Instead, she let the characters express their teenybopperish fixation via colorful knee socks and cringey 90s hair accessories.
(Remember when it seemed extremely okay and cool for white girls to wear hair chopsticks?)
Im always fascinated by the fashion in period pieces.

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But watchingDickas an adult made me realize just how pitch-perfect the films 70s-through-a-90s style prism was.
But this isnt realism; these arent pure 70s costumes.
(Whats more now than90s revival?)

Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams inDick, 1999 © Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
But its an exaggerated version: beehive hairdos and cute-bordering-on-silly hats reflect the films frequent forays into sheer ridiculousness.
On behalf of 90s kids everywhere, Im offended!

DICK, Michelle Williams, Kirsten Dunst, 1999

DICK, from left: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, 1999. ©Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

DICK, from left: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, 1999, ©Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection