Rachel Bilson knows a little bit about questionable fashion. The actress who starred in ‘The OC’ from 2003-2007 reflects on her early style and her current trends.
“I’m so surprised to see something I never wanted to see come back full force, and even embrace it. This is amazing. Like Rocket Dog’s platform flip-flops,” she says. “Looking back, I felt like I had no choice but to layer up like I did when I was on MTV’s ‘TRL.’ I basically put it all on. I was like Joey from “Friends” in that episode. This was really like I was like, “Oh God bless you.” ”
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“Overall, I think the characters are really well thought out and the chemistry with everyone is still pretty great. [20 years later]” she said of her constant admiration for the TV series.
Her character Summer Roberts was certainly a fan favorite, along with her 2000s-themed closet.
“Everything they were wearing us was really from the latest era,” Bilson says, and there’s no doubt she’s not just wearing a bikini top offscreen in her everyday life. “But I loved embracing Summer completely. She was a beach girl.”
At the time, Y2K styles included the aforementioned platform sandals, velor tracksuits, baby tees, and low-rise jeans. Brightly colored prints were also fashionable at the time, and Bilson remembers them fondly.
“I wore this vintage Givenchy dress to the prom show and I remember loving it so much. I still love it. The magenta and white print. Wow. I loved it.” I remember,” she said.
Twenty years later, Bilson is still at the forefront of fashion. The actress wrapped up her latest press tour in New York City, where she promotes Fox’s crime anthology series “Accused.”(Her episode airs at 9 p.m. ET. )
In one ensemble, Bilson wore gold metallic thigh-high boots paired with Camila and Mark’s sweater dress.
She’s worked with stylist and longtime friend Nicole Chavez since her days on “The OC.”The two first met on season one of the show, where Chavez worked as a costumer.
2003 was a different time. He had no Instagram to manage, no TikToks, no followers. But paparazzi culture was in full swing, Bilson explained.
“I think that’s when all of that really started to pick up: stylists, clothes and looks to borrow, bags to own,” she said. [fame] wrong. I really appreciate that there was no social media. I think it’s a whole different thing when you add that kind of pressure. Personally, it probably had more of a negative impact.I was 21 and very young, but not as young as Misha [Barton]was a teenager, but it was just a different time]”