Photo 1- Awesome Blossom! We Chat '90s Fashion With Blossom's Costume Designer

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Oct 14, 2011 12:20 PM

Awesome Blossom! We Chat '90s Fashion With Blossom's Costume Designer

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When you began working on Blossom, did you have any idea how influential the costumes would become?
"No idea whatsoever! It was my first job as a costume designer and I had no prior experience of the reach of TV and how quickly teens flock after things. At the time, the look for younger girls was so boring. I first became aware of it when I ran into a Mom in a department store who was trying to find her daughter a ‘Blossom’ outfit for her birthday. She wanted to know what a ‘Blossom outfit’ was! I think at that point the show had only aired two or three times. Right after that, during the second season, we became aware that girls across the country had spontaneously formed their own ‘Blossom Fashion Fan Clubs’! Girls who lived in or were visiting L.A. would come to watch the taping of the shows and would sit in a large group all wearing their own versions of a Blossom outfit. Others would call or fax each other after the show aired to co-ordinate Blossom-inspired outfits for school the following day."

Photo: Courtesy of Sherry Thompson

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