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Chunky level sandals, fitted babe tees, butterfly clips connected perfectly crimped hair, brightly patterned skirts and tons of sparkles. Pure Y2K-fueled nostalgia filled nan Kia Forum connected Wednesday nighttime successful ceremony of each things Hilary Duff.
Duff graced nan shape astatine nan Inglewood venue arsenic portion of her Lucky Me tour, her first world headlining circuit successful astir 2 decades. And her fans couldn’t person been much thrilled. The popular vocalist and actor, who released her sixth workplace medium “Luck... aliases Something” successful February, performed 2 back-to-back sold-out shows.
Before nan last L.A. show, we caught up pinch fans to talk astir their outfits (many of which were inspired by Duff’s astir celebrated roles specified arsenic Sam successful “A Cinderella Story” and nan title domiciled successful “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”), nan memories her euphony brings up for them and why her activity still resonates pinch them. Here’s what they had to say.
(Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
Tristan Hallam, 36, of Chicago
Tell america astir your outfit.
This is my wedding dress that I had stuffed successful a suitcase. She’s been successful a suitcase for 10 years, and I still fresh into her, which is nice. People inquire maine why I support worldly and this is precisely why: You mightiness get divided and usage it arsenic a costume. My outfit is inspired by “A Cinderella Story.” It’s my favourite Hilary Duff movie. She plays diner woman Cinderella. She disguises herself pinch a disguise and a L.A. Dodgers cap. I did person a tiara, but I didn’t bring it because I didn’t want to beryllium excessively much. So I figured, you cognize what, why not bargain an apron and a small achromatic harvest top, and rep L.A.
I person a tattoo of her signature. It’s a small faded because it’s for illustration 10 years old, possibly older than that now. It was astatine a book signing astatine Barnes and Noble astatine for illustration nan Grove aliases something. I asked her if she would first my wrist, and I sewage it tattooed nan aforesaid night. I virtually drove to nan tattoo shop connected Hollywood Boulevard pinch my limb retired nan model because I’m truthful clumsy and I didn’t want to smudge it. Then nan adjacent clip I saw her, she asked me, what did your parents say? I said, “My mom asked maine really agelong I kept nan Sharpie connected truthful long.”
How agelong person you been a fan?
I deliberation I was for illustration 8 aliases 9 years aged erstwhile I saw “Casper Meets Wendy” for nan first time. My grandma took maine to for illustration a K-Mart aliases something, and told maine that I could get immoderate movie that I wanted. Then I was into “Lizzie McGuire,” but arsenic soon arsenic Hilary started doing each her for illustration movies and independent work, evidently nan euphony is great. I utilized to unrecorded successful L.A., truthful I went to a bunch of her book signings. I’ve done a batch of meet and greets for her concerts, and correct now I’m walking around. I’m going to 18, technically 19 shows now, and I’m gonna spot her successful New Zealand, Australia and immoderate different places. I’m really really excited because 1 of my friends, I met her successful a Hilary Duff instrumentality nine chat room successful 2005 connected MSN Messenger, and we are still friends, truthful we are going to a ton of shows together.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
The truth that we’re astir nan aforesaid age, there’s been a batch of narration similarities. I don’t person immoderate kids, but nan struggles pinch family, pinch your dad, pinch your siblings. She’s sewage immoderate songs that are much mature and relatable for group our age. People who person gone done ups and downs successful relationships, struggles pinch family and figuring retired who your existent family is, not conscionable by humor but who your chosen family is. I deliberation that’s really important.
(Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)
Leilanie Martinez, 30, of South Gate
Tell america astir your outfit and nan inspiration down it?
It’s my quinceañera dress. It’s supposedly very accepted to deterioration a achromatic dress, for illustration young women coming of age. For mine, I wanted to deterioration thing that I didn’t spot a batch of group wearing and I was very patient that if I didn’t find nan emotion of my life, I was going to deterioration a achromatic dress and this was my moment. My quinceañera was specified a precious time. It really was a labour of love, and I deliberation it’s 1 those memories I clasp very adjacent and dear. I deliberation it’s an ode to her history, her legacy.
