
Both fashion and the Web love a good reference, though one's much more partial to cartoons and toys than "Bruno Mathsson and his summer homes Sodrakull and Frosakull." Below, we highlight seven of the cleverest and most spot-on comparisons.
1. Imani Izzi from Coming to America
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Next step: For Bey herself to annoint VBC her actual muse. Riccardo Tisci will do too.
2. All the characters in Mario Party
7 EPIC photos that prove Rihanna gets all her fashion inspo from "Mario Party" http://t.co/M3hOn1P15z pic.twitter.com/voVYK6jZawMay 6, 2015
Okay, I really wish I'd thought of this. (See further evidence here (opens in new tab).)
3. Spongebob and Patrick
"@Nemaly_: evolution; sponge bob and patrick star 😛😛@rihanna pic.twitter.com/htrMwpPySY" a Zanny Zid & SpongeBob in dresses!! Silly but cool!May 5, 2015
Tacked to Rihanna's moodboard: a pineapple under the sea, the secret recipe for Krabby Patties, because she would be the one to have it.
4. Syndrome from The Incredibles
#MetGala #SarahJessicaParker looks like #Syndrome from The Incredibles pic.twitter.com/Ac2W7BV70SMay 4, 2015
Edna Mode would *not* approve of that cape.
5. Felicity the American Girl Doll
This #Oscar meme wins. pic.twitter.com/NYLqABkfVeFebruary 23, 2015
She was the colonial one, remember?
6. Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein got a lot of girls back in the day, and furry Simon Rocha-like slippers was apparently how he did it.
Never gets old.
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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.
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