This is the part where I talk about how cute Rachel Bilson is, and it's true. She IS really cute.
Oh, Rachel. I remember when you were on The O.C, and The O.C was good, and we were all so happy and young. Now I'm old, and you don't have a job. Which, by the way, is crazy: you're charming. You seriously should have a TV gig. In this outfit, actually, you look like you're on your way to the set of a TV version of Reality Bites -- because the 90s are ripe for a period piece nighttime soap -- in which you play, obviously, the Winona Ryder character. It's debatable whether or not I would still RELATE to the Winona Ryder character, as the last time I caught that movie on cable, I wanted to shake her and explain that dating the super hot slacker SEEMS like a good idea when you're 22, but it's actually NOT because that dude will flake on you for the remainder of your relationship and eventually maybe start hitting on your best friend. In fact, I just realized that I think the Ethan Hawke character in Reality Bites is essentially Justin-Bobby. DON'T DATE JUSTIN-BOBBY. It ends in tears.
Also debatable: the relative success of this 90s-inspired little get-up. I kinda like it, but it might just be nostalgia for the time when I didn't have gray hair. (I'm lying, you know. I had gray hair at 18. I've ALWAYS had gray hair.)
Oh, Rachel. I remember when you were on The O.C, and The O.C was good, and we were all so happy and young. Now I'm old, and you don't have a job. Which, by the way, is crazy: you're charming. You seriously should have a TV gig. In this outfit, actually, you look like you're on your way to the set of a TV version of Reality Bites -- because the 90s are ripe for a period piece nighttime soap -- in which you play, obviously, the Winona Ryder character. It's debatable whether or not I would still RELATE to the Winona Ryder character, as the last time I caught that movie on cable, I wanted to shake her and explain that dating the super hot slacker SEEMS like a good idea when you're 22, but it's actually NOT because that dude will flake on you for the remainder of your relationship and eventually maybe start hitting on your best friend. In fact, I just realized that I think the Ethan Hawke character in Reality Bites is essentially Justin-Bobby. DON'T DATE JUSTIN-BOBBY. It ends in tears.
Also debatable: the relative success of this 90s-inspired little get-up. I kinda like it, but it might just be nostalgia for the time when I didn't have gray hair. (I'm lying, you know. I had gray hair at 18. I've ALWAYS had gray hair.)
This makes me want to drag out my Docs.
Blah, another attempt of being unique with patterns, boots and shoulder pads. When you see this in every H&M, every coffee shop, every train station... was it so original after all?
I bet she'll be ashmaed of this pic when she's 40. xD
Oh man, this is so 90s, right down to the men's style shoes!! I used to wear men's wingtips with everything. I got over it. Rachel needs to.
I mean, why did my generation even bother to make all those sartorial mistakes in the 80s and 90s if the next generation is not going to learn from our errors?!! WHY GOD, WHY????
It's her hair. Her hair is the problem here. The outfit is cute in that "mismatched but just close enough" way that makes it look interesting. But then, it's possible that I have not let go of the general 90s aesthetic, and might still wear baby doll dresses with boots on a semi-regular basis. What? They work for me.
It's cute in a 90's sort of way. I can't say a whole lot of horrible about it. I am with Samantha here. The hair is the only glaring problem. If she had done anything else with her hair, it would have been better.
I was so much younger in the 90s. I think I'm going to go out and get a pair of guys' shoes from the Goodwill. I think Granny/Menswear is going to be my theme for this season. Thanks, Bilson!
Her hair, though. Samantha's right-on here. Her hair is a total betrayal of everything about the Docs-tights combo. Also the ugly ass print on the skirt. Maybe it would be a little less ugly if the shirt went with it?
This has me stuck in the 90s. All I can think is how I would have had on 55 necklaces made of repurposed rosary parts and ball chain and ugly carnival beads strung on cheap wire that made the back of my neck green on hot days.
everything is cute but she should have worn a gray top, or something not polka-dotted.i love her though. i miss times of the oc.
everything is cute but she should have worn a gray top, or something not polka-dotted.i love her though. i miss times of the oc.
I actually like her hair. It makes her ears stick out in a cute way.
I know sticking-out ears aren't GRAC (Generally Recognized As Cute), but on some people, they *are* cute (like our president).
Perhaps the clothing is boring and dated, but at least she looks good in it.
I agree about the cuteness of her ears.
If the top was the same pattern as the skirt or vice versa, she would look adorable, despite the whole 90s thing.
I love this blog. I hate that skirt.
Oh, see, I totally still wear ballchain necklaces, too. Those aren't cool anymore??
The skirt should be with a solid and the shirt should be with a solid. They are just annoyingly paired. MUCH more acceptable if should eliminated either the skirt or shirt for a solid version of the other.
Off topic! Since there is no commenting on Scarlett's post...
Sadly, she did lose weight (or so I've read). It's crazy because her body was great to begin with. She apparently hired Madonna's (dear God) trainer. I agree that it's not drastic or unhealthy but I always LOVED how her body was different than other stars.
Are you kidding? This is an awesome outfit and Rachel Bilson rocks!
36% say this is cute??
I'm going to pretend 36% of everyone is having an off day today.
ICK.
