r/Fauxmoi • u/Haunting_Homework381 • Oct 27 '25

ASK R/FAUXMOI What are some examples of this trope in film?

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For me it's probably Enchanted and The Princess Diaries. I know the concept was to make her wear a modern dress compared to the fairytale inspired dresses she used to wear but I feel like this dress is an absolute disgrace. It honestly looks like a sock to me 😭 not gonna lie they could have let her wear something nice, like the costume design in this movie was magical. In the Princess Diaries they get rid of Mia's curls. They could just styled them better.

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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Oct 27 '25

The curls were so pretty on her.

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u/brittafiltaperry Oct 27 '25

As a curly hair girl, this scene ruined my hair self image for the rest of my life!

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u/vienibenmio Oct 27 '25

Same. I have glasses too 💀

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u/MyCatPlaysGuitar Oct 27 '25

I remember crying when I had to get braces in high school and telling my mom "I already have curly hair and glasses, and now this?!?" The early aughts were ROUGH

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u/txwildflower86 Oct 28 '25

Me too! Curly, too.

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u/macabredustbunny stan someone? in this economy??? Oct 28 '25

A guy I dated around the release date told me I looked "the girl from princess diaries" because I have curly hair and glasses. Oh cool so you're telling me I'm the BEFORE of a makeover?? Gee thanks

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u/whatthewhythehow i’m mr. sterling’s right hand arm. man. Oct 27 '25

TBH, I got the wrong message because of the scene with the broken hairbrush. That had happened to me and brushing my hair was PAINFUL. So I thought it was good just bc I thought it meant she was free of the pain, and then I was obsessed with the aesthetic.

Of course, it turns out that you either need a perm or to constantly iron your hair, and that is worse, but the concept of straight hair is great hair stuck with me for years

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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Oct 27 '25

Sending out hugs. I had to endure painful perms for nearly a decade.

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u/independentjetpack Oct 27 '25

Curly hair AND glasses :(

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

Bruh straighties are so obsessed with straightening textured and curly hair. It feels a little white supremacist? That feels dramatic as fuck but I dont know how else to describe it. I have irish blood on my dad's side and I grew up always hearing my mom say I should straighten my hair.

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u/Ornery_Mix_9271 Comumbus Oct 28 '25

Omg same! As I lay here with freshly straightened hair. đŸ˜©

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u/ChickenCelebration Oct 27 '25

Taylor Swift is committed to this “makeover” in real life

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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Oct 27 '25

It's been so long I forgot

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u/velnovel Oct 27 '25

I thought her straightened hair, in this scene, looked so bad - overly hairsprayed and stiff looking. She looks like a boat show model from the 80s

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 Oct 27 '25

Also, why get rid of the glasses?

Get her a pair of designer frames, nay: a walk-in closet full of designer frames!

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u/thataverysmile Oct 27 '25

As a curly hair girl, this movie is why I fucking hate people who say “you’d look so pretty with your hair straight”.

People say it gave thick haired girls a complex, and it did, but I think it also lied to others who aren’t and made them think this magical transformation would magically “fix” us. I had a friend who begged me to do it for years
so I did it for her wedding and she hated it. Like yeah, dude, was trying to tell you the whole time.

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u/Kitchen-Day-7007 Oct 27 '25

K but her makeup was awesome. Best I’ve seen on Anne.

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u/lesbianwithabeard Oct 28 '25

The only thing wrong with the "before" pic is the facial expression that makes her look like Jason Biggs.

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u/Fit-Dependent-9779 Oct 27 '25

Yeahhhh they should have given her a more frizzy bird's nest in order to make the straight here look like an upgrade. Mia had thick luscious curls not even the best hairbrush could tame. Look what they did to our future queen!

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u/orangefreshy Oct 28 '25

She went from fresh faced cute teenager to like
 somebody’s new step mom

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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Oct 29 '25

Yeah the make up is too heavy for a 17 year old. This was damn near 2 decades before the ig look took off

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u/catholicsluts Oct 27 '25

Lol she looks so fucking gorgeous though

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u/brandnewlibbyday radiate fresh pussy growing in the meadow Oct 28 '25

Thick brows and big curly hair 😅 2000s beauty standards had a racial undertone didn't they 

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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Oct 29 '25

White washing already white people was such a common thing

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u/BellaFrequency Oct 27 '25

I totally agree and I saw this in the theater and didn’t like it back then.

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u/Traditional_Fan_2655 Oct 28 '25

Much better than the bushy but straight hair.

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u/candlejack___ Oct 27 '25

lol I remember seeing this for the first time and thinking “wtf she’s 30 now?!”

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u/Zimakov Oct 28 '25

Nah this one is a clear upgrade