The Dictator | Clueless about tartan? How to wear plaid like cult fashion icons Cher and Dionne
Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash’s unique outfits from the 1995 movie are enjoying a runway resurrection
Are people really trying to revive the yellow tartan from 1995 movie Clueless? Who would wear that?
As If, Chung Hom Kok
The Dictator rules: Mistake No 1: you think I’ll take your side. Mistake No 2: you think you understand fashion. You don’t.
The lead character in Clueless, Cher Horowitz (played by Alicia Silverstone), wore many unique outfits in the film, including the now famous yellow, black and white check blazer and matching mini kilt. If I were to take umbrage at comparisons with the ensemble, it would be over the assumption that any yellow tartan is a direct reference to Clueless. Tartans existed for hundreds of years before the movie was conceived, people!
More often than not, the new “Cher” piece is mistakenly a variation on the MacLeod Dress tartan, which has red running through it. A more appropriate, but still not perfect, choice would be Barclay tartan in yellow, black and white. Skipping right over the many cheap Clueless costumes available online, we present you with some fashion-approved pieces.
Balenciaga joined the MacLeod clan this season with a series of yellow tartan pieces, including a pencil skirt (HK$9,100) and, for something a bit different, three-in-one trousers with zips to convert them into shorts or bermudas (HK$12,300). Zara redeems the skort with a zip-front, asymmetric interpretation in a yellow and black check (HK$299). More are on the way in the autumn/winter 2018 collections from Michael Kors, Nicopanda and Versace.