Ahead of the film’s 25th anniversary, Selma Blair is reflecting on some of the memorable red carpet looks she wore during the press run for Legally Blonde.
“I remember styling myself only, like, it never occurred to me to have a stylist,” Blair, 53, exclusively told Us Weekly. “I do remember that about that time, I just liked something, and I’d go to the store and I’d buy it, or go to the store and be like, ‘Hi, can you dress me?’ It was just a different time. I thought it was wild when people put makeup on for [a] premiere or style it.”
Blair continued, “That’s a young girl’s idea, though, because you realize five years later, I need makeup. I did makeup for that premiere and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, such a big deal.’”
Blair donned a red and navy striped halter dress to the Los Angeles premiere of the iconic Reese Witherspoon-led film in June 2001. She wore a black Ralph Lauren dress to the premiere in Southampton, New York, the following month.
Blair noted how much things have changed since those days, especially when it comes to fashion.
“Everyone has a stylist. Crazy. You don’t even get to keep the clothes,” Blair said. “Well, like a gown, that’s why you get a stylist or else I’d be able to afford to go into a store and buy the gown.”
Blair told Us that she has held on to some things from the Legally Blonde set.
“I hung on a long time to my wardrobe from Legally Blonde and Sweetest Thing,” Blair admitted. “I didn’t keep any from Cruel Intentions. But you know what I did, so stupidly, I gave it to people who were fans, or gave it to kids or teenagers that were, like, going through something that I met through years. So yeah, I don’t have any of it. I have one beret that’s like, beaded, but it’s fine. I have moths every once in a while in my closet, so it’s just as well.”
A current wardrobe staple for Blair is a bed jacket. She recently partnered with Kansas-city based lifestyle brand MERSEA to create the limited-edition pajama capsule collection, Sea La Vie, that “celebrates sleepwear as a modern self-care ritual.”
“I met this wonderful woman-owned business years ago, when I was really not doing great with MS,” said Blair, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018. “I was in bed a lot, and I got this beautiful care package, and it made such an impression on me, and I obviously enjoyed it so much.”
“Bed is something that I’m in a lot,” Blair said. “So now I have more pajamas than the average bear, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. But I could also throw on my bed jacket and go out and look really, really chic.”
In the collection, which dropped Tuesday, April 14, Blair designed The Molly Bedcoat, with the help of the MERSEA team, which in part, pays tribute to her mother.
“[My mom] was pregnant four times and the bed jackets were very popular in the late ‘50s or ‘60s, so I inherited these bed jackets when I was little from all her pregnancies,” Blair said. “I loved them as a kid. And I remember when I first moved to New York, and I didn’t have any clothes, I was going out to a nice dinner, and I just packed one bag for this whole move to New York. One thing was the bed jacket that my mom had packed in the bag. So I wore it out to this kind of fancy night out just bare underneath, and a cool pair of pants and high heels. I never forgot it.”
For their bed jackets, Blair and MERSEA created two colorways, “Starry Navy” and “Ballet Pink.” Other items in the collection include: the Selma Jumper, the Runaround Button Down Top and matching Playground Pants, the Drive Thru Shirt and coordinating Chill Out Shorts, as well as the Boyfriend Button Up Shirt and matching Beddy-Bye Shorts.
There are also accessories and more matching sets available, with 10 percent of the profits benefitting the American Brain Foundation, where Blair is now a Global Ambassador and National Chair for Brain Health.
