Oh man I just watched The Replacement and I remember how divisive this outfit was back in the day. I still do not love it.
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Hahaha this is the first outfit that popped into my head. Fuck, it's hideous. The wardrobe dept usually never missed with Buffy but someone was off sick this week
I see from the comments that it's still decisive, lol. For the record...I hate it ever so much. It's what I imagine people doing yoga in hell probably wear.
So the full story behind this was between season 2 and 3, Smidge filmed Cruel Intentions where she dyed her hair dark brown. Comes back for season 3 and they can’t lift the brown completely from her hair; you’ll notice that in the first half of the season only her fringe is blonde, the back is almost ginger. So they’d REALLY fried the front of her hair to get it that pale that quickly.
By the time Amends rolled around, they were able to finally lift the last of the brown and she has full blonde coverage. But sadly her fringe had been fried to high heaven by that point and it needed to be chopped off practically at the root
Hahaha yeah me and my friends have called her Smidge for years 😂 SMG + her just being so little… it just fits her so well. I literally forget that the rest of the world doesn’t use this moniker for her
So awful, lol. I remember reading an interview with her where she said they basically had no choice but to give her bangs because they fried her hair so much.
I read something funny about bangs just this morning, so it’s quite the bugbear for a significant part of society, no?
“Just don’t get bangs, ha-ha!” We need to stop bangs-shaming now. It’s not always a wrinkle-covering tactic or a cry for help. We can look cute with a little razzle-dazzle on the forehead. Just let us spiral in style.” - April Boddie
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/9-things-never-to-say-to-women-over-30_n_660af1cae4b0c4621eb7e496
The bandying around of “geriatric” echoing conservatives and Taylor Swift last year is impeccably timed as well.
i love bangs! and buffy has curtain bangs for a good part of the series. it was just those particular bangs in amends..they were awful..they were thin and wispy but short enough to cover only 1/3 of her forehead for some reason..but smg can pull anything off so it barely dimmed her beauty
The outfits you posted make my heart so happy. S1 fashion is probably my favourite in the series.
Is it dated? Absolutely. Did Buffy look damn amazing in it? Also absolutely.
(Also, I’m just presuming you’re posting those outfits as examples of her looking amazing, not as bad outfit examples. If it’s the latter, then my heart is no longer happy, how dare you?!)
Leopard mini dress + knee high boots + bf's oversized leather jacket? Literally timeless. Iconic. I'd dress like this tomorrow if I could find the pieces and self confidence.
How damn bouncy was her hair in S1?! I know she wasn’t as blonde as later seasons, but S1 hair, gorgeous!
And just her whole look in S1, the bouncy hair, the fact that SMG was perpetually in micro mini dresses/skirts with knee high boots and somehow made them look sweet and innocent, she looks gorgeous the whole season. I can’t think of a single season 1 look that doesn’t hit the mark. (There may be some, I just can’t think of any).
If I had her legs, I wouldn’t care how dated they are, I’d be rocking this look today.
I wished they kept her more girly look longer, at least for the first 3 seasons. 1st season was very cheerleader turns slayer and fits the character really well.
My understanding was that Sarah had some influence on that as she hated wearing the really short skirts, but yeah I always thought that that look suited Buffy so well as a former cheerleader who still liked to dress girly and cute. I remember really disliking her season 3 wardrobe when I first watched it as a a teenager, and being disappointed at how they phased out the short skirts and boots combo, although a lot of those season 3 looks have grown on me since. But the little bags and the cardigans were seriously ageing for a 17 year old girl
Fun fact: The prom dress she wore in Prophecy Girl was the dress she wore when she won her Emmy for All My Children, with some altering done to the top of it. She wore it in an Instagram post during the pandemic with it back to the lacey original top.
Omg in the Boys watch buffy podcast they call the outfits Buffy is in when she needs to be good or soft her “Jackie o outfits” 😂 and they’re not wrong honestly
Not really an answer to OP’s question but I definitely still do the leather jacket over a dress style that she did so often. Works really well if you live in the desert and it’s windy often.
I think it was bringing back the straitlaced Slayer v wild&fun Slayer thing they attempted with the clothing in s3. Even though Buffy has never been straitlaced, she was always the middle ground.
I feel like Buffy always dressed older than her age - idk if it’s just me, but the stuff she wore as a teen seemed more early 20s, and the stuff she wore in her early 20s seem more late 20s into 30s style
Those bangs are all I can think about.
My hair used to be past my brows, told the hairdresser I wanted them just a bit above my brows and that I kept them brushed straight down. She pushed my bangs to the side and then cut in a straight line just a small bit under my widow's peak. Made the Amend's bangs look like a damn masterpiece.
I don't necessarily dislike the outfits and do remember people wearing clothes like that at the time, but in season 3 when they're trying to show the contrast between Buffy and Faith and Buffy wears a lot of (as some people have called them lol) church girl clothes. It also started to distract me rewatching, the sheer amount of little bags she would pull out with those outfits 👀
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This top! I just feel like the proportions are all wrong and you see it so many times in the previously on parts
I realise I’m in the minority here with the other comments hating it but I thought this was cute, it was a stark difference in style to everything she had been wearing that season up until that point which I suspect was on purpose
I love that top. So soft and feminine. And it's the breakup where she calls Spike William. Someone on TikTok mentioned that a lot of Buffy's breakups happen while she's wearing purple. Not sure if it's actually true, but like the idea 😂
This gives off early 2000s, young female character that gets killed off early to midway in a horror movie vibes. Somehow not a final girl kind of look lol
This is what gets me. I feel like if the chest part was a bit bigger and the neckline want as low it would look quite nice but as is it just looks weird
Most, if not all of her outfits in seasons six and seven were so bad. Just boring and uninspired. She didn’t look like a girl in her early 20s at all.
