Clueless designer had to beg in French to borrow Cher’s famous red dress #shorts
We have to talk about the Eliia dress that was she wrote it into the script because it was such a special piece. Um, so tell me first of all, I read that you had to beg the Eliia team to let you borrow that for the scene because it was out of your budget. Completely. Completely. So tell me about that and also how it ended up in the script with that iconic line, you don’t understand. This is an That’s Amy. That’s Amy. Of course. Get down on the ground face down. Come on. Oh no. You don’t understand. This isn’t a liar. I saw the dress in a store and I was like, “This is perfect.” What? Because it’s it’s very sexy dress in a way, but you know, the way that Allayia uses fabric. It’s very thick. Yes. So, it’s not a bodycon dress, you know, it’s still fitted, but it look it feels tailored, which was very kind of classy for her. And that’s why I I really fell in love with it. And it was Christmas. It was red, of course, had a beautiful neckline. Um, yeah, couldn’t afford it. So, we found somebody who speaks French. Again, analog times. pick up the phone or fax. Yeah. Oh my god, faxing. Talk to somebody there, you know, ask them in French, can we please borrow this dress? And you know, again, this was no PR machines. There was no people sending you clothes like now. And you know, also we have Anjenu actors. Nobody knew, right? You can’t say this is going we know this is going to be an iconic fashion. Exactly. You know, Alysia is going to be a huge star and Paul Rod and everybody. But they agreed. They were so kind. And he was such a beautiful man, you know, really supportive artist. And uh he sent us the dress. You know, I didn’t even tell him that she had to get on the ground in the dress because I was like, minor detail, minor detail. I’m like, Alysia, don’t breed.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of teen classic “Clueless,” but the 1995 film’s fashion still looks as fresh as ever. And according to costume designer Mona May, that’s, like, totally by design.
“At the time, everybody was wearing grunge. So I didn’t have a blueprint for how to make these costumes. It was pretty amazing that we were able to create something so fresh,” May tells Page Six Style.
“The film was based on ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen, but [set] in Beverly Hills with all the rich girls having Daddy’s credit cards, being able to wear whatever they want. You’d never seen high school students dressed like this.”
Read more at https://pagesix.com/2025/10/31/style/mona-may-the-fashion-of-clueless-book-interview/
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