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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Manny is always very color coordinated. Her hair ties, necklace, and spaghetti strap tank are all blue in this first shot. Then it’s picture day, and she wears an orange front-tie tank shirt with some dark pants.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Liberty does not really appear in this episode but I HAD to get what I could because this is school picture day, and you may recall that, regarding her outfit, she says she decided to “go for sharp, yet casual” in this brown and red horizontal stripe shirt.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Kwan wears a brownish monochromatic blouse with what looks like a khaki pencil skirt.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Omg, Kendra is finally here too! They’re really dressed her up like a kid, but I love it. She’s got a boat neck top with little anime characters all over a sakura tree, a choker, and hair clips. The more I watch this show, the more I like Kendra. She’s a mood for sure. She’s kind of mean, irate, easily angered. If you watch her you’ll notice she rolls her eyes a lot. Her second outfit is a purple tee with some sort of character on it, I guess it’s supposed to be an anime character but it looks like someone drew it on the shirt with Sharpies, and a cross body bag, and jeans.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Whoa, did you ever have a moment where you feel like JT is the new Joey? He’s got a formula of shirt, overshirt, and hat, all in obnoxious colors?! Whoa. Oh yeah, I forgot, I have had this thought before, because Raditch always takes off JT’s hat just like he did with Joey. I see you, show-writers.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Jimmy is wearing an oversized plaid button down and his signature sweatband on his wrist. Then he’s here in his lab coat grinning at Ashley and it’s a little sad tbh. Ashley keeps screwing it up with him, forever. He’s a nice boy. Then, he’s wearing a grey t-shirt and calls Ashley a slut. Which is uncalled for – I mean he should be mad and they should have some words but I’m not sure calling her a slut in front of the whole class was the right thing to do.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Hazel tried to give Ashley the benefit of the doubt initially, actually disagreeing with Paige, but before long she sided with Paige in her decision to mercilessly shame and shun Ashley after she failed inspection. Hazel is still in her like, headband and neckscarf phase. So first is a polka dot neckscarf, tinted shades, brown headband, and hoops. Then for picture day she wears a sky blue cap sleeve top, a colorful belt, a denim headband, and blue hoops. AND A… what are these called? ARM BAND? Anyway please peep that. It’s awesome, it’s straight up girl band style.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Oh my gosh!! We also welcome Ms. Hatzilakos to broomheadz (aka Ms. Hot Sauce)! She’s got voluminous golden-blonde hair and is seen in her lab coat over business casual blouses.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Being that this episode focuses on the grade 9s, we don’t have a lot of Emma. But first, enjoy this short sleeve blue button down. And then this white hooded tank is what she wears for picture day. Kinda weird, I don’t think my mom would’ve let me wear white. When I was her age I also felt like if I smiled while wearing, white, it would make my teeth look yellow by comparison. Anyway, please note that I did create a “sleeveless and hooded” trend category on this blog because of how often I see this.
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S2E4: Karma Chameleon
Aired: 2002
Oh my god, I can’t believe we’ve arrived here! Ellie’s first appearance! Ellie arrives and parts the drab unaccessorized sea of browns, navys, and blacks of DCS. I love Ellie’s style. Look don’t get me wrong – sometimes it’s dreadful, (like the basketball net she wears as a shirt in S4,) but I still love it, okay? She’s just, interesting as hell. Her style is, anyway. …But you know, one thing that just struck me about Degrassi alt kids is that, yeah, they dress some type of way, but they never seem to show any qualities or interests or hobbies that actually make them alternative kinds of people. Does that make sense? Like, what’s Ellie into? What’s Ashley into? Jane? Grace? < A lot of this just seems to be fashion based. They’re perfectly normal average people quite comparable in wavelength to the Paiges and Holly Js and Jennas, they just dress strangely. Like, I know alt people are normal people and everything, that’s not what I mean. I just usually think of alt people to have some sort of alternative facet to them besides their dress. I think about Faith from DJH, the goth girl who made one appearance. You went to her to ask her about astrology – she had a “weird” thing she was totally into, in addition to looking weird. Not saying that’s like, a requirement, but she’s a good example. Whoa, just remembered Eli. See, he was an alt boy who had an alt life, talents, and interests. You feel me? Idk, those are just my current thoughts. This is coming from me, someone who has journeyed through skater/punk, goth, and metal scenes/identities in her life.
What does Ellie delve into when she’s home, alone? What’s she creating, listening to, watching, reading, dreaming about? Ah yes, we do get to see her reading Edward Gorey. That’s what I’m wanting. A little look into like, not just how they LOOK different, but how they ARE different. Still, though, media plays a large part in various subcultures and I suppose Degrassi wasn’t trying to be an advertisement. We do see Ellie struggle with self-harm later, which I suppose demonstrates how she IS different. However I was kinda bummed because of course it’s the “goth” kid who cuts themselves, just like everyone expects and wants.
ANYWAY, I’m going to stop now and talk about the clothes! Ellie is wearing pigtails which are accented with black color, crimping, and small braids. She’s wearing a black mesh top under a black tee with white seams, and one of those necklaces where the spikes are beads, always making me think of teeth for some reason. She’s also got dark blue nails and dark makeup. Welcome Ellie!!!!!
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