Style File № 60

How to dress like Dionne Davenport from Clueless

Matching leopard sets, a Kokin hat, vinyl and neon, short skirts and a 1950s handbag.

Matching Leopard SetStructured HatVinyl SkirtNeon CropFifties Handbag

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№ 60 Clueless The louder half of the best-dressed pair in film. DionneDavenport A hat for every outfit. 1995, Beverly Hills 8 pieces Matching Leopard Set · Structured Hat · Vinyl Skirt

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The Wardrobe, Decoded

The louder half of the best-dressed pair in film.

Mona May dressed Clueless and drew a clear line between the two friends: "She was more risqué, so we did shorter skirts. She had the leopard, the neon, the vinyl, and the '50s purses." The hats came from a specific source — "I met this designer named Kokin through a friend. He's a milliner from New York City, and I loved his hats, because I myself wear a lot of hats."

Why we can't let it go

Dionne Davenport is the half of Clueless that people forget and shouldn't. Cher gets the yellow plaid; Dionne gets everything else — leopard, vinyl, neon, and a hat in nearly every scene.

May's split is precise: Cher is preppy and coordinated, Dionne is louder, shorter and more textured. Two best friends dressed as two different arguments about how to be fifteen.

And the hats are the thing. A milliner May found through a friend, used relentlessly, on a teenage character in 1995. It's the boldest styling decision in a film full of them.

01

School

Bel-Air High, at full volume

Matched sets, short hems and a hat in nearly every scene.

01 Matching Leopard Set Top and bottom in the same print. Half-matching reads as an accident. Budget Splurge
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02 Structured Hat Bucket, boater or floppy. The single most Dionne accessory available. Budget Splurge
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03 Vinyl Mini Skirt Shiny, short, high waist. Nineties texture is what dates it correctly. Budget Splurge
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04 Neon Crop Top Fitted, bright, worn under a blazer or alone. Budget Splurge
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Out

The Valley, unfortunately

The same volume in evening form, plus a fifties bag.

01 Fitted Blazer Cropped, structured, in a bold check or bright solid. Budget Splurge
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02 Fifties Handbag Small, rigid, top-handle, vintage in shape. Budget Splurge
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03 Knee-High Boot Patent or vinyl, block heel. Budget Splurge
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04 Large Hoop Earrings Gold, oversized, worn with the hat. Budget Splurge
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How to actually wear the Dionne look

Wear a hat. Genuinely — it's the single most Dionne thing available, and a structured bucket, boater or floppy hat changes an outfit more than any other accessory. Match the set. Top and bottom in the same print or colour, cropped and short. Half-matching reads as an accident rather than a decision. Leopard is a base, not an accent. So is neon. May used both at full volume and toning them down loses the character. And add one shiny texture — vinyl, patent, satin. Nineties texture is what dates it correctly, more than the shapes do.

Written and edited by · Updated 16 August 2026

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