Molly Ringwald sobbed over her ‘Pretty in Pink’ prom dress: I ‘really hated’ it
nypost.compretty much call Molly Ringwald late filmmaker John Hughes’ muse.The teen comedy queen, now 56, starred in a mélange of Hughes’ films of the 1980s, including “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Pretty in Pink.”While the fashions of the decade were wild with big hair and neon colors, Ringwald, however, wasn’t too fond of the famous prom dress she had to don for “Pretty in Pink.” Hughes — who died in 2009 at age 59 — penned the script for the 1986 coming-of-age flick.In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the “Riverdale” alum looked back on her famous ensembles for the outlet’s “Fashion Flashback” series.
Despite her character Andie Walsh’s “iconic” frock, the actress admitted that she actually “really hated it at the time.”“It was not really what I had envisioned,” she said. “I cried.
I burst into tears.”As viewers remember, Andie’s dress — which was designed by Marilyn Vance — was full of pink satin, puffy sleeves, lace and an array of polka dots.The “Feud: Capote vs.
The Swans” star joked: “No one can really look good in this dress. This is not a very flattering dress.”In “Pretty in Pink,” middle-class student Andie is a budding designer who creates her own clothes.
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