Throwback Thursday: 'Heathers'

April 16, 9:10 AMSF Fashion ExaminerDino-Ray Ramos

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Heathers has to be the best movie ever. Okay, maybe not EVER, but it is one of the best movies with a cult following. It could probably be considered the Juno of 1988 – no – I take that back. There is nothing like this movie and there never will be anything like it. The dark comedy about teenage suicide and peer pressure was way ahead of its time. If they even attempt to remake it, I will boycott film forever. OK, not really - but I have heard rumors of a remake and it’s so unnecessary. I don’t think you can create dialogue that ingeniously incorporates fornication with power tools and any movie that uses the phrase “swatch dogs and diet coke heads” is destined to be a film of legendary status.

As for the fashion, I LOVE how each Heather (including a young Shannen Doherty) had their own color. Even Veronica (played by a pre-shoplifting Winona Ryder) dons the color blue – AND she wears a monocle whilst writing in her journal during the movie. Actually, if you take away some of the excessive flair of some of the outfits, the perms and eliminate all the scrunchies, the costuming for the movie could pass as chic for 2009.