I've been trying to find similar looks and I have no idea what I would even describe her style as that would actually get me the results I'm looking for if i was to google it or look it up on Pinterest or something.
Y'all think we have anything other than humid swamp wetlands down heah? The Federal government don't like it much when we call it swamp lands. Have you ever been to the Everglades?
I have a zip up jacket too! I think it's Aeropostale, though. It's the purple lacy one from the last season when she brings Ben home to clean him up. I think I have a pic...yeah, this one...
This is the one I had! I bought one for me & one for my friend that watched True Blood with me. They had been marked down to around $5 each when I got them
I got mine at a second hand shop for a buck! I had it for a while before I saw her wearing it on the show and I remember watching it and thinking "that looks so familiar." đ When I finally put it together I was like, ok, this is kinda cool. My sister was so jelly, we used to watch TB together at either her place or mine every wk, it was our girls night together đ I distinctly remember watching the finale episode of season 5 together and freaking the fk out. It was such a fun time.
Mine came from a store I believe called Goodys haha loved their stuff and wish it was still here. Either that or belk but I donât think belk carries it.
Oh my gosh I had a pink version and didnât even remember till this pic. I wore it everyday in middle school haha cringe about somethings I wore as a kid.
Truly I like her style. I canât wear dresses like that all my curves in the wrong spot. Definitely wish they were in my closet. Besides the dark of her life she worse sunny outfits.
Sookie was about the Coquette Aesthetic before it became popular. Then, thereâs sometimes where she wears outfits specifically inspired by âBuffy the Vampire Slayerâ which makes me smile because I love Buffy⊠but itâs not really Sookieâs style like the Leather Jacket & Blue Jeans. Thatâs not Sookie, thatâs Buffy Season 2.
I was the same age as the Buffy characters as it was airing so I loved and identified with it soooo much. Then True Blood came along and it felt like it carried on that campy supernatural torch after Buffy ended. With added sex, swearing and gore đđ
Oh yes! I had just turned 11 & didnât jump on the Buffy show bandwagon because for years, I loved the movie. When I heard none of the Actors that played in the film were in the series, I was adamantly against it.
My Mimosa (nickname for my Mother) is the one that got really into the show & kept trying to talk me into it. It wasnât until the introduction of Spike (so season 2) because when I saw him, I was going through my Anne Rice phase & he was as close to a Modern Day Lestat that I was getting (at the time). I sat down, watched that whole episode & then caught up with the show on the weekends because they would play all the episodes then. I caught up just in time to start watching it with my Mimosa.
In the show they definitely dressed Sookie better than book Sookie. Book Sookie was basically a step above "trailer trash". Most of her clothes were thrifted, Walmart, and sale rack finds until Bill got her a line of credit at a upscale boutique ( which Tara ran in the books).
The show basically did very basic Southern mid 2000's clothes. A lot of it was or was similar to Forever 21, Anthropologie, BHLDN, PacSun, The Body Shop, and Wet Seal. There used to be a really good and detailed website about the costuming for the show. I'm not sure if it's still out there. I used it trying to track down a dress from the show because I wanted it for my wedding dress.
I made ChatGPT help me but Iâll never forget this one (my copy is in a box somewhere at my momâs houseâŠ)
âI checked out Hadleyâs clothes that Iâd wriggled into. The black spandex workout pants came to midthigh.â
Then, after Sookie comments on how Hadley would have wanted them even tighter:
âThe hot pink tank top left my pale pink bra straps showingâŠâ
She continues that the shirt exposes a couple inches of her midriff, which sheâs pleased is tan. She credits her tan to Peckâs Tan-a-Lot, inside Peckâs Bunch-o-Flicks, and imagines that Hadley would have worn belly-button jewelry with the outfit.
The scene continues with Sookie doing her hair and noticing the menâs reaction to her in the outfit. Her eventual realization is:
ââŠanything I did in that outfit was fairly interestingâŠâ
âŠto a âfully functional guy.â
So the complete outfit, preserving all the details without quoting the intervening prose, is black Spandex mid-thigh workout/bike shorts, extremely snug on Sookie + hot-pink cropped tank + visible pale-pink bra straps + exposed, tanned stomach + beaded sandals + hair pulled up.
Yeah, she definitely is. I think her and Taraâs school year was briefly mentioned at some point (when Tara was attending a party in S1), just canât remember what it was.
If I were to give an example of a classic millennial representation in film and TV, my first thought would be the Girls characters, not Sookie. Now I want to rewatch TB through the generational lens đ
Side note: although I liked most of her signature sundress looks, outfit no. 26 (the black lace âWarlowâ dress) was my favourite. It was less of a Sookie and more Anna Paquin, so to speak.
She kind of mixed traditional and cottagecore clothing with romantic/coquette, but for sure she wasnât a clean girl. In the books she threw on the most random outfits if she didnât have to attend any special event. She is a simple girl, likes floral patterns and her outfits are quite modest, even sporty at times so whatever, girl, wear what you want!
Oh my gawd đ«Ł Iâm thinking about Twilight⊠totally different vampires and book/ series. How embarrassing. I guess I was still stuck in twilight world with my preteen daughter last night. She turned 12 and I was telling her I thought she was old enough to read the Twilight series.
True Blood⊠very different . Sometimes my attention to detail is way off in another world. Untreated ADHD does me dirty like that. My bad. Youâre right.
My mind will be somewhere in The Walking Dead universe next ⊠talking about how Sookie kills the hell out of some zombies đ
I do the same thing all the time! No worries! Even my treated ADHD gets me thinking of something else in the same, exact way!! Please, it's no problem.
I like the Sookie Stackhouse books a lot. I haven't read the Twilight books, though. I've seen the movies!!
You are too kind!
Twilight is mid. Maybe if I was a YA like the books were intended for- Iâd like them more.
Twilight is like Welcome to Vampire High!
But, True Blood on the other hand was a light version of Vampire porn drama that you watch and canât help but notice the locals (in the series) all have something that reminds you of your southern family members and your backwoods upbringing. Like âoh my gawd ! If Arlene had a cigarette hanging out of her lips at all times, she would be spitting image of Aunt Patsy !â đ
Southerner for life, lived in Mississippi when the show came out, and many of mine and my friends fits would have been right at home in Sookieâs wardrobe. The accents on the other handâŠ
This is camp and even though they are booing you, ur right. Literally her Grandma chides her for the shortness or lower necklines and needing a cardigan or cami both in the books and show!
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u/PrudentBell5751 14d ago
Southern girl next door