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Emma Nelson Fashion 1.10

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S1E10: Rumours and Reputations
Aired: 2002

 

 

Okay, I can totally understand why people hate Emma. I really do. But for some reason I was just overcome with unconditional love at first sight when I first happened upon Degrassi (season 2 of TNG was airing at the time), and I just accept all her flaws with open arms. She was a firey, meddling child. She had good intentions, but she was naive. And her naivete drives her role in this episode – jumping to conclusions about Liberty and Armstrong, spreading it around the school, and assuming that she had nothing to do with it. First outfit is an awesome striped sweater of yellow, orange, and pink, paired with olive khaki flares and chunky tennies. She tops it with a jean jacket when she goes outside.  And last she wears a red zip up sweater, her cross-body bag, and red pants.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.9

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S1E9: Coming of Age
Aired: 2001

 

Oh man, here we are! The episode where Emma suffers PMS and starts her period, woo-hoo! First, she’s actually sporting the criss-cross part in her hair, and wearing a shirt with a horse and clouds on it, and a big chunky watch. I mean, it’s really kind of sad to sit and analyze this outfit. This is the outfit of a sweet carefree child. She’s about to cross that threshold into raging PMS, pain in the boobs, back, head, abdomen, and managing difficult bloodflow for the next few decades. I know Paige’s message is “You’re still a kid, just with a mini-pad” but it’s still sad for a kid to have to do all these things. I’m more period-positive these days but when I was twelve, HELL NO, so I sympathize with Emma here. So yeah she’s PMSing, so Spike takes her shopping, and Emma gets this new turtleneck sweater of brown, green, and blue horizontal stripes. She wears it with a khaki miniskirt. And come to think of it, I think this is the first time we’ve seen her wear something so womanly. Regardless, it gets destroyed in a puddle of blood and she’s then forced to wear XXL gym shorts to deliver an oral report. But she reports to school the next day with grace and dignity in a tan jacket and black pants. Thanks for the advice, Paige.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.8

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S1E8: Secrets and Lies
Aired: 2001

 

Emma, well, she got her hands on a crimper. So here we have some crimped corn rows, a denim jacket, and a dark green top.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.7

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S1E7: Basketball Diaries
Aired: 2001

For once, it’s an episode not starring Emma. Her shoulder-length hair is flipped out at the bottom (been there) and she wears a 3/4-length shirt with a cutout at the neck and some random design on it.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.6

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S1E6: The Mating Game
Aired: 2001

 

The contrast between grade 7 and grade 8 is amazing. While Ashley is ready to go to pound town with Jimmy, Emma is still sporting pigtails and dolphin pants. THREE pigtails to be exact. Anyway, let’s start from the beginning here. First, Emma in a yellow and orange tie-dye tee. THEN is the three pigtails, the best thing ever, and her famous famous dolphin pants. In case you didn’t know already, these dolphin pants are legendary, iconic, one of Degrassi’s most famous garments. She wears a plain blue shirt so as not to distract from the pants themselves. Then, she wears three pigtails AGAIN, with jeans, a jean jacket, and a peachy tee. One time, I wore three pigtails. I think I was in kindergarten. My mom recalls the story. She said one day I woke up for school and insisted on three pigtails; nothing else would do. So, I feel ya, Emma. It’s a look.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.5

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S1E5: Parents Day
Aired: 2001

 

Emma wears a half-length sleeve tee in green. I feel like these kinds of shirts must have a name but I don’t know. I had plenty. She too sports a cross body back and has her hair pinned half back. For parents night, she wears a 3/4 length sleeve tee decorated with grommets. She’s actually being kind of annoying this episode. But I don’t know, I just love her. Although I’m realizing more and more she’s a very difficult person right from the beginning. And finally, she wears a red tee with some denim overalls.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.3

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S1E3: Family Politics
Aired: 2001

Alright SO now we’re here with Emma on this first day of school. My commentary is finna get longer and longer as we are here in 2001. So I remember when this like, halfway-pulled-through ponytail rose to popularity. It is still confusing to me to this day. Why not pull it all the way through? Did you get tired? Did you forget you were making a ponytail and abandoned the project? Is this some version of a bun created by a person who didn’t know how to make a bun? It’s like, the lazy-person’s bun. The unfinished ponytail. And like, the thing is, this isn’t even cute, you know? A ponytail is so much cuter. And pulling it the rest of the way through to make it a completed ponytail, doesn’t even FEEL that different. I used to work with this lady who had gorgeous long red hair and would always wear this …. wait what should we call this style? The unfinished ponytail. She would always wear this unfinished ponytail and it drove me crazy because her hair was so pretty and I just wanted to see that ponytail flow in all its glory. This unfinished ponytail is so repressed, so inhibited, and not to mention it leaves a super weird crease in your hair.

Okay, that was extremely therapeutic and healing for me. But for the record, I am glad Emma is wearing her hair like this because it’s REALISTIC, beautifully awkward, and it also brings back memories of the time period. Let’s move on.  She too has a cross body backback, and she wears a little tee with stars on it. Then, she sports the same hairstyle, with a colored striped tank under a blue vest with jeans.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.2

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S1E2: Mother and Child Reunion Part 2
Aired: 2001

So this first shot is a really weird moment of Emma wearing a Joey fedora. But just to fill you in, she’s trying to rush Spike out of the house to the class reunion, because Emma is about to go meet her internet boyfriend. Next she’s seen bailing on Manny via phone, wearing a striped spaghetti strap shirt, which I definitely had a few of. She really dolls herself up for the hotel rendezvous. She wears her hair half back, a dolphin (mood?) necklace, a periwinkle tank, matching shoes, and THE DOLPHIN PANTS have made their first appearance! Thank goodness nothing came of this predator’s attempts. But still, isn’t it weird that this whole thing is never mentioned again? Well anyway, we wrap up with Emma in a purple spaghetti strap shirt, dark shorts, and those periwinkle shoes again.

Emma Nelson Fashion 1.1

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S1E1: Mother and Child Reunion Part 1
Aired: 2001

 

I can’t believe I’m here writing about TNG Emma Nelson, the reason why I got hooked on Degrassi in the first place! She’s got these like, side half-buns, a periwinkle tank and matching shorts. And then some green PJs.