Those (Mostly) Good Lookin' Gilmore Girls

Rare Wardrobe Malfunctions


An under-dressed Lorelai meets Headmaster Charleston

First published 15 Jul 2014

Those Girls sure were easy on the eye. Well… most of the time.

Even when Lorelai was supposed to look awful, she still looked GREAT. See above, where an under-dressed Lorelai meets Headmaster Charleston, much to Emily’s horror. It’s the cowboy boots that really set that look off.

But there were times when they didn’t look so hot. Here’s one for the real geeks and style aficionados: When did they look their worst?

My pet turn-off was this ensemble from series six, where Rory wears a dirty cardboard box…

Rory in a bizarre swimsuit / khaki skirt calamity

… with Lorelai’s get-up in the Mother-Daughter fashion combo a close runner-up. Ugh, I feel like I need a shower…

Lorelai and Emily in matching chartreuse outfits

Deep breaths.

Y’know it’s a credit to the wardrobe department that these were only so jarring because the fashion faux pas* were so few.

So, when do you think the girls looked their best?
Favourite outfits? Will any of the Lorelai-lovers ‘fess up a preference between the pink dream-sequence negligee and the black one? I double-dare you.

There were a couple of weird episodes where Lorelai and Sookie appeared to have been visited by the botox fairy – needless to say, quite unnecessarily. The boys never seemed to look that different, did they? Except maybe when Lorelai dressed Luke up in black – or he was shirtless in bed… Tell you what, Jackson’s wrestling pyjamas would make a stunning cosplay outfit. Comfy, too.

To finish with, that perennial question. Rory: Long tresses in an Alice band… or short grown-up bob?

*In case you’re wondering, yes, I did check that the plural of ‘faux pas’ is ‘faux pas’. After that whole culs-de-sac incident I wasn’t taking any chances.