Sarah Michelle Gellar Has Strong Opinions on Which '90s Trends Should Stay in the Past
Sarah Michelle Gellar's biggest hits came out in the '90s. She was that girl inBuffy the Vampire Slayer, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, and Cruel Intentions. But even though she was one of the era's biggest stars, Gellar recently admitted that she is not a fan of the "Mom, what were you like in the '90s?" trend that took over TikTok and Instagram in recent months.
While chatting with Glamour about her Olay Regenerist endorsement, Gellar got on the topic of '90s trends, sharing that there are some she really didn't enjoy while admitting to one that she never let go of. All the while, the latest addition to the Ready or Not 2 cast defended the era, saying, "By the way, the '90s were cool AF."
Indeed, the '90s were quite a time to be alive, but the decade had its disappointments too. For example, Gellar pointed out the thin eyebrow trend that had ladies plucking or waxing their eyebrows down to nearly nothing. The other downside is that, for many, those lush brows never fully grew back.
"I don't want overtweezed eyebrows back," Gellar confessed. "We all look better with an eyebrow."
Another trend she is not on board with, despite it unfortunately making a rebound recently, is choker necklaces. She quipped, "And I don't get the choker thing. It just cuts your neck off. It looks like you're a weird bobblehead. I am not a choker girl. Those are my two."
When it comes to '90s style trends that Gellar never gave up, she shared, " Thank God for Love Story bringing back slip dresses. I never stopped wearing them."
To that, we'd have to ask, did slip dresses ever go out of style? There's no question that they were huge in the '90s, but they never really left. Now, the simple, body-skimming style is rebounding in popularity, proving to be a classic minimalist piece that can be styled several different ways.
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This story was originally published May 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM.