Celebrity friend Jennifer Aniston kept one item from Rachel’s wardrobe (and still wears it 19 years later)

Summary

• Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel on Friends, still wears the red sneakers she got on the set of the show 19 years ago.
• Aniston thanks Friends for teaching me everything and talks about his love for Joan and David square-toe loafers.
• Friends fashion, including Rachel’s iconic looks and hairstyles, continues to inspire and influence popular culture today, especially among the younger generation.

Former Friends beauty Jennifer Aniston has shared the only item she kept from Rachel’s wardrobe that she still wears today. Aniston played Rachel Green on the hit sitcom for ten years. As one of the six main characters, Rachel was so well-known as a style icon of the 90s that she was dedicated to the haircut of the same name. With hundreds of Pinterest boards dedicated to Rachel’s A-line skirts and turtlenecks, Aniston probably had a mountain of ’90s staples to choose from when she wrapped filming Friends in 2004.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Aniston appropriated Rachel’s red sneakers 19 years ago and still wears them. This came to light when she opened up about the impact Friends had had on her career and introduced herself to the world of business, saying, “It taught us everything.” In a 2019 interview with Bustle, she described the shoe by saying, “I also have a gorgeous pair of Joan and David square-toed loafers that I took out of the closet.”

‘Friends’ lasting influence on fashion explained

Even though the high-end fashion brand filed for bankruptcy in 2000, Joan and David combined comfort and style in the 90s with shoes that were perfect for Rachel’s casual-formal look. However, Aniston couldn’t resist diving even deeper into Friends’ costume design. To this day, she still wears one of Monica’s dresses, originally worn by Courteney Cox. She’s not the only Friends star looking for collectibles: other cast members have revealed which items they stole from the Friends set. Lisa Kudrow, for example, admitted to taking a pair of Phoebe’s rings.

Friends fashion remains a staple of popular culture even decades after the series ended. Rachel’s layered full length haircut in seasons one and two gained so much traction on social media that it was dubbed “Rachel’s haircut” and led to hair trends like the “butterfly” haircut on TikTok. The mint green slit dress that Rachel wears in the Season 3 episode “The One Where Nobody’s Ready” continues to be discussed in analyzes of ’90s fashion.

When Friends experienced a resurgence in popularity among the younger generation during the first COVID lockdown, one might wonder why the sitcom is still so loved today. While there’s no denying the comfort of watching the lives of a group of friends, Generation Z will likely also enjoy the show’s catalog of ’90s classics — the styles they’re incorporating into their own fashion today.

Source: Wall Street Journal, Bustle.