The Pink Doesn’t Matter

Pretty in Pink is really just about not fitting anywhere. Andie’s poor, she likes a rich boy, and that’s it—the world doesn’t move for people in her position. The homemade dress is her pushing anyway, trying to prove something that doesn’t need proving. John Hughes understood that particular sadness, the way you keep reaching even when you know better. It’s a love story that’s actually a quiet tragedy with great 80s fashion.