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Twin Peaks is back with David Lynch at the helm and boy, are we thrilled. The 1990s cult show follows Special Agent Dale Cooper in his mission to unearth the truth after a high school girl named Laura Palmer is murdered. The show quickly escaped the tropes of an archetypal whodunnit and descended into mystery and surreality, where nothing was quite as it seemed. Everything about Twin Peaks – from Angelo Badalamenti’s ethereal and alarming soundtrack to the characters’ quotable one-liners – solidified the show as an indie classic, despite falling viewer ratings forcing it off air after its second season.
While Lynch is best known for his dark, skewed presentations of reality – his films include Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man – his work is always extremely stylistic and cinematic. From the misty mountains in Twin Peaks ' opening credits to the white picket fence at the beginning of Blue Velvet, you can count on every detail having been painstakingly considered from an aesthetic, as well as narrative, perspective.
Style-wise, Lynch’s longtime collaborator Patricia Norris, a costume designer who dressed 68 Twin Peaks residents, helped to shape the show into a much-referenced '90s dreamscape. From Agent Cooper’s slick mac and suit to Audrey Horne’s 1940s femme fatale-inspired get-up, every character had a distinctly memorable – and imitable – look. Norris died in 2015 but, thanks to hugely influential costume designer Nancy Steiner, we’re sure the show’s reprise will live up to its stylish beginnings. Having dressed everyone from Bowie and Bjork to Kurt Cobain, Steiner is also the mastermind behind The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation.
This season of Twin Peaks is set 25 years after we said goodbye to Agent Cooper et al, with many of the original characters returning. We can’t wait to see how the residents' style has evolved – will James Hurley finally shed that shearling biker jacket? We’ll find out this weekend. In the meantime, click through to see how influential the Twin Peaks aesthetic has been, and how you can pay homage to everyone from Log Lady to Donna Hayward.
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"She's dead! Wrapped in plastic..." At the centre of this story is Laura Palmer. While her screen time was limited, the photograph of her as the archetypal high school sweetheart is etched into our minds forever. Her slightly vacant (or knowing?) smile is eerily paired with a sweetheart neck-style white prom dress and tiara.
Of course, we learn that she's a lot less innocent than we are first led to believe, and she makes a turn in the surreal Red Room in a velvet suit dress, complete with power shoulders and red lipstick. No longer just a murder victim, Laura warns, "I'll see you in 25 years".
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Ahhh, Dale Cooper, the peppy agent who arrived in Twin Peaks to solve the mystery of Laura Palmer's murder and got far more drawn into the town's secrets than he could have imagined.
With a penchant for a damn fine cup of coffee and some cherry pie, Cooper's wardrobe was classic and dapper. Rarely seen out of his signature black suit, white shirt, tie and trench coat, he donned slicked-back hair, a thumbs-up, and a dictaphone. "Diane?"
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Audrey Horne: part-troublesome femme fatale, part-vulnerable high schooler. Wrapped up in Laura's death thanks to her father, neglectful businessman Benjamin Horne, she helps Agent Cooper in his investigation to find the culprit.
Audrey's whole vibe was 1940s-inspired, from the beauty spot near her right eye to the super-angled arched brows. Her threads followed suit, with pencil skirts, blouses, button-down knits and kitten heels.
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Margaret Lanterman aka Log Lady is a bit of an oddball in the eyes of the Twin Peaks townsfolk. However, we all know the mystical abilities of that log she carries around, which "saw something that night" when Laura Palmer was being murdered...
Log Lady had eccentric style and was no stranger to a patterned jumper, brooch and plaid shirt. A big fan of layering (well, the town wasn't exactly sunny), who can forget her oversized Gucci-style glasses?
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Oh Bobby, our wayward dreamboat. Drug dealer, Laura Palmer's cheating boyfriend, and Shelly's saviour from abusive husband Leo, we fell hard for Bobby in the show.
The ultimate '90s bad boy, his style reflected his character, complete with floppy curtains, leather jacket, and plaid shirt tied around the waist. He was wearing T-shirts over long-sleeved tees long before your interest in Thrasher.
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Donna Hayward is arguably the most tortured character in the show: she lost her best friend, started a relationship with James Hurley before he took off on his motorcycle, is haunted by Laura's messy ghost and, later in the story, has questions regarding her paternity.
Her style was classic '90s teen, all pastel shirts and plaid, gold hoops and stomping boots. A grunge/ladylike hybrid, Donna's style (and hair and cheekbones) served some of our favourite looks from the show.
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Josie was in a league of her own. Never quite fitting in – as much a victim of bizarre goings-on as an orchestrator – she was trapped in a town that didn't understand her.
Her slicked, cropped hair and permanently rouged lips brought a glamour that was head and shoulders above the rest of the townsfolk. She wore masculine tailoring like no other, and we'll never forget that red midi dress.
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Ah, James Hurley. The stereotypical loner, Laura's secret lover (then Donna's tortured boyfriend) was prone to speeding off on his motorcycle when the goings-on in Twin Peaks got too damn hard.
James had a uniform, and rarely strayed from it: shearling biker jacket, jeans, plaid shirt, and a white T-shirt.
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Lucy, with her baby daddy dilemmas and feisty one-liners, was the lovable secretary at the Sheriff's department and often the comic relief in darker scenes.
Her look was classic '90s: oversized print cardigans, curly hair piled into a topknot with a scrunchie, statement earrings, and frilly blouse collars.
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Shelly Johnson was as bored and disillusioned with high school as she was with her marriage to drug dealer Leo. Enter Bobby Briggs and a whole lot of drama.
For most of season one, Shelly wasn't seen out of her Double R Diner waitressing uniform, so we'll forever remember her in that blue dress and velvet Alice band.
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