Gilmore Girls: Lorelai’s 10 Best Outfits

The show Gilmore Girls premiered 20 years ago, and audiences have loved it ever since. The series covered the lives of Lorelai and Rory, a young mother and daughter living in the small town of Stars Hollow. The show is memorable for its many eclectic characters, especially Kirk, and the love lives of mother and daughter.

Both Rory and her mother navigated complicated love lives, especially the latter concerning her relationship with Luke. However, beyond all that, Lorelai was also a fashion icon in her own right. She had several outfits that audiences would love to add to their own closets.

10 Classy From Head To Toe

In preparation for the dance competition in Season 3, Lorelai went all-out to perfectly match her classy outfit. Her modest dress, her heels, and her subtle jewelry all complemented each other perfectly.

The heels may not have been the most comfortable considering Lorelai was dancing and running for hours, but she sacrificed comfort for style in this instance. Lorelai makes classic looks work in the modern-day, and clearly, she enjoys dressing up for special occasions.

9 Ready To Take On The World

White blouse, black blazer. It seems like the average professional outfit, and it is, but it’s still a closet staple. Lorelai’s outfit fits her perfectly—perhaps she had it tailored? Either way, she wears it well and looks every bit the professional that she is. As the manager of the Independence Inn, and later an Inn owner herself, Lorelai knows her way around the business and was ready to take on the world, even if she was initially worried about her potential as a business owner.

This outfit exudes Lorelai’s confidence and shows everyone she meets that she is ready to tackle anything and everything.

8 Fun With Silk And Headbands

Lorelai’s outfit is a throwback that would be worth bringing back. The silky dark pink shirt, with a large headband of a different color, might seem like a fashion clash but it actually goes well together.

Lorelai turns her professional look into a fun, tutti frutti type of outfit with the addition of the headband. The headband itself amplifies the professional look without overdoing it, and presents all kinds of possible opportunities to change colors and styles, allowing Lorelai to mix and match headbands with her silky shirts if she wishes.

7 The Puffy Blue Jacket

Lorelai’s blue puffy jacket is a familiar item out of Lorelai’s closet to audiences. She wore this coat often in the series. It’s something audiences no doubt want to steal, given its obvious comfort and warmth factors. It’s also the perfect shade of blue, giving off a wintry vibe and matching the oncoming snowy and holiday season.

Everyone knows how much Lorelai loves snow, and this blue jacket is the perfect necessity for any winter outfit!

6 Casual Professional

Sometimes a fashion mishap turns into a fashion win. Lorelai was on her way to Chilton to attend a parent-teacher conference, and spilled coffee on her shirt, forcing her to change into the only other shirt she had in her car, a B52’s muscle tee.

Lorelai’s combo of the band shirt with the professional blazer isn’t a bad idea; in fact, it’s a fun way to dress up a casual outfit. Perhaps this fashion look will inspire audiences to keep an extra band shirt in their cars should they spill coffee on themselves too.

5 Wedding Ready

Lorelai knows how to dress for a wedding! Lorelai is working this wedding instead of attending as a guest, but she still dresses above and beyond for the occasion. The dress complements Lorelai with its hue of purple as well as its sophisticated cut.

Lorelai kept her accessories minimal, given the dress provided its own “necklace” of sorts around her neck, complete with a metal hoop that accentuates the dress nicely. Lorelai looks professional and beautiful, which is pretty much the best of both worlds when it comes to fashion.

4 Spring Florals

Lorelai’s blue V-neck shirt is detailed with a red tie around the waist and colorful leaves decorating the garment. Lorelai pairs the colorful floral shirt with jeans.

It’s a fun way to dress up the general “jean and tee” look, and it’s perfect for spring, or even summer. Either way, it’s a neat way to dress up an otherwise casual look, and it’s definitely appropriate for gatherings.

3 Modern Chic

Unfortunately, the episode in which Lorelai donned this outfit wasn’t a happy occasion with her and Luke broken up, but audiences can still appreciate her fashion choice. Particularly, her brown dress, which she paired with long necklaces, kitten heels, sunglasses and a matching purse.

The look carries a modern chic vibe to it that makes it perfect for outings out in the city, a brunch or anything of the like. Plus, the look is classic, resembling a classy ’60s look with a modern touch to it.

2 Ravishing In Red

The dress Lorelai chose for Rory’s graduation is beautiful. Its pattern isn’t over the top, and its bright red color and cut complements Lorelai. It’s perfect for Rory’s graduation day, and it allowed Lorelai to stand out from the rest of the crowd as Rory made her moving speech at her Chilton graduation.

Her red dress proved to be the perfect outfit for the occasion, even if Lorelai did get blubbery at one point.

1 The Purple Outfit

Purple was definitely one of Lorelai’s colors. Even though she woke up late with Rory, she still managed to dress to impress in Season 1’s “The Deer Hunters.” She wore a purple button-down with a matching undershirt and a darker purple leather skirt with matching shoes.

She even added a matching choker necklace. It just goes to show that even in a rush, Lorelai dressed her best and still managed to color coordinate. Good thing too, because it made her look that much more intimidating when she was standing up to the headmaster of Chilton, which impressed her future beau, Max.

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