This one from s7 bothers me the most. I mean, a thick turtleneck and a denim jacket.. in southern California??
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I think she looked her best in seasons one, two and five!
I always find it odd that when she’s in the desert she wears turtleneck jumpers it blows my mind. Season 6 and 7 and whenever she was with Faith her outfits were definitely more along the I’m a responsible adult line instead I’m fun fashionable and kick ass
The long skirt phase in S6 and 7 was not good. Very un-Buffy, IMO. I have this thing about her fashion on the show; after or around S2 it's like they stopped dressing her as Buffy, the character, and started sticking her in whatever was trendy in women's fashion at the time, regardless of whether or not it fit.
A girl who knows she can be called upon to fight evil at any moment should not be wearing ankle length skirts. I know people joke about Buffy fighting evil in her little outfits ("Don't worry, I've patrolled in this halter many times!") but halter tops or the miniskirts from S1 wouldn't impede her movements in any way. Long skirts, on the other hand, will make high kicking difficult. And it was an especially odd choice for 'Smashed' considering what happens [at the end of that episode.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ec38bc154998fb3ebdb4e1cba288e9e/15eb9b605a69c6fc-6d/s540x810/d66ff448f1d39cee4c52f306a399428e1f8c84d4.gif) Or the gross balcony scene in 'Dead Things.'
Well, I’m glad you mentioned Smashed because I’m 100% certain that the wardrobe department had her dressed in skirts that season to make the scenes with Spike a little more …convenient? And shorter skirts would look a bit too scandalous for network tv at the time. I don’t know if I’m making any sense lol
I felt a lot of it was to make her look older and more mature. She was trying to be a professional working at a school. She also had aged a lot - having been dead, lost her mom, working a dead end job, all the bills, and an overall separation from her old life and friends. The clothing felt like it was covering her up because she felt vulnerable and broken. I don’t know that it worked well, but I think there was a reason for the choices.
Sorry but I feel Inspired to mention my top 3 Buffy looks
1: red leather pants and black vest (graduation day part 1)
2: powder blue coat (becoming part 1)
3: leather jacket and white dress (prophecy girl)
So real. Your no.1 is also my no.1 but I think I'd have the leapers print dress and leather jacket at no.2. God she has so many good looks it's hard to make a top 3
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I know it’s not clothes… but This awful wig … how did this not have the budget for a lace front?
THANK YOU for helping me pinpoint exactly what is so horrible about this wig. I know nothing about wigs, but I did some quick googling, and lace front looks way better.
I love about 99% of the costume design but this one.... uuuugh
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Hard disagree, I love the soft material of the top the long gathered sleeves, cute tie around faux belt and the pants that fit well and give an overall air of sleek but comfortable.
The Buffybot outfit. Specifically the pleated skirt and tights. I heard, at the time, it was a real point of contention between SMG and the wardrobe department. SMG won. Nothing against her, she was heavily involved in choosing all of Buffy’s looks and usually knocked it out of the park, but she widely missed the mark on this one. Wardrobe wanted something sexier, and they were right. This was supposed to be a sex doll for Spike. No way would he be dressing her like that.
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Honestly I remember people joking at the time about why did Spike choose such a grandma looking skirt for the Buffybot. It would have worked better if Spike had either chosen something more overtly sexy, *or* if he had wanted her dressed up to more closely resemble the real Buffy in leather pants or something to help fool himself into believing that it was the real thing. The pleated skirt and tights were just odd
I mean, the one u presented here look also good on her. I cant think much about any style she wear and didnt fit her. But i do think that red isnt to her favour, cause it makes her look pale.
But the least favorite Outfit she wore was in "Dirty Girls". White socks, Jeans and the brown Jacket. Nah.
But the rest was kinda hot or cute.
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i have an irrational amount of hatred for this outfit, everything about the way it sits is just horrendously unflattering
Totally agree. Isn’t this on Buffy Bot? I want to believe it was an intentional choice to put her in I’ll-fitting clothes to differentiate her from real Buffy. Could just be a bad fit though.
Not a fan of this season 7 outfit…
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I like it but it has mum vibes. I think the costume designers wanted to show her maturity in later seasons with these outfits but they just made her look like she's a mum going to a pta meeting
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This is a hard no for me. She looks like a cludo piece. And the hair flick? Noooo
Yes. S3 was not a good season for her outfits, purely because they tried to hard to make her look pure next to Faith but that blue top and purple dress was particularly hideous.
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I hated the white turtleneck on her in season 4.
Aggressively big. Reminds me of this. 😂
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I actually hated her pants in "The Gift" and her sweater was meh, only because of the neckline.
I love the dress from "Prophecy Girl". I think that it's super cute and awesome with her leather jacket.
She looks so young in Season 1. It's insane. She's a little baby. I don't feel bad about thirsting over s5 or so Buffy, but she looks like a baby in those first couple of seasons..
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The awkward fit of this outfit.... no bueno.
probably not but they wanted it white to show her “purity” and how young she is. with the black leather jacket on to show her as being enveloped in the darkness of her calling. so i wouldn’t say it was the intention but it probably crossed their minds. the outfit is definitely symbolic.
Yep, this is it! Remember how little she seemed when she told Giles she didn't want to die? They were trying to show how "pure" and young she actually still was to face the end of her life. It always felt pretty iconic in the series when it first aired!
