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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember reading a story about the costume designer / stylist for that show always had to struggle with Lauren Graham ( Lorelei). The actress wanted to wear designer clothes and of course the character was a single working mom. 
I did love the clothes on that show. Even years later, I would happily wear anything Lorelei wore on that  show. Doesn't help that fashion for the last couple years has been atrocious, but that's another thread.[/quote]

I think a lot of this is wrong. Lorelai and Rory's wardrobe consisted mostly of jeans and cords and t shirts and occasional work outfits right up until Season 5. And throughout all the seasons, there is A LOT of repetition of their clothes, though less so for Lorelai towards the end.

One of the challenges for costume designers early on was trying to get Lorelai to look thrift shop chic. They  failed and dialed it back by season 2 with more cutesy graphic tees and better fitting jeans, but no real designer clothes.

Rory's clothes get increasingly fancy, and by season 6, Lorelai is mostly in DVF wrap dresses, but by then, she is supposed to be pretty flush.[/quote]

I don't think Lorelai was ever "flush" on GG, though DVF is probably readily available in Conn. thrift stores.  But the jeans she wears are clearly designer...and it was before everyone was wearing designer jeans (i.e. at the leading edge of the trend).

I am pretty aware of the types of casual designer labels Lorelai wears, and I always found her wardrobe to be extremely unrealistically expensive.  Casual clothes can still be designer, and she often wore clothes that seemed more expensive than she should be able to afford.  She also talks a lot about shopping, including about shopping at Sephora.  If she were really on a tight, single mom budget, she would wear drugstore make up.[/quote]

Sorry. That's the nature of the biz. They always use designer brand and tone them down on TV. That's how wardrobe works. No one was paying attention to the labels on her jeans.  This is a crazy level of nitpicking. She didnt wear Burberry or Lauren, and THAT'S what we were supposed to notice.

Also. The only time they ever mention Sephora is in reference to robbing it. And opening up one. As jokes.

Idk. You don't have to like the show. Buy I have found that people stretch for reasons to hate something AND forget that TV is fake. It's broad strokes. When did we expect our light dramas and comedies to adhere exactly to reality? GG, Friends, soaps, all the frothy atuff--theyre not documentaries or reality TV. [/quote]

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