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Ashley Kerwin Fashion 4.12

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S4E12: Voices Carry Part 2
Aired: 2004

I abhor Ashley’s wedding outfit. It’s a stain my memory. However, it is a perfect representation of the cringe choices we’d make as teenagers, especially our outfits to very important events. Why, just this weekend my teenage cousin attended a family wedding in a shiny cocktail dress, but wore Doc Martens and a flannel shirt over it. Anyway, Ashley is wearing this navy tee and leather bracelet. She’s GOT to have some kind of a spray tan. She just looks so orange to me. Obviously people can do what they want, I’m just not a fan of fake tans. However, please allow me to lovingly trash Ashley’s wedding outfit with all due respect. This hairstyle is the worst and I’m SURE this was not Melissa McIntyre’s idea. lol. This is like, hair twisted into cornrows with pieces of the front left out to “frame the face”. This is already a quite dated hairstyle by 2004, wouldn’t you say? It’s like something Terri would wear for PMS. Ash is also wearing a necklace that looks like something you come back with from a Spring Break trip to the beach in 5th grade to go with your airbrushed t-shirt. The dress is a grey sweetheart cocktail dress with black lacy trim. I just don’t like the contrast of the cool-toned grey with the orange tan. Oh and that dropped waist is so bad. I’m not a fan of dropped waist, why do we want to elongate our torsos and shorten our legs? The cringe of this outfit is right on up there with the cringe of Craig’s behavior at the wedding (which we can’t blame him for but it was still awful). Sorry for the overuse of the very mean word “cringe”. Well, that’s all I have to say about the wedding outfit. I HAD to include this sick cell phone that lights up in different colors when it rings. LOVE it. And finally, Ash joins Craig in the hospital wearing a reddit jean jacket, low rise jeans, and grommet belt. Those pants were so dangerous. We were all 2 millimeters away from showing our coin slots constantly.

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Ellie Nash Fashion 4.6

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S4E6: Islands in the Stream
Aired: 2004

Ellie is like, feeding Sean jello which is super weird. Meanwhile we’re hearing the conversation Paige is having about the two of them “shacking up”. Ellie has that twisty hair going on again, and she wears black, fishnets, and pink detail.

Ellie Nash Fashion 4.1

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S4E1: Ghost in the Machine
Aired: 2004

Since this IS the first episode of the season, after all, I suppose they’re trying to make sure everyone gets an appearance. Y’all know I LOVE Ellie in red, so I find this outfit wonderful. I also have been curious about this hair for years, and I finally get to talk about it now. It almost looks as though strands of Ellie’s hair have been meticulously twisted to look like this. You know what I mean? Anyway, sadly we don’t really get to see this outfit but aside from the red choker and chain, I can make out an off-the-shoulder mesh shirt with either overalls or a penafore, and arm warmers with red detailing. Such a look! The other outfit shows hair clips, a graphic tee, and chain necklace.

Caitlin Ryan Fashion 2.13

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S2E13: White Wedding, Part 2
Aired: 2002

First Caitlin wears jeans and a maroon tee. Then, in beautifying herself to serve in the role as bridesmaid, she’s seen in a smock and a towel around her hair. And finally, the bridesmaid dress (which she said she picked out), is a dusty green color and comes complete with a neck scarf. She wears an elaborate twisty updo featuring hair flowers. Personally I hate dusty pink and dusty green. If you’re going to be green, BE GREEN! Like we didn’t see enough crappy colors on Caitlin in DJH and DH. Here’s some more.

Manny Santos Fashion 2.10

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S2E10: Take my Breath away
Aired: 2002

Now it’s time for the star of the show, Manny, in her very first storyline! We begin with a daydream sequence – her half ponytail and dark jean jacket quickly transform into a pastel ballgown, gloves, curly hair, and full makeup. As you may know, she asks Craig out on a date and all that. Next we move on to the date outfit. She keeps it cute and casual – all black with the same dark denim jacket over top, and her hair in a twisty half-updo. For the review afterwards at school, she wears a 3/4 sleeve blue and white tie-dyed tee with bedazzling and a flower on it. Honestly the more I look at this last photo the sadder I get.

Ellie Nash Fashion 2.10

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S2E10: Take my Breath away
Aired: 2002

I love Ellie time! First she wears her hair in twisty half pigtails, a red long sleeve with a black vest, and of course tons of jewelry and makeup. Then in the next scene, I like to imagine she is repurposing some clothes from when she was younger and dressed like a normie – she’s got this printed silky yellow and pink top, over a mesh long sleeve and under a black tank. She’s also got a grommet belt and black pants. And frosty frosty eyeshadow, as you do in the 2000s. I love how elaborate her looks are. Meanwhile people like Snake, Sean, and Craig literally just put on a plain tee.