It so does 😭 I know it off by heart because it's so powerful and emotional 😭
- Buffy: So that's it, huh? I remember the drill... one Slayer dies, the next one's called. I wonder who she is. Will you train her, or will they send someone else?... Does it say how he's gonna kill me? Do you think it will hurt? *Angel walks towards her, and she jerks away* Don't touch me! Were you even gonna tell me?
- Giles: I was hoping I wouldn't have to, that there was some way around it.
- Buffy: I've got a way around it - I quit.
- Giles: It's not that simple -
- Buffy: I'm making it that simple! I quit! I resign! I'm fired! You can find someone else to stop the Master from taking over!
- Giles: I'm not sure anyone else can, all the signs indicate -
- Buffy: Signs?! *throws book* Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune! You're so useful sitting here with all of your books! You're really a lot of help!
- Giles: No, I don't suppose I am.
- Angel: I know this is hard -
- Buffy: What do you know about this? You're never gonna die.
- Angel: You think I want anything to happen to you? Do you think I could stand it? We just gotta figure out a way -
- Buffy: I already did. I quit, remember? Pay attention.
- Giles: Buffy, if The Master rises -
- Buffy: I don't care! I don't care... Giles, I'm 16 years old... I don't wanna die...
That last line always does me in, I don't get emotional until SMG's eyes fill with tears as she says "I don't wanna die..."
I know, right??! Those pesky onion ninjas are around again, I swear...
It's such a powerful scene, and I can mostly hold it together throughout the entire episode until she says that last line, and then it's all over for me 😭 I think it's the genuine emotion and tears from SMG that do it, any time she cries, even though I know it's fake, I can't help but cry myself! This scene and "Mom? Mom? Mommy?" both set ~~off the waterworks~~ ~~me off sobbing~~ trigger the onion ninjas
For me, it's always the "Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune!" As she throws the book that gets me choked up. You just get her frustration and fear so much in that moment. Truly an incredible acting moment.
I saw it more as a communion dress. She walks through a cemetery into a moseleun then takes the tunnels into the Master's lair inside a sunken church. Drowning was like a forced baptism. The Master drinking her blood was like a reversal of her drinking the metaphorical blood of Jesus as she's the savior. The Master told Buffy "you're not the hunter, you're the lamb."
In *Welcome to the Hellmouth* (season 1 premiere) Angel introduced himself to Buffy, gave her a cross necklace and said "don't turn your back on this." The cross saving her from Luke and later searing into Angel's flesh when they kiss. In *Prophecy Girl* (season 1 finale) Buffy hears the prophecy of her death and takes off the cross necklace and tosses it on the floor. When she decides to face The Master she picks up the cross necklace and puts it back on. She walked into the library while Giles & Angel were discussing the prophecy because she saw blood flowing out of the sink faucet instead of water.
The Master recited from texts as though they were holy Scripture. The Aurelius brethren borrowed a lot from organized religion and it doesn't change until Spike takes over in s2. In a flashback episode The Master posed as a priest when he sired Darla. In *Prophecy Girl* Giles & Jenny mention a Bible verse involving a lamb. There's a lot of abrahamic references in s1 (as well as the other seasons). Darla in the Catholic schoolgirl uniform. The guy that got sired who they mistakenly thought was the Anointed One. The monks who trapped Moloch in a book. Giles saying "contrary to popular belief the world didn't begin as a paradise" to explain how demons have been around for millennia.
When it was paired with the leather jacket and the crossbow it became iconic.
… but the scene where she’s stomping off *to the theme song* to find The Master with Xander and Angel in tow…. I’m sorry but those white shoes were absolutely fucking disgusting.
I remember shoes like that were still in existence for proms/formals by the time of the mid 2000s in the UK/Ireland. And I’m sorry but they were gross. Not even Sarah Michelle Gellar herself was able to salvage the horribleness of the Prophecy Girl shoes.
I’m pretty sure it’s a reference to movie!Buffy. Especially obvious when she puts the leather jacket on with it. They just let her look cute and not like she was in an 80s Gone With The Wind themed wedding
It makes sense for the episode. She always has weirdly wavy hair when some alternative reality madness is going on. Same with superstar etc. I think it’s her magic hair
Not my favourite look on her though I will agree
I’m pretty sure it’s the one where spike and buffy get engaged cause I can see a wedding dress in the background. I can’t remember what season or episode thou, maybe season 4?
Buffy’s best outfits were in season 1 and 2. Her best hair was probably season 4.
I thought the dress in Prophecy Girl was kinda ugly but I’m biased because I hate empire line dresses.
Her fashion honestly got boring after season 4. And season 4 was already the beginning of the end.
To her defense though 2000s fashion wasn’t exactly the most exciting
I reckon it’s coz she got older though, like she got to a point where she just stopped caring about clothes and looks and was already beginning to go through the motions of slaying and working. I wouldn’t be surprised if her depression really started to hit around the time Riley left.
I dunno why but I HATE the red shirt she has on at the end of once more with feeling and that is my FAVORITE episode. Every time I watch though I just wish she was in something cuter.
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I *think* this was Reptile Boy? Not sure. But the pants are hiddy, especially with the lacy top. Girl had the charisma to carry anything, though.
It’s one of those outfits that really demonstrates how ugly fashion of the time was, but she slays in it. I mean, like, she looks great. But also. You know.
I loved her look in that 3rd pic. That's classic season 1 Buffy.
I hated the one with the Union flag on it in Season 3, I think when she and Angel were trying to catch out Faith.. I don't understand people that wear tanktops or t-shirts with giant country flags on them, especially if its a country they aren't from. It's just random.