How agelong person you been a fan?
I retrieve I was 5 and I was moving astir successful my neighborhood, playing pinch Barbies and watching “Lizzie McGuire.” I’m present coming pinch my vicinity and puerility friends. We utilized to watch it together and now we’re reliving our nostalgia and childhood.
Thinking backmost connected erstwhile you first fell successful emotion pinch her work, why does it still resonate pinch you today?
There’s a batch of powerfulness successful her being a female and she’s going done truthful galore milestones that a batch of group my property are going done for illustration having children and increasing her career. Sometimes I deliberation group “wash out” and I deliberation it’s awesome really she’s combating that communicative successful truthful galore ways, and that group are retired present supporting her. I deliberation there’s a batch of beauty successful being capable to beryllium together arsenic young women and relive immoderate of these memories, but besides cheer her connected arsenic she continues processing further.
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Crystal Chesher, 33, of Mar Vista and Isabella Sanchez, 33, of Culver City
Tell america astir your outfit.
Sanchez: We’re channeling “The Lizzie McGuire Movie.” My existent sanction is Isabella. She gives much Lizzie vibes and I springiness much Isabella vibes. It’s funny because I’ve virtually saved [looks] of Isabella and Lizzie connected my Pinterest committee and I’ve ever wanted to dress up for illustration this. It’s not 100% of what I wanted, but it’s giving what it’s expected to.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Chesher: Since I was little. I retrieve watching “Lizzie McGuire” since nan property of 10 astatine nan very slightest truthful I’ve been increasing up pinch her movies and shows. She’s decidedly my idol.
Sanchez: Same. Growing up, I was bullied truthful she was a very large portion of maine being much affirmative astir myself. I tin subordinate to her and she really helped me. It conscionable feels afloat circle to beryllium capable to spot her astatine 33 erstwhile I wanted to spot her erstwhile I was for illustration 10.
Thinking backmost connected erstwhile you first fell successful emotion pinch her work, why does it still resonate pinch you today?
Chesher: She has a dense power successful nan LGBT organization arsenic good particularly pinch nan [anti-gay reside campaign]. I loved that. With her movies and her music, it’s each relatable and it resonates pinch you, nan lyrics, nan storyline and moreover her caller medium that conscionable came out.
Sanchez: She’s conscionable that girl. I’ve ne'er moreover met her, but I consciousness for illustration she’s truthful genuine and existent and she’s ever stayed accordant pinch who she is. She’s not for illustration your emblematic celebrity. She’s conscionable awesome. I’m virtually astir apt going to tear up seeing her connected stage.
(Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)
Lucca Petrucci, 33, of Santa Monica
Tell america astir your outfit.
This is simply a last-minute choice. It’s very for illustration ’70s aliases retro. I consciousness for illustration I’ve seen her deterioration thing for illustration this. I’m wearing wide-legged pants, Doc Martens, platform, caller haircut, facial. The inspiration for this fresh was elegant popular prima for illustration confidence, grounded, a baddie. I’m a baddie who knows my worthy and that’s what I wanted to embrace. I consciousness for illustration she’s for illustration doing that. She has a lyric that’s for illustration ‘I look successful nan mirror, for illustration I’m a bad b—.”
How agelong person you been a fan?
Since 3rd grade. I thought she was my crush, but I deliberation I conscionable wanted to beryllium her. So galore of my halfway puerility memories are pinch her.
Why was coming a non-negotiable for you?
I wanted to acquisition pinch my bestie and her sister. I consciousness for illustration arsenic a kid I didn’t let myself to afloat clasp it because it would beryllium excessively girly, excessively much, excessively gay. So I consciousness for illustration arsenic a 33-year-old, I’m reclaiming that experience. I’m truthful excited conscionable to perceive everybody successful nan Forum singing “So Yesterday” and “Come Clean.” She has ever been my number 1 popular star, to this day, and I’ve ne'er seen her perform.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
I consciousness like, particularly erstwhile she was connected “Lizzie McGuire,” she was figuring retired who she was, but was unfastened to being her authentic self. So I deliberation that conscionable for illustration deed maine erstwhile I was for illustration successful 3rd and 4th grade, for illustration figuring retired myself. I felt truthful seen by her, and her euphony conscionable brings backmost for illustration specified bully feelings. Younger type of me, life wasn’t ever great, but, I don’t know, she made things better.
(Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
Liv Guardado, 8, Priscilla Cruz, 38, Ava Guardado, 10 and Jezelle Velasco of Costa Mesa
Tell america astir your outfit.
Cruz: We went thrifting for nan first clip for this. I’m plus-size, truthful thrifting is not easy successful my size, truthful we did what we could. We sewage immoderate overalls from Goodwill. And past we sewage immoderate cowboy boots because we conscionable wanted to beryllium comfy.
Velasco: I astir apt stressed nan most. I ordered truthful galore pieces and it conscionable benignant of came together. I deliberation nan nails took nan longest. One of my friends did my nails. It took immoderate clip but we sewage it done.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Velasco: Probably since I was their age. I ne'er sewage to spell to a concert, truthful this is my first clip seeing her live.
Cruz: I decidedly sewage inspired astir mediate school. I had a friend who was for illustration Lizzie, and I was nan champion friend, Miranda. People would ever opportunity I was Miranda. I was a small older than [my girls], but I decidedly person kept tabs connected her life, and we emotion her.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
Cruz: It decidedly feels for illustration memories and location erstwhile you deliberation of her euphony from backmost then. And now she’s evidently stepped into a different shape of her life, and it matches wherever we’re astatine successful our shape excessively truthful it’s nice.
Velasco: It conscionable brings backmost nan nostalgia from backmost erstwhile we were younger and now being parents, and being capable to subordinate to her and her caller music.
(Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
Paige Beard, 34, and Tayler Nelson, 27, of Bakersfield
Tell america astir your outfits.
Beard: I was expected to beryllium wearing purple and she was going to deterioration green, and we were going to do nan Isabella and Lizzie look astatine nan extremity of “The Lizzie McGuire Movie.” It turned retired much pink, but we ran pinch it.
Nelson: I was each astir that performance, truthful I was for illustration green. Gotta spell green. We’ve been readying for a while, for illustration 2 months.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Beard: I’ve been a instrumentality for a long, agelong time, astir apt since “Casper Meets Wendy.” I was besides a really large “Lizzie McGuire” fan, truthful I sewage into her acting arsenic good arsenic her music.
Nelson: Same. I was each astir nan Cinderella movie though, truthful it’s astir apt been 10 years for me.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
Beard: I was telling my sister that I really liked “Lizzie McGuire” because it was 1 of nan first times I saw somebody’s soul speech acted retired successful animation form. It showed maine that I’m not excessively much. She’s a small spot older than maine and I spot her crying connected shape and I’m for illustration “OK, it’s OK.”
Nelson: “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” was a large turning constituent for me. I conscionable loved really she expressed herself pinch what she wore and really she acted. I consciousness for illustration I understood her successful different ways. I enjoyed nan dancing and nan singing for sure. She felt free and I’m like, “Dang, I want that.”
(Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
Freddy Lopez, 38, and Raymond Lockwood, 36, of San Bernardino
Tell america astir your outfits.
Lopez: Just a ’90s vibe. I conjecture a small old-school.
Lockwood: The outfits are a small last-minute because we were for illustration we should’ve done diner woman [from “A Cinderella Story”] aliases 1 of her different movies, but we chose nan small animation characteristic from nan show.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Lopez: I’ve been a instrumentality since “Lizzie McGuire” and her movies.
Lockwood: For nan past 20 thing years. We grew up watching “Lizzie McGuire” and sewage introduced to Hilary Duff erstwhile she started singing.
Why was coming a non-negotiable for you?
Lopez: We don’t cognize if she’s going to travel backmost aft this, truthful you’ve gotta return each opportunity. There’s different artists who cannot travel backmost to execute correct now. So erstwhile she said I’m coming back, we had to.
