The early 2000s was a pivotal time for going-out looks.
stars Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair as Christina, Courtney, and Jane, respectively — a trio of young, successful girlfriends looking for love and getting into a variety of increasingly absurd hijinks. Their night-out looks epitomize the body-conscious maximalism of the era, with a variety of outfits that wouldn’t be out of place on the pop starlets of the time.
In one of the scenes in which the friends go out clubbing, Christina wears a one-shoulder black crop top paired with perilously low-waisted shiny crimson bootcut pants, while Courtney pairsbootcut pants with a belly chain and a cropped denim corset with a plunging neckline, and Jane wears a form-fitting leopard print dress. The complementary outfits feel harmonious, and the revealing silhouettes speak to the decade’s obsession with flat stomachs and unsubtle sexiness.
, the ultimate blueprint for any media of the time featuring well-dressed female friends who dabble in sexual provocations.remains a time capsule of both the hit-or-miss raunchy humor of the era and the trends in clubwear that, yes,Just about every trend of the aughts makes its way into the film. Christina often wears skinny scarves, which were popular as mildly hipster accessories that served no functional purpose.