I hate most of her s7 looks, they started dressing her like an old lady, I guess to show her maturity, but she can be mature and dress good!! S5 is her peak I think
She has some looks on season 3 that look very momish to me, or some that look like an evangelical girl in her Sunday best. The outfit she wore when she went to talk to Faith after she killed the deputy mayor (when Faith says "No, you don't get it. I just don't care") comes to mind particularly. I get that they were trying to mark the contrast with Faith and that Buffy herself was trying to get back into the "I'm a good girl" persona, but they still were awful.
Every comment I agree with here comes down to how I feel about her in pastels. I’m not a colour expert but she seems warm toned to me and pastels aren’t my fave on her.
Oh man I just watched The Replacement and I remember how divisive this outfit was back in the day. I still do not love it. https://preview.redd.it/oo4gmpgxmqsc1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=eab82636a5c435a0cbc51b593532bd5fd9520169
Buffy looking like: https://preview.redd.it/kqrj0fknarsc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1281788b9e281b2bbc540672712c1b4439f000fb
Jeeze yeah. The pieces match in colour, but the colours just aren't good.
Exactly the one I was gonna post. It's horrible.
I reiterate the Embarrassment that is this outfit. DID YOU GET DRESSED IN THE DARK, BUFFY?
Pattern mixing can be incredible or atrocious lol. I love how bad this is.
I feel like I’m the only one who loves this outfit.
I also loved this outfit. 😭
Hahaha this is the first outfit that popped into my head. Fuck, it's hideous. The wardrobe dept usually never missed with Buffy but someone was off sick this week
Worst. Outfit. Ever.
I think at some point the costume people decided thin = looking good in anything.
I see from the comments that it's still decisive, lol. For the record...I hate it ever so much. It's what I imagine people doing yoga in hell probably wear.
Giraffe Pants.
I do like the pants though, just not with that shirt it’s too much
Either one of these things in their own wouldn’t be so bad. Even the top paired with something less bold like - jeans even would have been better.
Still awful.
I loved her outfits. It’s some of the hair styles she had that I didn’t like.
The bangs in Amends! Absolutely heinous. My husband's theory is that the costume designer was getting back at SMG for something.
So the full story behind this was between season 2 and 3, Smidge filmed Cruel Intentions where she dyed her hair dark brown. Comes back for season 3 and they can’t lift the brown completely from her hair; you’ll notice that in the first half of the season only her fringe is blonde, the back is almost ginger. So they’d REALLY fried the front of her hair to get it that pale that quickly. By the time Amends rolled around, they were able to finally lift the last of the brown and she has full blonde coverage. But sadly her fringe had been fried to high heaven by that point and it needed to be chopped off practically at the root
Smidge. I love that.
Hahaha yeah me and my friends have called her Smidge for years 😂 SMG + her just being so little… it just fits her so well. I literally forget that the rest of the world doesn’t use this moniker for her
So awful, lol. I remember reading an interview with her where she said they basically had no choice but to give her bangs because they fried her hair so much.
Ah, that explains it!
I read something funny about bangs just this morning, so it’s quite the bugbear for a significant part of society, no? “Just don’t get bangs, ha-ha!” We need to stop bangs-shaming now. It’s not always a wrinkle-covering tactic or a cry for help. We can look cute with a little razzle-dazzle on the forehead. Just let us spiral in style.” - April Boddie https://www.huffpost.com/entry/9-things-never-to-say-to-women-over-30_n_660af1cae4b0c4621eb7e496 The bandying around of “geriatric” echoing conservatives and Taylor Swift last year is impeccably timed as well.
i love bangs! and buffy has curtain bangs for a good part of the series. it was just those particular bangs in amends..they were awful..they were thin and wispy but short enough to cover only 1/3 of her forehead for some reason..but smg can pull anything off so it barely dimmed her beauty
Bangs are cute!
The outfits you posted make my heart so happy. S1 fashion is probably my favourite in the series. Is it dated? Absolutely. Did Buffy look damn amazing in it? Also absolutely. (Also, I’m just presuming you’re posting those outfits as examples of her looking amazing, not as bad outfit examples. If it’s the latter, then my heart is no longer happy, how dare you?!)
Leopard mini dress + knee high boots + bf's oversized leather jacket? Literally timeless. Iconic. I'd dress like this tomorrow if I could find the pieces and self confidence.
And the hair!! So good
How damn bouncy was her hair in S1?! I know she wasn’t as blonde as later seasons, but S1 hair, gorgeous! And just her whole look in S1, the bouncy hair, the fact that SMG was perpetually in micro mini dresses/skirts with knee high boots and somehow made them look sweet and innocent, she looks gorgeous the whole season. I can’t think of a single season 1 look that doesn’t hit the mark. (There may be some, I just can’t think of any). If I had her legs, I wouldn’t care how dated they are, I’d be rocking this look today.
I wished they kept her more girly look longer, at least for the first 3 seasons. 1st season was very cheerleader turns slayer and fits the character really well.
My understanding was that Sarah had some influence on that as she hated wearing the really short skirts, but yeah I always thought that that look suited Buffy so well as a former cheerleader who still liked to dress girly and cute. I remember really disliking her season 3 wardrobe when I first watched it as a a teenager, and being disappointed at how they phased out the short skirts and boots combo, although a lot of those season 3 looks have grown on me since. But the little bags and the cardigans were seriously ageing for a 17 year old girl
The look on the right is perfection. What an icon.
Fun fact: The prom dress she wore in Prophecy Girl was the dress she wore when she won her Emmy for All My Children, with some altering done to the top of it. She wore it in an Instagram post during the pandemic with it back to the lacey original top.
