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Cueless tem oficialmente 25 anos. Embora seja difícil processar esse marco, o favorito do culto se adaptou a cada ano que passa, chegando a sites de streaming e conversas de mídia social e inúmeras homenagens, desde fantasias de Halloween de celebridades até a recente reinicialização do Baby-Sitters Club. Agora disponível na Netflix, Clueless—estrelado por Alicia Silverstone e frases curtas como “Estou totalmente bugado!” e “As if!” — alcançou o status de lenda, imortalizando Cher, Dionne (Stacey Dash) e as crianças de Beverly Hills nos anais da iconografia cinematográfica.
Duas décadas e meia depois, a moda ainda reina suprema. A figurinista polonesa Mona May é a mente por trás do vestido vermelho Alaïa de Cher, ternos xadrez e 60 (!!) mudanças de figurino. “Muitas das roupas ainda são tão usáveis”, disse May ao ELLE.com por telefone. “Você poderia ir à Saks and Neiman e tudo ainda está lá.”
O mais impressionante é a influência de May no TikTok. Percorra o aplicativo de compartilhamento de vídeo e você encontrará a Geração Z dançando e dublando em tops transparentes, saias e estampas xadrez, emulando sem saber o estilo que May criou no set de Clueless 25 anos atrás.
“In a way, it is surprising that something can last that long,” May adds. “It’s like, wow, 25 years in fashion? Tomorrow it’s so last year. But then on the other hand, [it’s] always my goal to bring something timeless and feminine to the screen.”
Ahead, May talks 25 years of Clueless, the film’s most iconic looks, and what she thinks of that rumored reboot.
Clueless is now streaming on Netflix, introducing the film to a whole new audience. What’s it like being a part of something so enduring?
I meet so many women, and when they find out I’m the designer, they just squeal with delight. “Oh my God, this was my favorite movie and I got the stockings and my daddy bought me the Jeep.” The personal stories, and how emotionally connected they are and what it means to them, are truly incredible.
During your research for the film, you observed real-life students in L.A. The style was very grunge at the time. Why did you deviate from that?
That was director Amy Heckerling. [The high-fashion style] was written in the film. I met Amy on another project and [we] fell in love with each other. She was like, “I want you to do this movie because it’s all about fashion and you were trained in fashion. You’re European, so you’re going to bring that flavor. We need to come up with something that’s complete innovation. How can we set trends that are not on the street yet?”
There have been rumblings about a Clueless remake. Thoughts?
I don’t know if it can ever be what it was. They can make a remake, but the innocence of the time is lost because it was pre-social media. It was a capsule of time where girls could just be girls. They were less exposed to things. So, I don’t know. There [are] filmmakers who can make their mark with it, but it would never have the charm, the sensibility, this kind of innocence that the movie had.
