Can Riverdale‘s Cast Live Up to Gossip Girl‘s Fashion Legacy?
There’s nothing that fashion loves more than a gorgeous young starlet on a hit television series. The most shining example: Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, who in the course of their tenure on the show served as the ambassadors of a range of products, from Gucci perfumes to Vera Wang fragrance and Missoni ready-to-wear, as well as sat front row at countless fashion shows and made friends with the likes of Michael Kors and Karl Lagerfeld. Now that the show has been off the air for five years, fashion is overdue for its latest teen drama It-girls. Enter Riverdale, the dark adaptation on the classic “Archie” comic books that has become a quick mass hit among the teen set. Like Gossip Girl, the show is led by a blonde and a brunette, Lili Reinhart and Camila Mendes, who may very well ascend the sartorial ladder very soon, alongside their resident redhead, Madeleine Petsch. While the trio may not yet be clad in head-to-toe Chanel, or receiving invites to attend the Met Gala in the arms of buzzy designers, if this week’s hotly anticipated season two premiere—and subsequent impressive ratings—are any indication, expect to see them on many red carpets in the coming months. Here, a look back at the cast of Riverdale‘s already impressive off-screen style.
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Lili Reinhart attends Build Series to discuss the new teen drama series “Riverdale” at Build Studio on January 26, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)
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Madelaine Petsch arrives for the 14th Annual Brass Ring Awards Dinner 2017 SESAC Latina Music Awards at Beverly Hills Hotel on June 7, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)
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Camila Mendes attends Entertainment Weekly’s Annual Comic-Con Party 2016 at Float at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 23, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic)
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Lili Reinhart attends ELLE’s Annual Women In Television Celebration 2017 at Chateau Marmont on January 14, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for ELLE)
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Madelaine Petsch arrives to the House of CB Flagship Store Launch on June 14, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images)
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Camila Mendes attends the ELLE’s Annual Women In Television Celebration 2017 – Red Carpet at Chateau Marmont on January 14, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for ELLE)
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Lili Reinhart attends Entertainment Weekly’s Comic-Con Bash held at Float, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 23, 2016 in San Diego, California sponsored by HBO. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)
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Madelaine Petsch attends the Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion Los Angeles fashion show at Willow Studios on August 4, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
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Camila Mendes arrives at the 2017 PaleyLive LA Spring Season “Riverdale” Screening And Conversation at The Paley Center for Media on April 27, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
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Lili Reinhart attends Marie Claire’s Fresh Faces event at Doheny Room on April 21, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
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Camila Mendes attends the Entertainment Weekly and PEOPLE Upfronts party presented by Netflix and Terra Chips at Second Floor on May 15, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly and PEOPLE )
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Madelaine Petsch attends the 14th Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Gala at TAO Hollywood on February 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images for Fashion Media)
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Lili Reinhart attends the Teen Choice Awards 2017 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Camila Mendes attends the Vulture Festival at The Standard High Line on May 20, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Vulture Festival)
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Madelaine Petsch attends the 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Lili Reinhart attends the Vulture Festival at The Standard High Line on May 20, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Vulture Festival)
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Camila Mendes attends the Teen Choice Awards 2017 at Galen Center on August 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
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Madelaine Petsch attends the 27th Annual EMA Awards at Barker Hangar on September 23, 2017 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