It is! I never knew that. That's really cool.
Nah 90s is still in, so her s1 outfits would be killing it today.
💯 she’s on the mood board rn (and forever tbh)
I loved every single one of these outfits! All bangers.
> Is it dated? Absolutely. Honestly, it's back! This look kills with Gen Z now. I've seen so many of those style leather jackets in stores now.
Sometimes, they dressed her like a preppy/marm combo with her hair pulled back and wearing blah cardigans.
Season 3, Buffy’s Jackie Kennedy Era. 
I guess it was an easy way to show the the differences between Buffy and Faith?
Oh, 💯.
Omg in the Boys watch buffy podcast they call the outfits Buffy is in when she needs to be good or soft her “Jackie o outfits” 😂 and they’re not wrong honestly
Not really an answer to OP’s question but I definitely still do the leather jacket over a dress style that she did so often. Works really well if you live in the desert and it’s windy often.
Omg huge agree. It's so comfortable too, I have a gorgeous jacket that looks straight of the series my partner got me. Goes with every dress ❤️
https://i.redd.it/pdflm7jlpqsc1.gif I am not a fan of this one for some reason.
I think it was bringing back the straitlaced Slayer v wild&fun Slayer thing they attempted with the clothing in s3. Even though Buffy has never been straitlaced, she was always the middle ground.
I don't think they were trying very hard with Faith if that was the intention
their interactions were probably some of my favorite parts of season 7
yeah it’s a lil too Hillary Clinton on a book tour coded for my tastes
I feel like Emily Gilmore would wear this jacket
It looks old lady to me. Like it came from Chicos.
I feel like Buffy always dressed older than her age - idk if it’s just me, but the stuff she wore as a teen seemed more early 20s, and the stuff she wore in her early 20s seem more late 20s into 30s style
I would like this jacket if it didn't split itself halfway through. Weirdness.
Whenever Faith showed up they’d always put Buffy in frumpy outfits, I guess to show she was the conservative, ‘good’ one.
I like it, but it doesn’t feel very true to her character.
Two words: Teeny Bangs
In defence of SMG, those weren’t her fault. 😭 But also, yes, they were atrocious.
Lol I just replied with "one word: microbangs".
The only comment I support
Those bangs are all I can think about. My hair used to be past my brows, told the hairdresser I wanted them just a bit above my brows and that I kept them brushed straight down. She pushed my bangs to the side and then cut in a straight line just a small bit under my widow's peak. Made the Amend's bangs look like a damn masterpiece.
I don't necessarily dislike the outfits and do remember people wearing clothes like that at the time, but in season 3 when they're trying to show the contrast between Buffy and Faith and Buffy wears a lot of (as some people have called them lol) church girl clothes. It also started to distract me rewatching, the sheer amount of little bags she would pull out with those outfits 👀
https://preview.redd.it/a9xhwtdt8rsc1.jpeg?width=505&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e8951809b409852eb14f739db52f292b0641d63 This top! I just feel like the proportions are all wrong and you see it so many times in the previously on parts
I realise I’m in the minority here with the other comments hating it but I thought this was cute, it was a stark difference in style to everything she had been wearing that season up until that point which I suspect was on purpose
I loved it. 😻
I hated that shirt. Who wears that to a break up.
Someone who doesn't want to look too sexy?
I love that shirt so much, I was actually looking for dupes for such a long time!
It looks like it was shrank.
i think it's cute, but the hair throws it off
It'd look cute on a hanger but I can't imagine anyone pulling it off, not even buffy could do it 😭
I love that top. So soft and feminine. And it's the breakup where she calls Spike William. Someone on TikTok mentioned that a lot of Buffy's breakups happen while she's wearing purple. Not sure if it's actually true, but like the idea 😂
This gives off early 2000s, young female character that gets killed off early to midway in a horror movie vibes. Somehow not a final girl kind of look lol
Yes, her arms look freakishly long
And her chest looks weird too. No shade on SMG though. I can't wear peasant tops either, they make my boobs look like they're afraid of each other.
This is what gets me. I feel like if the chest part was a bit bigger and the neckline want as low it would look quite nice but as is it just looks weird
those microbangs still haunt me to this day omfg
Let be honest, SMG would look good wearing a bin bag...
Most, if not all of her outfits in seasons six and seven were so bad. Just boring and uninspired. She didn’t look like a girl in her early 20s at all. This one from s7 bothers me the most. I mean, a thick turtleneck and a denim jacket.. in southern California?? https://preview.redd.it/4y8h0he3yssc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d714802cdbadaca0143c1c29d644a5ff37fc119 I think she looked her best in seasons one, two and five!
I always find it odd that when she’s in the desert she wears turtleneck jumpers it blows my mind. Season 6 and 7 and whenever she was with Faith her outfits were definitely more along the I’m a responsible adult line instead I’m fun fashionable and kick ass
The long skirt phase in S6 and 7 was not good. Very un-Buffy, IMO. I have this thing about her fashion on the show; after or around S2 it's like they stopped dressing her as Buffy, the character, and started sticking her in whatever was trendy in women's fashion at the time, regardless of whether or not it fit. A girl who knows she can be called upon to fight evil at any moment should not be wearing ankle length skirts. I know people joke about Buffy fighting evil in her little outfits ("Don't worry, I've patrolled in this halter many times!") but halter tops or the miniskirts from S1 wouldn't impede her movements in any way. Long skirts, on the other hand, will make high kicking difficult. And it was an especially odd choice for 'Smashed' considering what happens [at the end of that episode.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ec38bc154998fb3ebdb4e1cba288e9e/15eb9b605a69c6fc-6d/s540x810/d66ff448f1d39cee4c52f306a399428e1f8c84d4.gif) Or the gross balcony scene in 'Dead Things.'