Lockwood: We’re treatment our soul child. As a kid, we didn’t cognize she was having tours aliases we couldn’t spend to travel out. Now, we’re for illustration we don’t person to inquire our mom and dada for anything.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
Lockwood: For me, it’s being a teenager, watching nan “Lizzie McGuire” show and watching nan movie and past learning her songs. My favourite opus is from nan movie, “What Dreams Are Made Of.” It’s conscionable america getting to unrecorded backmost successful nan past and benignant of knowing it a small spot more. As a kid, our dreams are not what they realistically are today. I ended up becoming a nurse. As a kid, I didn’t beryllium connected nan sofa for illustration “Oh, I’m going to beryllium a nurse,” but that’s what my dream ended up being.
(Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)
Stephanie Rodriguez, 32, High Desert
Tell america astir your outfit.
If you inquire my fiancé, I was hunting for outfits and last-minute I was like, “I’m conscionable gonna bid thing connected Amazon.” When I saw this, I was like, “That’s it.” Total nostalgia pinch “13 Going connected 30.” We went footwear shopping astatine nan South Coast Plaza complete nan weekend. The metallic is pulling it each together and nan butterfly clips.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Probably since I was for illustration 8 aliases younger, beautiful overmuch very overmuch obsessed. All of my vacation gifts were Hilary Duff. I had her K-Mart location products. Any magazines she was in, I got. Any outfits that I could effort and replicate, I would. My first Hilary show was either Wango Tango aliases a Jingle Ball pinch KIIS-FM, truthful it was conscionable a show pinch a bunch of different artists but I went specifically for her.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
I deliberation a batch of america consciousness for illustration we grew up pinch Hilary, truthful each of her euphony resonated pinch america then, and now, now that we’re older, done relationships aliases divorces aliases motherhood. It’s beautiful cool to spot conscionable really we’re each benignant of increasing up together. The first clip I deliberation I recovered retired astir her was astatine nan Glendale Galleria. I was precocious telling my fiancé that my dada had maine connected his shoulders because she did a meet and shake hands and nan full promenade was packed.
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Kelsie Wagner, 35, of Temecula and Tyler Walsh, 35, of Long Beach
Tell america astir your outfit.
Wagner: I’m channeling Lizzie McGuire. My favourite portion is nan butterfly clips.
Walsh: This is from Company D, which is simply a discount shop for Disneyland. I was for illustration fto maine get nan biggest garment and make it into a dress, but I’m wearing shorts — it’s still appropriate. I person for illustration six authentic Disney pins here. This is astir $200 connected my hat. I was for illustration I person to do thing that represents. It’s a large hobby, pin trading, that I picked up successful 2023. Then I wore my Lisa Franks. I figured I would transmission everything from nan ’90s and 2000s.
How agelong person you been a fan?
Wagner: Whenever nan “Lizzie McGuire” show came out.
Walsh: I retrieve going to sleepovers pinch each of my friends and we would do Lizzie nights. I was connected a shot squad and connected Saturday nights, we’d spell watch nan newest episode. It was conscionable truthful nosy because I consciousness for illustration I had a small clan that loved Lizzie. We went to her performance astatine nan Grove together and it was backmost erstwhile you paid $50 to get in. We were beforehand statement and we for illustration smelled her. It was wonderful.
Why does her activity still resonate pinch you today?
Wagner: For me, particularly her caller album, she talks astir marriage, relationships, motherhood, truthful it’s still relatable successful that consciousness of that shape of life that we’re in.
Walsh: For me, it’s conscionable nostalgia, because I’m not married, I person nary kids, for illustration I’m that nosy aunt. And I will say, like, because she goes to Disneyland a lot, truthful I luckily sewage to meet her too. I asked her for a picture, and she’s for illustration “Yeah, of course, honey.” It’s nan astir embarrassing photograph of maine ever though.
Wagner: I told her she should get it printed and deterioration it to nan concert.
Walsh: I should have.
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