Rom-coms aren’t just here for love, they’re also here to serve looks!
Here are the genre’s most notable getups that slayed the silver screen.
Meet-cutes, earworm-filled soundtracks, charming leads…
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’.Everett Collection
Myriad elements constitute the perfect rom-com, but nothing scratches the brain quite like a gasp-inducing fashion moment.
Read below for EW’s picks for the best rom-com dresses.
The rest is still unwritten.
Sydney Sweeney in ‘Anyone but You’.Brook Rushton/Sony Pictures
27 Dresses(2008)
The most memorable of the 27?
ThisGone With the Wind(1938)nightmare.
Da Vinci (Patrick Godfrey) was her fairy godmother er, father!
Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
A Cinderella Story(2004)
Another Cinderella story, another perfect entrance.
Clueless(1995)
Cher (Alicia Silverstone):“It’s a dress!”
Mel Horowitz (Dan Hedaya):“Says who?”
Katherine Heigl in ‘27 Dresses’.Everett Collection
Cher:“Calvin Klein!”
Thank goodness that, unlike her Alaia, this white dress doesn’t end up against the street.
Pretty Woman(1990)
Just missing a diamond necklace worth more than most annual incomes.
Queen Latifah in ‘The Last Holiday’.Stephen Vaughan/Paramount
Probably for the best.
Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is iconic.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S.
Constance Wu in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan (Regina Hall):“Then maybe you’ll catch something in it.”
Amanda Bynes in ‘What a Girl Wants’.Everett Collection
Rachael Leigh Cook in ‘She’s All That’.Miramax
Kelly Macdonald in ‘The Decoy Bride’.Everett Collection
Drew Barrymore in ‘Ever After’.20th Century-Fox/Photofest
Hilary Duff in ‘A Cinderella Story’.Everett Collection
Molly Ringwald in ‘Sixteen Candles’.Universal Pictures
Amy Adams in ‘Enchanted’.Everett Collection
Justin Walker and Alicia Silverstone in ‘Clueless’.Everett Collection
Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’.Everett Collection
Reese Witherspoon in ‘Legally Blonde’.MGM/ Everett
Maya Rudolph in ‘Bridesmaids’.Universal Pictures
Drew Barrymore in ‘Never Been Kissed’.Everett Collection
Laria Oleynik in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’.Everett Collection
Jennifer Garner in ‘13 Going on 30’.Everett Collection
Lana Candor in ‘To All the Boys I Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You’.Netflix
Jada Pinkett Smith in ‘Girls Trip’.Universal Pictures