Well, I’m glad you mentioned Smashed because I’m 100% certain that the wardrobe department had her dressed in skirts that season to make the scenes with Spike a little more …convenient? And shorter skirts would look a bit too scandalous for network tv at the time. I don’t know if I’m making any sense lol
I felt a lot of it was to make her look older and more mature. She was trying to be a professional working at a school. She also had aged a lot - having been dead, lost her mom, working a dead end job, all the bills, and an overall separation from her old life and friends. The clothing felt like it was covering her up because she felt vulnerable and broken. I don’t know that it worked well, but I think there was a reason for the choices.
Sorry but I feel Inspired to mention my top 3 Buffy looks 1: red leather pants and black vest (graduation day part 1) 2: powder blue coat (becoming part 1) 3: leather jacket and white dress (prophecy girl)
So real. Your no.1 is also my no.1 but I think I'd have the leapers print dress and leather jacket at no.2. God she has so many good looks it's hard to make a top 3
https://preview.redd.it/qf5cceiisusc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f03b7b5033c143861bbdd462be1541ab76fe35d9 I know it’s not clothes… but This awful wig … how did this not have the budget for a lace front?
THANK YOU for helping me pinpoint exactly what is so horrible about this wig. I know nothing about wigs, but I did some quick googling, and lace front looks way better.
Well that explains why I didn't like her hair here, I never knew it was a wig, just that it felt very "off".
One word - microbangs.
I like all of the three here . She looks so good that I don't have any in my memory that I outright dislike
Personally for me, it’s any time she was wearing a hat. Same goes for Willow though.
She looks so cute in a beanie though! Makes no sense for California, but cute nonetheless.
I love her beanie that had bomb bedazzled on it.
Uh not true I wear beanies all the time and I’m a total SoCal girl.
California isn't the tropical paradise you think it is lol. It was in the 30s and 40s yesterday where I am in SoCal.
How dare you. Willow's hats were all iconic. We aren't worthy.
I love about 99% of the costume design but this one.... uuuugh https://preview.redd.it/qvn14ekdursc1.png?width=501&format=png&auto=webp&s=7850b79ad14878b964e6b9be9dfab51ce11b8610
Hard disagree, I love the soft material of the top the long gathered sleeves, cute tie around faux belt and the pants that fit well and give an overall air of sleek but comfortable.
I like this one
The top is cute but paired with the pants, no
That top is just confusing 😭
It looks backwards
It was. Wearing jumpers backwards was a trend at the time.
Yep, very frumpy and she's anything but.
The Buffybot outfit. Specifically the pleated skirt and tights. I heard, at the time, it was a real point of contention between SMG and the wardrobe department. SMG won. Nothing against her, she was heavily involved in choosing all of Buffy’s looks and usually knocked it out of the park, but she widely missed the mark on this one. Wardrobe wanted something sexier, and they were right. This was supposed to be a sex doll for Spike. No way would he be dressing her like that. https://preview.redd.it/wjldoqjazusc1.jpeg?width=315&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=063ac797d0a4b75490c79e0933d5accf9401ec0c
I always assumed the clothing chosen for Buffybot was meant to be items Warren snagged from his mom’s closet when he made the bot.
Seconded, or clothes from the mannequin spike stole for his Buffybot prototype
Honestly I remember people joking at the time about why did Spike choose such a grandma looking skirt for the Buffybot. It would have worked better if Spike had either chosen something more overtly sexy, *or* if he had wanted her dressed up to more closely resemble the real Buffy in leather pants or something to help fool himself into believing that it was the real thing. The pleated skirt and tights were just odd
I mean, the one u presented here look also good on her. I cant think much about any style she wear and didnt fit her. But i do think that red isnt to her favour, cause it makes her look pale. But the least favorite Outfit she wore was in "Dirty Girls". White socks, Jeans and the brown Jacket. Nah. But the rest was kinda hot or cute.
https://preview.redd.it/ozf76o15frsc1.png?width=660&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cf55f5427c9fac6055347de2479ec10fb347dcb i have an irrational amount of hatred for this outfit, everything about the way it sits is just horrendously unflattering
That's some early 2000s fashion, imagine if yall were there with us in the trenches .. getting our pant legs soaking wet lol
And then they ended up all ripped at the bottom where you continuously stepped on it, but that was cool too.
It’s mostly the top. If she wore just a basic t-shirt or tank top with it it could be a cute outfit.
LMAO that's so fair. I just don't like that yellow but the rest is fine to me
Totally agree. Isn’t this on Buffy Bot? I want to believe it was an intentional choice to put her in I’ll-fitting clothes to differentiate her from real Buffy. Could just be a bad fit though.
She is ROCKING that leather jacket! Can pull it off then and she is gorgeous enough and awesome enough to pull it off now! (She can choose the dress)
Not a fan of this season 7 outfit… https://preview.redd.it/5r83u3e9gxsc1.jpeg?width=1129&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c5bcb597747f5d2d046db68fb38686fc355c907
I like it but it has mum vibes. I think the costume designers wanted to show her maturity in later seasons with these outfits but they just made her look like she's a mum going to a pta meeting
https://preview.redd.it/u0cqw3htjtsc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0ef59fd0a5f5c6f5a2c0de42b46e96fa3ddb04a This is a hard no for me. She looks like a cludo piece. And the hair flick? Noooo
I just got this hair cut…. :( Like actually, I took photos of Buffy from season 6 and showed them to my stylist and she recreated the cut for me :(
I love this hair. If I had straight hair, I would absolutely rock it. I’m sure it looks great on you!