I have a theory. When famous people wear "average" outfits they look better when they are not posing. I think that she would look awesome in one of those "Stars! They're just like us!" spreads. She should be walking out of a grocery store with one arm holding a bag of groceries and the other olding a door open for an elderly person using a cane. Or pumping gas. Then I would think, "Wow. What a great outfit to pump gas in. That looks great." But when they are posing I get a subliminal red carpet feeling and I think, "She wore THAT to the bar?"
She looks fine - not gross, not amazing, but like anyone with a wardrobe full of unique bits n bobs should look. I agree with biilijiin, we're only scrutinizing cuz she's posing. And those boots are effing awesome.
+infinity to what billijiin said. I'm gonna give her a pass because this doesn't look like any formal red carpet thing, but rather that some camera-weilding maniac caught her off guard on her day off. :o)
I think she looks absolutely adorable--and I'm not usually a fan of mismatched prints.
I'm not In Love With It, but if she lost the boots, stockings, and shoulder pads, I could be In Like With It. Those ears need the distraction of earrings, though! "I'm a little teacup, short and stout" otherwise.
i think the triangular shaped eyebrows that resemble a clown at the big top ruin any opinion i could possibly have of this outfit.
Also, what the f has happened to her nose? She looks like some cross between koala/cat/beaver....(i know these are all very dissimilar but you get my point)
Like the rib effect to her knit though.
I'm good with it above the knees, but can't get behind the combat boots. Otherwise I love her!!
The outfit is neither here nor there, but...
Girl, please. I've been pulling out grey hairs since I was 15
I think she's cute!
Also, Rachel is going to be on How I Met Your Mother's 100th episode!
I love the mixed prints; I hate the shoes with this outfit. I would definitely exchange the 90s grundge shoes for something heeled and flattering.
Replace the shirt with a white t-shirt, and lose the boots......then it would work. She is cute.
Love it, but I kind of wish she matched. Plain bright colored top? Then again, I'm confused, because if any one can pull this off it's her. And I want that skirt so badly.
I think I might like this better if it had at least two of the following: a) no shoulder pads; b) bright colored pumps; c) a bright bad; d) a large solid belt where her waistband is to break up the two patterns.
I think this outfit would be adorable if she had different shoes. If she had on a cute flat or kitten heel, everything would be great. I actually really like the juxtaposing prints and barely noticed the shoulder pads.
I think she's adorable - but heard her on a morning radio show a few years back and she was so unpleasant, I can't look at her the same now.
Really? How so?
Love the Docs.
I can pinpoint a 70s or 80s outfit to the exact year with ease, but I am ashamed to say I don't even KNOW what 90s trends look like. I was too busy marching to the beat of my own drummer? Or maybe I was immersed in the sensibility of the time enough that I internalized it to such an extent that I just take it for granted? Whatever the case I suspect it has something to do with being old and out of touch. Sigh.
All that said though, I think in any decade this outfit looks eh. She's undeniably cute and pretty so anything she wore would probably benefit from being on her body. But this seems somehow simultaneously bland, what with the black and white and greyness of it all and the semi-sloppiness, and too busy with the mismatched prints and textured sweater and …what the heck is that diagonal thing on her skirt below her left hand??
Cute! I didn't love it when I first saw it (No color, clashy patterns) but I do give her credit for pulling her off...I think if she just changed the tank she'd be golden.
Also, just FYI, she DOES have a job. Right now she's appearing in "New York, I Love You" and she has another movie in the works.
She looks absolutely cute !
I like her shoes? There are few patterened things in life that may go well together. This is not one of them.
It's on the event horizon of being a clown outfit.
That and she looks rather frumpy--if anything it should be derelicte.
i like it. but that's probably only because it makes me feel like I am 20 again, no one had even heard of Sarah Palin & low-rise jeans (& muffin-top) were still YEARS away.
I love that you assimilated Justin Bobby to Ethan's character in Reality Bites. Similar in scruffiness, but i still think that Ethan's character is mountains above JB.
First and I think main problem: the background of the skirt is yellowish, the background of the top is white. If this was fixed (and maybe the grey of the skirt was also inclined a bit more to the blue end of the spectrum) I think this outfit would swing from "dressed in the dark, did you?" to "quirky, but cute".
The proportions are nice, it looks comfortable - I'd wear it. If the colours were right.
I am laughing out loud at the Reality Bites reference. Caught it on cable recently and was yelling at Winona to stay with Ben Stiller and sell her $*(^* documentary for buckets of money instead of standing up for the "artistic integrity" of her film -- which is just home movies of her friends whining-- instead of dating the stupid slacker who is always going to be working on his "music" rather than actually getting a job, and, as you pointed out, sleeping with/hitting on her best friend. Whew, glad I'm not the only one!
As for Rachel's outfit, I think she looks okay, she's such a cute girl, but this needs better shoes, a shot of color somehwhere and different hair.
I think this is adorable...but I also think Rachel Bilson can pull off pretty much anything
Oh gosh. A post where Reality Bites and Justin Bobby are mentioned in the same sentence. Glorious. You're so right on the comparison too girls. love it. (don't love the outfit tho Sumz)
She has a TV job...sorta. She will guest on the upcoming "pivotal" 100th episode of HIMYM. Hopefully that means more eps for her, and that perhaps she is the title character?
Anyway, she always looks great but this is not a good look for her.