Last, but certainly not least is Meg Ryan's outfit in the final moments of "Sleepless in Seattle." While only the final scenes of the 1993 film take place in New York City – the rest of the film plot id spilt between Baltimore and Seattle – the clothing, of course, remains breathtaking.
Ryan's character Annie Reed rushes to meet Sam Baldwin at the top of the Empire State Building – just like in "An Affair to Remember" – before it's too late. And, of course, she does it with a sense of style, wearing a simple gray raincoat with a floral scarf over it, her hair tied back in an elegant braid.
This, of course, was intentional.
"[Director Nora Ephron] wanted Meg to be a timeless, classic figure. The idea was, she's a girl who's pure of heart. We didn't want her to show up in a black miniskirt and low-cut tight sweater," "Sleepless in Seattle" costume designer Judy Ruskin told the LA Times following the film's release. Instead of opting for complex outfits, the team instead chose to go for simple clothing with more over-the-top hairdos, or as the LA Times put it, a "succession of gravity-defying ponytails and twists similar to those worn by brides."
And it's not just the hairdos that are complex, but the characters as well – which, of course, is why these films stand the test of time in the first place.
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