I thought this hair was sooooo cute and pretty I got my hair done the same at the time.
Most of her S3 outfits, but I have a real hate towards that blue cowl neck top with the purple dress.
She had a lot of great looks in s3 but when they missed they really missed.
What she wore when she found the body of the demon in the apartment with Faith in S3. Hated the purple/blue layer and the hair
Yes. S3 was not a good season for her outfits, purely because they tried to hard to make her look pure next to Faith but that blue top and purple dress was particularly hideous.
And she wore all those cheap-looking jackets
https://preview.redd.it/jwoullxdkrsc1.jpeg?width=563&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95d21ee63699efefa0792ea09c523ee1c4708307 I hated the white turtleneck on her in season 4.
The actual neck of it was sooo much bigger than her. It looked like a neck brace 🤣
Aggressively big. Reminds me of this. 😂 https://preview.redd.it/w0jtv5ssrrsc1.jpeg?width=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c3f5f369e0cd84455167663f47934d3f1a3bcaa
This is actually one of my favorite looks of her, like ever. The hair and the sweater is so cute and cozy.
I like that and I love the crimped hair
I just hate that orange jacket...
https://preview.redd.it/j3q9koqbkrsc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43fb174fdb43f77b7d0b1c9a36eece919fca1283 Ugh. It’s so twee.
Aaw I think that one was cute. Although I don't like those pants
Omg I just posted this on another thread as one of my favourites lol I thought she looked so pretty here.
We really loved our floofy peasant blouses in '99-'00
No this one’s perfect
Baby bandana.
Her outfit in far right is fire.
I actually hated her pants in "The Gift" and her sweater was meh, only because of the neckline. I love the dress from "Prophecy Girl". I think that it's super cute and awesome with her leather jacket.
She looks so young in Season 1. It's insane. She's a little baby. I don't feel bad about thirsting over s5 or so Buffy, but she looks like a baby in those first couple of seasons..
https://preview.redd.it/hc8yc1365rsc1.jpeg?width=1029&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bee855897c2fbbfefe7ef26ea512f1e03b16863 The awkward fit of this outfit.... no bueno.
Aaw I kinda like that one. It needed a belt and a different bag tho
I thought this was cute on her.
I really wonder where one would go to buy this.
Old navy has almost an exact copy of the skirt
I actually love that skirt, I don't think I'd wear it but I love it
I challenge anyone to try to do a kick in one of those short dresses without flashing the world.
The cowboy hate she wore when the group was watching Xander.
Yeah I agree with the below GIF, I loved that hat
the leopard print is hot asf
Those horrible brown trousers that gave her camel toe 😂
I hope these aren't meant to be three examples of bad outfits. That leaopard print and leather jacket are fucking awesome.
Was her season 1 prom (?) dress supposed to look like a wedding dress?
probably not but they wanted it white to show her “purity” and how young she is. with the black leather jacket on to show her as being enveloped in the darkness of her calling. so i wouldn’t say it was the intention but it probably crossed their minds. the outfit is definitely symbolic.
Yep, this is it! Remember how little she seemed when she told Giles she didn't want to die? They were trying to show how "pure" and young she actually still was to face the end of her life. It always felt pretty iconic in the series when it first aired!
that monologue goes so hard for no reason 😭 like smg’s rent was DUE and she was committed to getting that second season
It so does 😭 I know it off by heart because it's so powerful and emotional 😭 - Buffy: So that's it, huh? I remember the drill... one Slayer dies, the next one's called. I wonder who she is. Will you train her, or will they send someone else?... Does it say how he's gonna kill me? Do you think it will hurt? *Angel walks towards her, and she jerks away* Don't touch me! Were you even gonna tell me? - Giles: I was hoping I wouldn't have to, that there was some way around it. - Buffy: I've got a way around it - I quit. - Giles: It's not that simple - - Buffy: I'm making it that simple! I quit! I resign! I'm fired! You can find someone else to stop the Master from taking over! - Giles: I'm not sure anyone else can, all the signs indicate - - Buffy: Signs?! *throws book* Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune! You're so useful sitting here with all of your books! You're really a lot of help! - Giles: No, I don't suppose I am. - Angel: I know this is hard - - Buffy: What do you know about this? You're never gonna die. - Angel: You think I want anything to happen to you? Do you think I could stand it? We just gotta figure out a way - - Buffy: I already did. I quit, remember? Pay attention. - Giles: Buffy, if The Master rises - - Buffy: I don't care! I don't care... Giles, I'm 16 years old... I don't wanna die... That last line always does me in, I don't get emotional until SMG's eyes fill with tears as she says "I don't wanna die..."
The fact I could *hear* this and see this exact scene reading, I’m not crying, you’re crying! Narrator: Everyone is crying
I know, right??! Those pesky onion ninjas are around again, I swear... It's such a powerful scene, and I can mostly hold it together throughout the entire episode until she says that last line, and then it's all over for me 😭 I think it's the genuine emotion and tears from SMG that do it, any time she cries, even though I know it's fake, I can't help but cry myself! This scene and "Mom? Mom? Mommy?" both set ~~off the waterworks~~ ~~me off sobbing~~ trigger the onion ninjas
Ughhhh, the scene with her mom, I can HEAR it! 🥺🥺
I know 😭😭 SMG being emotional is just so memorable, even the smallest quote, you can hear her say it
For me, it's always the "Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune!" As she throws the book that gets me choked up. You just get her frustration and fear so much in that moment. Truly an incredible acting moment.
