Are you able to consider it’s been 25 years since Merciless Intentions got here out? I actually can not! It’s considered one of my all-time favourite motion pictures from the late ’90s. In case you’ve by no means seen the cult-classic movie, it follows two Higher East Aspect step-siblings—a sizzling Ryan Phillippe (Sebastian), and sizzling Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn)—who make a spicy guess with one another: Sebastian (Phillippe) should deflower their headmaster’s daughter (Reese Witherspoon) earlier than the tip of the 12 months. The plot, nonetheless, is absolutely not that necessary to me. Over twenty years later, it’s Kathryn’s extremely stylish wardrobe that has me rewatching it many times. And once more.
Costume designed by Denise Wingate, Kathryn embodies tasteful uptown fashion all through the film—a lot in order that, beneath her shiny facade, you’d by no means suspect she’s really a complete dangerous lady with precise merciless intentions. She slinks about her dad and mom’s Higher East Aspect townhouse in good, tasteful designs by labels reminiscent of Donna Karan, Gucci, and Calvin Klein. One among her finest appears to be like within the movie is worn whereas making her devious wager with Sebastian: She sports activities a smooth black Dolce & Gabbana swimsuit with a customized skin-tight corset beneath it. You understand, informal lounging-around-at-home garments.
CRUEL INTENTIONS, Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1999Picture: Courtesy of Everett Assortment
