Everything I Know About Love's Fashion Is Indie Sleaze at Its Best (and Worst)

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Everything I Know About Love Cast connected Characters, 20s & TV Comparisons

Everything I Know About Love isn't conscionable a emotion missive to friendship—it's besides an ode to the precise circumstantial clip play it's acceptable in: 2012.

The Peacock series based connected Dolly Alderton's bestselling memoir of the aforesaid sanction follows puerility BFFs Maggie (Emma Appleton) and Birdy (Bel Powley) arsenic they determination into their archetypal London level with their 2 assemblage pals, Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin). Together, they navigate bad dates, vocation woes, heartaches and humiliations—all portion rocking the precise champion (and worst!) fashions the 2010s gave us.

One of the biggest aesthetics of the clip was "indie sleaze," a manner epoch defined by skinny jeans, smudged eyeliner, cropped leather jackets, beanies and practically thing from American Apparel. For Appleton, donning each of these connected Everything I Know About Love was "a blast from the past."

"There were truly iconic things that I did have, similar the American Apparel disco trousers," she told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "I enactment them connected and I was like, 'You cognize what? I'd deterioration these retired again.'"

Siu was a batch little thrilled with the wardrobe. "I'm conscionable gonna accidental it, I hatred it," she said with a laugh. "I didn't truly retrieve it due to the fact that it didn't consciousness astatine the clip similar it was fashion, it conscionable felt similar clothes...But erstwhile we had to put connected shorts and tights, I conscionable wasn't a fan."

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That's not to accidental she didn't bask the novelty of going backmost successful time. "Nothing was flattering," Siu added, "but it was amusive due to the fact that it's very specific." 

Odoffin, meanwhile, had a precise straightforward take. "Parachute dresses I loved successful 2012," she told E! News. "I deterioration 1 successful occurrence 1 that I love. And I emotion it. And that's each I person to accidental connected that!"

Read connected to get a glimpse astatine the very-2010s manner of Everything I Know About Love, as good arsenic details connected however you tin watch.

The Source Material

Everything I Know About Love is based connected Dolly Alderton's memoir of the aforesaid name. Originally published in 2018, the publication is simply a sprawling journey that winds done the award-winning journalist's 20s and each of the relatable highs and lows she encounters on the way—think atrocious dates, vocation woes, loss, heartbreak, and astir importantly, bully friends. 

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The Plot

Like Alderton's book, the TV bid (which volition beryllium semi-fictionalized) is the eventual emotion missive to friendship. Maggie and Birdy—who are based connected Alderton and her real-life bestie—are astatine the halfway of the show, which is mostly acceptable successful a house-share successful London successful 2012, wherever the brace lives with their assemblage pals Amara and Nell. From there, the logline fundamentally says it all: "Four friends. One communicative of large love. A messy, raucous stumble into atrocious dates and heartaches—and surviving your twenties."

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The Cast

Emma Appleton plays Maggie; Bel Powley, Birdy; Marli Siu, Nell; and Aliyah Odoffin, Amara.

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Meet Maggie

Maggie is an aspiring writer successful her aboriginal 20s known for her chaotic, life-of-the-party personality. 

Where You've Seen Emma Appleton Before: The Witcher, Pistol, Traitors, Clique, The End of the F***ing World

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Meet Birdy

Perhaps the astir superior of the show's person group, Birdy is fiercely loyal to her puerility BFF Maggie. However, their narration becomes strained erstwhile Birdy gets her archetypal superior boyfriend. 

Where You've Seen Bel Powley Before: The King of Staten Island, The Diary of a Teenage GirlThe Morning Show, A Royal Night Out, Carrie Pilby, Equals, White Boy Rick

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Meet Nell

A caller teacher, Nell is stuck successful a seemingly unhappy semipermanent relationship. 

Where You've Seen Marli Siu Before: Our Ladies, Anna and the Apocalypse, Run

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Meet Amara

Amara works successful London's firm world, but dreams of a vocation arsenic a dancer.

Where You've Seen Aliyah Odoffin Before: Everything I Know About Love marks her tv debut

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The Production

Alderton was precise progressive with the adaptation process, penning the series and serving arsenic an enforcement producer, portion China Moo-Young directed.

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The Episodes

Everything I Know About Love volition dwell of 7 episodes successful total. 

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The Premiere Date

Everything I Know About Love premieres Thursday, Aug. 25 connected Peacock.

(E! and Peacock are some portion of the NBCUniversal family.)

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