Terri MacGregor Fashion 2.9

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S2E9: Mirror in the Bathroom
Aired: 2002

Terri’s got the B plot today! First she wears a coral button down and her hair in a twisty updo. Omg the clasp of her necklace has fallen down to the front. lol. With it she wears like, a midi pencil skirt and white tennies. Not crazy about those long denim skirts personally. Next is more twisty hair, a peachy v-neck, a beige sweater draped over the shoulders all 80s style, jean capris, and her white tennies again. She’s seen modeling a jean jacket, red turtleneck, black blazer, etc. And finally, a darling white peasant-looking button up top with another interesting updo that I don’t know how to describe.

And she tells off Mohammed which is a very iconic moment. I mean I love that this issue of body image and weight is being addressed, but I honestly think it could have been handled a little differently, a little better. I don’t know, I am just left feeling weird with the way Spinner was like “Yeah dudes prefer skinny girls but sometimes we like girls like you.” I mean… like them sometimes for what exactly? Your porn selection? What? And like, that statement was supposed to be helpful.

And the way Terri has to be like “Most girls on the planet look like this [so lower your standards]!” or something, like, you know what I mean? It seems like the main point from the episode was like, don’t worry kids, someone out there will still like you despite the fact you’re curvier! And that was the message, the end. Anyone else, or is it just me?

I don’t know, it was never really about Terri loving, embracing, and accepting herself. It was about her reacting to how everyone ELSE feels about her body. Ya know? Honestly, the main interactions were about how boys feel about her body. It’s so weird. I mean Paige was like “Oh man I would wear that skirt if I was plus size, you’re so lucky” meh but that’s it. We never really got to see Terri come to any kind of resolution. We never saw follow up. We never saw her confidence skyrocket, we never saw her SLAY the next ad campaign, we never saw her look in the mirror and smile, we never saw any change, any evolution. We just learned that some clothes come in plus size only, and some dudes like thin girls and some dudes like “girls with a figure”. Sometimes.

Terri MacGregor Fashion 2.8

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S2E8: Shout, Part 2
Aired: 2002

Terri first rushes up to Paige with dreams of LA, wearing that floral chiffon pencil skirt that the wore for the dance in season 1. She wears it with a jean jacket and messenger bag. Her hair is in twisty corn rows. OH, and she wears one of those ball hair ties — love those! Then we have a wardrobe change – Terri dons her old PMS outfit – wide leg jeans, a shimmery top, and blue shades. And Paige is NOT having it. Cheesy girl bands are over, apparently. Crazy how much can phase out in one year. Then she is seen in this peasant top, which loses all of its glamor under a zip up hoodie. With it she wears a jean skirt and her hair is up in a clip. Oh, and chunky white tennies as well. And finally, for the PMS show, her hair is twisty again and she wears a black dress. Sadly we don’t get to enjoy PMS’s outfits much, I couldn’t get very good shots.

Ashley Kerwin Fashion 2.4

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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002

It’s an Ashley episode! Oh, this is great. Okay, so this episode focuses in on the aftermath of Ashley’s ecstasy night, which at this point was several months ago. She hurt a lot of feelings and is still generally shunned from the gang, except Terri, since all Ashley said to Terri was “I love your shirt, it’s so shiny like stars!”

This first outfit is definitely another glimmer of pre-goth imo. She wears black pants, a black 3/4 sleeve tee, a black choker, and some silver jewelry. She tries to casually ease her way back into a Paige conversation but gets shut down. But she proceeds to grovel the same day and starts to get her friends back on her side.

The next outfit we see is back at Ashley’s house. She’s in a good mood, talking about how well things are going now. She’s wearing some purple pants and a grey tank.

Then it’s school picture day! Ashley’s confidence is back. She’s got her hair twisted half up and wears an orange camo tank. Another appearance of colored camo, one of my favorite little trends of this era. She’s got on dark jeans with a button fly. I threw in this shot of her in a lab coat too. It’s so sad to see her walking with her head up again, only to be crushed once more. By the end of the day, things spiral back out of control and she’s donned a Degrassi Panthers sweatshirt for the school picture, accessorized with a tear running down her cheek.

Emma Nelson Fashion 2.2

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S2E2: When Doves Cry
Aired: 2002

 

Emma is wearing her perfect color scheme in this episode – green and browns. She wears her hair in a little twisty thing, a green and white tank, olive pants, and a tan jacket. I really liked her friendship with Craig.