"Fans noticed that Eleven's training outfit - a gray cropped sweatshirt and matching sweatpants layered under teeny shorts - looked remarkably like Josh Brolin's character's in The Goonies, leading many to suspect this was the inspiration. And they're right. "I loved referencing real fashion trends," says Parris, who took over the ST costume department by the third season. "It was a blip of a trend, [but] shorts-over-sweats was a thing. That happened.""
"Though the Duffer Brothers, the show's creators, were into the concept, Brown was on the fence. "She was a little wary of it at first," Parris says. But the outfit was backed by both the narrative and practical logic. It was very different from Eleven's former ensembles, which, if you'll recall, were all styled by Max (Sadie Sink). But, as Parris reminds viewers: "Eleven is not with Max to dress her anymore.""
Stranger Things wardrobes serve as a rich source of Easter eggs and character signals. Fans have identified tiny style details and speculated about future character fates based on costumes. Eleven's training outfit is a gray cropped sweatshirt with matching sweatpants layered under teeny shorts, mirroring a shorts-over-sweats moment and resembling a look from The Goonies. The Duffer Brothers supported the styling choice while Millie Bobby Brown initially hesitated. The outfit reflects narrative change—Eleven is no longer dressed by Max—and addresses practical needs for training comfort and seasonal filming in Atlanta. Costume leadership changed starting in season three.
Read at Bustle
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]