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Happy holidays, FF2! We know that this year you’ve already got a lot on your mind, not to mention the task of choosing gifts for your loved ones. Let us make your holiday shopping just that much easier. This December, your BFF needs Mona May’s new book, The Fashion of Clueless!
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This year marked the 30th anniversary of Amy Heckerling’s cult classic Clueless.… read more.
On Thursday August 14, 2025, members of the FF2 team (and some additional friends) had a ball at Manhattan’s Morgan Library and Museum, where there was a screening of Clueless plus a Q&A with its costume designer Mona May. Women of all ages decked out in bright colors and plaids flooded in for the sold-out event, chatting amongst themselves and bonding over their love of Clueless, and especially of its iconic fashion.… read more.
Happy Saturday, FF2 Readers! Today, on the 19th of July (2025), Cult Classic Clueless is celebrating its 30th anniversary!
Clueless is a film which has truly withstood the test of time, due in part to its originality, its one-liners, and, of course, its fashion! A few weeks back, we shined our spotlight on Mona May (the film’s costume director).… read more.
Happy June, FF2 Fans! This month brings with it not only summer, but lots to celebrate. Every June, we mark Pride month, Juneteenth, Father’s Day, and, this year, the 30th anniversary of Clueless! To mark the occasion, Fathom Entertainment has planned special screenings of Clueless at AMC and Regal theatres all across USA on June 29 and 30.… read more.
Happy birthday, Amy Heckerling! Born in the Bronx on May 7, 1954, the acclaimed filmmaker and Jewish American writer is best known for directing hit teen classics such as Clueless (1995) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Though raised both in the Bronx and Queens, Amy attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, where she first discovered a passion for directing which would lead her to enroll at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.… read more.
When we look back at the 1980s and 1990s, it seems like Hollywood was a lot more open to having women direct mainstream comedies. Even more so than now. Many of the women at the time were known in other areas before being entrusted with a position behind the camera, including the likes of Nancy Meyers, who directed The Parent Trap, and Nora Ephron, who directed Sleepless in Seattle.… read more.