Any fan of The OC was obsessed with Marissa Cooper and her designer wardrobe. The teen dream had Chanel EVERYTHING, and while it’s dated, well, terribly – there’s no denying all our 15-year-old minds dreamed of toting a designer baguette bag down our high school hallways.
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In fact, Marissa Cooper having the very latest in designer shit was a huge part of the show’s vibe – Cali rich kids with far too much cash and time on their hands. So when Mischa Barton sat down on the Kyle & Jackie O Show this week to say that, actually, a lot of the stuff we coveted of Marissa’s was fucking FAKE-ASS BULLSHIT… well, she just smashed the teen fantasy, didn’t she.
The radio hosts questions Mischa about the rumours around the fake bags, to which Mischa responded:
‘I don’t know who started that rumour but Chanel were throwing stuff at us by the second season. We had carte blanche with whatever we wanted with them.’
Before admitting that “the first season [may have been] more fake.”
TBF, this controversial fact has been revealed before, albeit from a lesser known member of The OC team. Season One costume designer Alexandra Welker told Page Six last year about the fake bags.
‘In the pilot, I remember we did a fashion fundraiser – I called every designer out there to explain what we were doing and they all turned me down. Those Chanel bags that [Marissa] carried, those weren’t something I could have on my budget. But I found this amazing store in Downtown LA that sold the best-looking fakes I had ever seen so we used some really, really good knockoffs!’
The weird part of this is that the costume designer had to BUY shit for the characters to wear – I always just assumed big budget show = free loans from whoever you want. But I guess Chanel is Chanel, baby – even if Paris Hilton’s repping your shit in ungodly, unchic ways, you’re still top of the fashion houses.
Brb, consoling teen Mel who has just realised she could have bought a shitty fake bag and waltzed it down her high school corridors, and been exactly as cool as Marissa Cooper.
