Drew Barrymore is the quintessential child star: Granddaughter to John Barrymore, at 11 months she had her first acting gig and stole the show in 1982's cult movie, E.T. At 13 years old she was a regular at Studio 54 and by 1990 she had an autobiography under her high-waisted belt. With her cherubic curls and bashful coquettishness that was so wonderfully exhibited in 2001's Riding In Cars With Boys, our long, deep, burning desire to be her best friend was lit. With her artillery of dungarees, crucifix necklaces, knotted grungy plaid shirts and battered leather jackets, Drew Barrymore was a paradigm for '90s grunge style.
Her greebo style and beguiling looks meant she was taken in by the fashion crowd; she became the face of Guess in 1993 and bagged the now much-Tumblr'd 1995 Miu Miu campaign (it is freaking epic.) Remember when she said "cellar door" in Donnie Darko? Recall her fluffy cardigan in Never Been Kissed? Us too, us too.
1991. Thelma and Louise sunglasses, Levi's and a tatty old blazer. We will never, in our short, meaningless lives, look this cool.
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Pictured here in 1997, in a ditzy floral dress in acid green and punk patent platform sandals, Drew is the image of the alt-girl next door.
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Yes, the denim with XL white stitching is covetable, and the glasses Bono-worthy, but the Mickey Mouse rucksack takes the biscuit.
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Scruffy as anything in a crumpled white tee, huge hoop earrings and emerald denim. Not sure why but the key chain makes us love her even more.
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This is Barrymore 101: leather jacket, vintage denim, crucifix choker.
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The rose and polka dot print shirt and bandana in hair = perfection.
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1995. The babydoll dress era was quite something. Note how Drew throws the whole thing off with some blackberry lipstick.
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A woolly cropped cardigan and her signature boyfriend denim.
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Drew does red carpet in a sparkly slip and oversized daisy hair clips.
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Sorta Gwen, kinda Britney, but definitely Drew.
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The blazer and denim shorts are gloriously simple, then your eyes meet the shoes. Chloe Sevigny, who?
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