Source / Date: InStyle The Look Fall 2000
Title / Page(s): "20th Century Fox" by Debra Birnbaum pp 170
For some of us, the thrill of a new season's fashions is accompanied by the sinking sense
that nothing more can fit in our overstuffed closets. Not a problem for Gretchen Mol, star
of the comedy Just Looking, due out in October. "I completely cleaned out my closet
yesterday," she boasts over lunch at a Greenwich Village cafe. Now she's hunting for the
perfect black skirt. "Everything I see is too structured, or looks like a businesswoman would
wear it."
The very thought of a staid choice is anathema to this Hollywood glamour girl who catapulted
to fame with performances in Rounders, The Thirteenth Floor and Celebrity.
Mol favors bold clothes-two years ago, she dared to wear a clingy, barely there dress on a
magazine cover-and she found fresh inspiration during her star turn in these pages, modeling
fall fashions influenced by prevailing trends of the last century.
Mol was primped, prodded and transformed over the course of two days to look like a vision
from each of the past eight decades. The 26-year-old former coat-check girl emerged with
plenty of ideas for filling her closet back up again. "We're borrowing from other eras now,
so everything goes," she says. "You can choose what looks good on you."
With her slim-hipped, leggy figure, the actress has accepted that some things don't work
for her--loose things, for one. "To look curvaceous, I have to wear clothes that are fitted,"
she says. "And I get lost in heavy designs or patterns." Her preferred cuts of pants are
hip-huggers and bell-bottoms, even though she was "grossed out by them in high school. It's
funny how everything comes back."
While filming Just Looking, Mol coveted the cashmere sweaters and capri pants she
wore for her role as a woman living in fifties Brooklyn. "But in reality, you don't want to
look too straight out of another era," she says.
At lunch, Mol is sporting a denim wrap dress by Katayone Adeli, a favorite designer. "This
dress is easy," she says. "Still, I have to be careful not to go too classic, because then
I look like I'm from Connecticut." (Which, for the record, she is.) "So I throw it off with
a funky handbag or shoes. I like vintage--something that adds a little cheek."
One thing the star learned from the shoot of the century was how much color counts. "I should
add a little variation to my wardrobe," she says. "You always pull out that black sweater
because you know it and trust it."
When asked about a boyfriend, Mol confides that she has one, but as the relationship is new,
she won't elaborate. She does say, "I like people who are a little scruffy and don't try
too hard. It's all about confidence." With that, she picks up her motorcycle helmet and
heads off to meet her beau for a ride.
Glamourous Gretchen Connection: All About Mol! - Articles: InStyle The Look Fall 2000 Unleashed August 19 2000
For some of us, the thrill of a new season's fashions is accompanied by the sinking sense
that nothing more can fit in our overstuffed closets. Not a problem for Gretchen Mol, star
of the comedy Just Looking, due out in October. "I completely cleaned out my closet
yesterday," she boasts over lunch at a Greenwich Village cafe. Now she's hunting for the
perfect black skirt. "Everything I see is too structured, or looks like a businesswoman would
wear it."
The very thought of a staid choice is anathema to this Hollywood glamour girl who catapulted
to fame with performances in Rounders, The Thirteenth Floor and Celebrity.
Mol favors bold clothes-two years ago, she dared to wear a clingy, barely there dress on a
magazine cover-and she found fresh inspiration during her star turn in these pages, modeling
fall fashions influenced by prevailing trends of the last century.
Mol was primped, prodded and transformed over the course of two days to look like a vision
from each of the past eight decades. The 26-year-old former coat-check girl emerged with
plenty of ideas for filling her closet back up again. "We're borrowing from other eras now,
so everything goes," she says. "You can choose what looks good on you."
With her slim-hipped, leggy figure, the actress has accepted that some things don't work
for her--loose things, for one. "To look curvaceous, I have to wear clothes that are fitted,"
she says. "And I get lost in heavy designs or patterns." Her preferred cuts of pants are
hip-huggers and bell-bottoms, even though she was "grossed out by them in high school. It's
funny how everything comes back."
While filming Just Looking, Mol coveted the cashmere sweaters and capri pants she
wore for her role as a woman living in fifties Brooklyn. "But in reality, you don't want to
look too straight out of another era," she says.
At lunch, Mol is sporting a denim wrap dress by Katayone Adeli, a favorite designer. "This
dress is easy," she says. "Still, I have to be careful not to go too classic, because then
I look like I'm from Connecticut." (Which, for the record, she is.) "So I throw it off with
a funky handbag or shoes. I like vintage--something that adds a little cheek."
One thing the star learned from the shoot of the century was how much color counts. "I should
add a little variation to my wardrobe," she says. "You always pull out that black sweater
because you know it and trust it."
When asked about a boyfriend, Mol confides that she has one, but as the relationship is new,
she won't elaborate. She does say, "I like people who are a little scruffy and don't try
too hard. It's all about confidence." With that, she picks up her motorcycle helmet and
heads off to meet her beau for a ride.