It's 90s Nickelodeon week! Kimberley's already shared her awesome Clarissa Explains It All look (with all the layers and double denim that entails) and now it's my turn. I decided to add another Chuckie to my Unlikely Style Icon repertoire (you can see my Chucky from Child's Play look here), this time I went for the fabulous Chuckie Finster from Rugrats. They do both have a similar look, going for bright colours and sporting some fabulous ginger hair - that's definitely a style I can get on board with!
I didn't actually have Nickelodeon growing up (we were a 4 channel household, well until 1997 when they introduced channel 5) but I do remember watching Rugrats. I'm not sure which channel it was on but I remember really enjoying it. Of course, Chuckie was my favourite character and it wasn't just because of his sweet style - I also related to his tendency to worry about things and be a complete scaredy cat. Both are traits I possessed as a child and still kinda do: I'm constantly running through worst case scenarios in my head and am always sprinting back to my flat to make sure I locked the door, even though the door locks when it closes! I'm sure I worried about different things when I was a kid but you get the idea.
For my Chuckie look I went for a whole paint box of colours, and even tried some shades I don't normally wear. Hello blue and jade! The jeggings are one of the first things I've bought from M&S that isn't underwear. I never think to visit the ladies department but I've been seeing people share a lot of great items online so I decided to give it a shot. I was pleasantly surprised - they have a lot of great stuff in there, in a whole array of rainbow colours! I will definitely be going back.
For the rest of the outfit I mostly stuck to my usual colours with lots of splashes of orangey red. I opted for these red boots, rather than Chuckie's un-tied sneakers look, (they're more fashun after all) and added this awesome space necklace instead of the planet motif on the jumper (though I was tempted to DIY it in glitter fabric). I bought this necklace as a gift for my sister years ago (see her weaing it in her guest post). Sugar & Vice have changed the look of the design since then and while I love the new version, I'm glad I managed to bag the original - not least because it looks ace on top of this jumper/shirt combo. I added my new Play Purse bag, mostly because I just wanted to wear it. It's super small and completely impractical but I do love it so! It's not exactly a Chuckie accessory but it totally reminds me of the time when I was watching Rugrats. These beaded purses may have originated earlier but they definitely had a come back in the 90s. The final finishing touches were these thick vintage glasses and a few drawn on freckles. Overall, I think it's a pretty good look for me.
Putting this look and post together has been a lovely trip down memory lane. I spent a rather enjoyable evening watching early Rugrats episodes and it was way more fun than I thought it would be. I was really surprised by how much I remembered from the episodes and the theme song just transported me right back to the days when I would get up early at the weekends so I could watch cartoons. Those were the days!
Jumper | H&M
Shirt | H&M
Jeans | M&S
Boots | Topshop
Necklace | Sugar & Vice
Bag | Play Purse
Glasses | Vintage
So there you have it, another Chuckie look in the bag. Are there anymore Chuckie/Chuckys out there that I should add to my Unlikely Style Icon list?
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