Best Dressed: AnnaSophia Robb
True story:
One year in high school, I got my prom dress at jcpenney.
Since it was 1999 (yes, I’m old…), in the days before fast fashion, I knew nobody else at my school would dare to look for a dress there, and I didn’t want to look like anybody else. (As for the vintage option, I wore my mother’s old 1970′s cocktail dresses to class, with beat up Vans sneakers, almost daily, so that was out.)
I got a royal blue silk sheath, embroidered with tiny blue and purple beaded butterflies, for $90. With some baby barrettes, white nail polish, and Urban Decay eyeliner, I felt very Gwyneth at the Prada show, which for a blonde suburban teenager in 1999 is kind of the only thing you’d want. (Unless you were Team Gwen Stefani, in which case, bring on the ska…)
Now everybody knows you can get cool stuff at once-icky department stores, so seeing AnnaSophia Robb in this jcpenney maxi dress isn’t so much of a surprise.
But considering the Young Hollywood penchant of wearing baggy sweatshirts that cost $300 to brunch, we still really like the simple, fresh, cheap choice, especially with beachy hair, no makeup, and ballet flats. We’d prefer the MNG by Mango bracelet be on the actress’ wrist instead of pushed all the way up her arm, but that’s easy to fix.
Plus, look closely and you’ll see AnnaSophia is wearing white nail polish – a trend that seems to have survived my vintage prom days.
xoxo faran
April 19th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I’m 30 and lived in the US (I’m from Brazil) on the late 90′s. I used to buy lots of clothes at Target. My friends and I had an internal joke and used to say Target with a French accent, to give more glamour to our findings. I definitely think our generation started the concept of fast fashion not caring much on buying from big Department Stores. I remember that the pink Ralph Lauren dress Gwyneth wore to her Oscar Award back then, could be found on a less luxurious version in Department stores everywhere for about U$ 100.
April 19th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Hello! Love this post as much as I love Annasophia!
Where is this picture from?
April 19th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Annasophia has always had such natural beauty. It’ s always so fun and refreshing to see young starlets wearing bargain items and looking great in them. Also, MNG by Mango has been looking pretty great.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
I’ve met Annasophia Robb before (honestly). I am serious. When she was leaving, she looked at my mom as if my mom had problems. I can’t believe what happened.