They're always too dressed up
I never got that. Everyone dressed up like they have a date or are hitting the club's. You hang out at home or in a coffee shop! The 90s were about dressing down, not up.
shareYeah you're kind of right. Maybe not so much the guys, but the three girls were always in super-gorgeous outfits, especially Phoebe and more so toward the final seasons. She looked like every day was a date night!
The 90s did have those kind of outfits though - dressing down was for the grunge folk, but I remember wearing pretty maxi skirts, nice tops and cute jewelry. Not as dressed up as Phoebe though.
As the cast got older, I think they started dressing the characters much better. If you watch the first season, everything about the show is super casual.
shareTrue, that's a good point actually - it wouldn't be out of place for them to dress better as they got older and got better salaries. We saw them get better jobs and promotions, so that makes sense.
At the same time, some of those outfits did seem a bit overkill and 'special occasion."
The funny thing is, Phoebe was the show's token grungy character, or at least its nearest counter-culture proxy, a hippy. So why, out of all of them, would she be the one to dress-up? That should have been Rachel, the show's high-maintenance girly-girl.
shareGood point - yeah, Phoebe was the ex homeless mugger and a musician, lol! If anything she should be the one looking grungy and alternative. Instead she wore extremely pretty, elaborate dresses, matching statement jewelry and elaborately coiffed hair...She looked like she was a guest at a wedding every single day.
I love the show but they definitely made an odd choice there.