming group of fashionistas the silent permission to play around with various styles, movies have been serving us some truly iconic fashion moments and (thankfully) show no signs of letting up.