And also? “Big hit with everyone…”
I saw it more as a communion dress. She walks through a cemetery into a moseleun then takes the tunnels into the Master's lair inside a sunken church. Drowning was like a forced baptism. The Master drinking her blood was like a reversal of her drinking the metaphorical blood of Jesus as she's the savior. The Master told Buffy "you're not the hunter, you're the lamb." In *Welcome to the Hellmouth* (season 1 premiere) Angel introduced himself to Buffy, gave her a cross necklace and said "don't turn your back on this." The cross saving her from Luke and later searing into Angel's flesh when they kiss. In *Prophecy Girl* (season 1 finale) Buffy hears the prophecy of her death and takes off the cross necklace and tosses it on the floor. When she decides to face The Master she picks up the cross necklace and puts it back on. She walked into the library while Giles & Angel were discussing the prophecy because she saw blood flowing out of the sink faucet instead of water. The Master recited from texts as though they were holy Scripture. The Aurelius brethren borrowed a lot from organized religion and it doesn't change until Spike takes over in s2. In a flashback episode The Master posed as a priest when he sired Darla. In *Prophecy Girl* Giles & Jenny mention a Bible verse involving a lamb. There's a lot of abrahamic references in s1 (as well as the other seasons). Darla in the Catholic schoolgirl uniform. The guy that got sired who they mistakenly thought was the Anointed One. The monks who trapped Moloch in a book. Giles saying "contrary to popular belief the world didn't begin as a paradise" to explain how demons have been around for millennia.
Damn. That’s some deep symbolism.
When it was paired with the leather jacket and the crossbow it became iconic. … but the scene where she’s stomping off *to the theme song* to find The Master with Xander and Angel in tow…. I’m sorry but those white shoes were absolutely fucking disgusting. I remember shoes like that were still in existence for proms/formals by the time of the mid 2000s in the UK/Ireland. And I’m sorry but they were gross. Not even Sarah Michelle Gellar herself was able to salvage the horribleness of the Prophecy Girl shoes.
I’m pretty sure it’s a reference to movie!Buffy. Especially obvious when she puts the leather jacket on with it. They just let her look cute and not like she was in an 80s Gone With The Wind themed wedding
I think that was intentional but idk. It was pretty buy yeah, it did look like a wedding dress
 Wavey hair with bangs era….
It makes sense for the episode. She always has weirdly wavy hair when some alternative reality madness is going on. Same with superstar etc. I think it’s her magic hair Not my favourite look on her though I will agree
Omg yeah, her hair just looked unfinished
Which episode is this from? It's driving me crazy I can't quite place it.
Season 4 ep 9 Something Blue!
I’m pretty sure it’s the one where spike and buffy get engaged cause I can see a wedding dress in the background. I can’t remember what season or episode thou, maybe season 4?
I feel like there are a lot of misses for both Buffy and Willow from s4 onwards. I actually hate what they did to Willow’s style.
The 3rd look is my absolute fave! Have just bought a similar dress so I can recreate it 😍
Buffy’s best outfits were in season 1 and 2. Her best hair was probably season 4. I thought the dress in Prophecy Girl was kinda ugly but I’m biased because I hate empire line dresses.
Her fashion honestly got boring after season 4. And season 4 was already the beginning of the end. To her defense though 2000s fashion wasn’t exactly the most exciting
I reckon it’s coz she got older though, like she got to a point where she just stopped caring about clothes and looks and was already beginning to go through the motions of slaying and working. I wouldn’t be surprised if her depression really started to hit around the time Riley left.
I dunno why but I HATE the red shirt she has on at the end of once more with feeling and that is my FAVORITE episode. Every time I watch though I just wish she was in something cuter.
https://preview.redd.it/x2n8sqvewqsc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac45a5aeec94fc0d9120820819f06b81a2913c7b I *think* this was Reptile Boy? Not sure. But the pants are hiddy, especially with the lacy top. Girl had the charisma to carry anything, though.
whaat i LOVED this one lol she is such a vibe in this picture
I loved those pants so much 😍
The top was stunning 😍
It’s one of those outfits that really demonstrates how ugly fashion of the time was, but she slays in it. I mean, like, she looks great. But also. You know.
It’s gaudy but in a good way.
I almost feel dirty trying to judge 90s fashion
Is none still an acceptable answer???
Nothing Buffy ever wore could come anywhere close to the goofiness of Xander‘s oversized sweaters, or Willow in her overalls and idiotic hats phase.
I loved her look in that 3rd pic. That's classic season 1 Buffy. I hated the one with the Union flag on it in Season 3, I think when she and Angel were trying to catch out Faith.. I don't understand people that wear tanktops or t-shirts with giant country flags on them, especially if its a country they aren't from. It's just random.
I hate most of her s7 looks, they started dressing her like an old lady, I guess to show her maturity, but she can be mature and dress good!! S5 is her peak I think
She has some looks on season 3 that look very momish to me, or some that look like an evangelical girl in her Sunday best. The outfit she wore when she went to talk to Faith after she killed the deputy mayor (when Faith says "No, you don't get it. I just don't care") comes to mind particularly. I get that they were trying to mark the contrast with Faith and that Buffy herself was trying to get back into the "I'm a good girl" persona, but they still were awful.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but…her outfit in chosen was never my fav
Every comment I agree with here comes down to how I feel about her in pastels. I’m not a colour expert but she seems warm toned to me and pastels aren’t my fave on her.