the costume designer in me could rant about this single screencap for hours
like this is a great example of how what makes one person attractive does not fit the other she got the broad strokes of maddie but not the finer nuances
maddies top looks to be a single button or hoop of sum sort perfect for the fact tht she has a smaller bust and it forms around her figure nicely bc it flatters her
cassie cant quite shake her ingenue girl next door look hence the ruching which is common in her wardrobe even the color isnt far from her color palette of baby blues and pinks she tries to go for a more daring maddie esque color but cant quite commit
its also worth noting that cassie and maddie have very similar color palettes likely due to being close friends and having similar interests while maddie does lavenders and baby blues in her everyday wear cassie is baby pinks and whites and blues
back to the details of the top since cassie has a larger bust her shoulders are broader and look suffocated in that top compared to when she wears puffier sleeves or looser fabrics and spaghetti straps. she goes for an almost corset like top bc it flatters her
with the makeup and hair its a prime example of not having It to pull it off cassie looks best in natural makeup and simple hair bc she has a very doll like face w huge eyes taking up most her face whereas maddie has large eyes but theyre less rounded and more almond
meanin she can take the graphic liner and the catlike looks more especially bc her eye color is darker
cassie has a perpetual wave to her hair making it hard for her to do the sleek looks also bc she doesn’t have the confidence to do so. she has a habit of taking on the persona of what she thinks will attract whosever shes with or after
re: girl next door for mckay and hot girl for nate but shes closer to the wide eyed ingenue than maddies cool girl
i rewatched this clip and they even made it so cassie just slicked down her front layers and pulled em to the front instead of baby hairs even more proof she couldnt fully commit to maddies look
like maddie havin acrylics vs cassie havin natural nails so many small details
they even included the fact tht her lashes are probably wonky/too big for her face and she went for a maddie-esque lip color but it kinda just looks flat on her
in season 1 we see them wearing very similar colors but they style themselves drastically different they always look like a unit without being matchy if ones wearing the blue the other will almost always wear white pink or lavender
cassie and her ruching
the little purses even being super different maddie aint got shit in hers but cassie can def fit her phone and only her phone
also the lip liner…girl
everyone shld pay me for this free intro to costume design course
also goths gonna be real mad at me when i say this but bc of film goth is now a fashion subculture as well as music and this has been happening consistently since the 90s with the goth character archetype metal and punk can still be considered music subcultures bc they didnt
have this shift the way goth did many goth characters dont have any outward connection with goth music like stokely from the faculty
goth became shorthand for the outcast or the loner or the weirdo it was signified by clothing slicked back hair heavy black liner/eyeshadow spiked chokers black clothing heavy boots like thwse characters rarely had anything to do with music and never even listened to it
cassie and maddy are a unit! thats why they often exist in the same color family but while cassie is girl next door maddy is the cool girl
ppl who have had best friends since childhood will often be so close they’re one person they’re indistinguishable from each other and thats normal. you shop at the same places u watch the same shows u listen to the same music bc you’ve bonded
so therefore cassie and maddy existing in the same color family is kinda obvious they just style themselves differently bc they have different motives and backgrounds
maddies new years outfit is kind of am elevated version of her carnival outfit actually shes done with nate shes looking to have a good time shes in the stage of a breakup where shes more confident than she was and is looking to provoke nate she wants everyone to see
how hot she is without him and she kinda elevated the sexiness of the outfit the last one was a crop top w cut out pants which us more obvious and in line w what teenage girls wear to push the envelope her midriff is exposed her tops basically a bra
the cutout on the hips exposes that theres so muck skin exposed it feels obvious and it makes sense she wanted to exert her dominance over nate bc she knew he would hate it and they dyed it purple so that 1. its more visually interesting and 2. fits her color palette
sex worker fashion in media will always be interesting bc theres a clear cut difference between their civilian self and their SW self like cam did a p good job w that her everyday life is relatively safe colors and denim with hoodies and tube tops
but shes soooo glam in her sw persona which makes sense shes putting on a show she’s basically an actress and they include more texture like lace and vinyl
the vinyl especially is a great choice bc its shiny it’s reflective you wanna touch it whereas with leather its a bit rougher its more masculine its not as visually appealing in her setup with the lights especially the light of her screen