Anne T. Donahue

What started as an awards-season trend continued all through Fashion Month. And so did my concern.

Sure, I still love jeans and dresses, but I also love feeling comfortable in a way those pieces won't let me.

The MTV hit taught me many things about friendship, relationships and following my dreams — as well as some vital lessons about style that have stayed with me for over a decade.

Nostalgia can act as a safety blanket — something to burrow into when reality becomes especially cruel.

It's the one New Year's resolution I always make, and immediately fail at. That ends now.

Tradition and "appropriate" footwear be damned — I wear what I want.

We weren't as clueless about clothes as we thought; maybe the rest of our tween selves weren't so bad, either.

Gradually, the sorceresses on our big and small screens have taken back the costume department.

"Everything with Midge starts with an accessory."

Each 2000s-created character — Pam Beesly, Liz Lemon, Leslie Knope — abandoned her aesthetic personality. It took until the following decade to right that wrong.

The costume department of "10 Things I Hate About You" is only a fraction of history.

I am a square who likes fabric and comfort and the illusion that I am far more together than I actually am.

The contempt surrounding the "pumpkin spice" aesthetic is coming to an end, and that's a good thing.

As the iconic film turns 20, we revisit our heroine's evolution from corseted fiancée to 20th-century broad.

We're using fashion's cyclical nature to justify our youthful choices — as if we had a real say in them then.