Take A Tour Through Lorelai Gilmore s Oh-So-Early-Aughts Wardrobe
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix1/20Pink Tie-Dye/Daisy Dukes/Cowboy Boots
After a pilot episode of boring work suits and colorful sweaters, this is the first time we see Lorelai s real style in action. The pink tie-dye shirt! The Daisy Duke cutoffs! The cowboy boots! (Sure, they re fashionable now, but this was almost 20 years ago.) Lorelai s outfit quickly becomes a point of contention as she chooses to drop Rory off at her fancy new school wearing it, but it s a perfect time capsule of the year 2000.
2/20Graffiti-Print Blouse
Lorelai usually kept it pretty toned down for work, but this shirt represents a bold departure. It s sort of a distant cousin of Carrie Bradshaw s Galliano newspaper dress, with a much stronger clearance-rack vibe.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix3/20Graphic Band Tee
New wave nostalgia was all the rage in the early aughts, as Lorelai proves with her sleeveless graphic muscle tee in a uniquely 2000 shade of pea-green.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix4/20Leopard-Trimmed (?) Print Sweater
Ah, now we really get down to it. Lorelai hosts Rory s birthday party in a long-sleeve shirt so achingly aughts, with its contrasting prints, long sleeves, V-neck and vivid colors, that it s almost hard to believe.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix5/20The Bandanna
Lorelai Gilmore was nothing if not a headband-and-bandanna lover, and while the accessory makes sense in the context of cleaning out her fridge, she also loved to bring it into her everyday wear (as was deemed sartorially acceptable back in the day.)
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