{"id":6046,"date":"2026-06-18T19:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/legally-blonde-prequel-star-lexi-minetree-borrows-reese-witherspoons-2001-premiere-dress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:06:05","slug":"legally-blonde-prequel-star-lexi-minetree-borrows-reese-witherspoons-2001-premiere-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/legally-blonde-prequel-star-lexi-minetree-borrows-reese-witherspoons-2001-premiere-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Legally Blonde\u2019 prequel star Lexi Minetree borrows Reese Witherspoon\u2019s 2001 premiere dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131434803.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lexi Minetree appeared on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d on Wednesday night wearing the same dress Reese Witherspoon chose for the original 2001 \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d premiere. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elle Woods never goes out of style.<\/p>\n<p>Promoting the forthcoming \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d prequel, \u201cElle\u201d actress Lexi Minetree slipped into a look straight from Reese Witherspoon herself.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aefEmFeLm4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d<\/a> Minetree, 25, wore the fictional character\u2019s signature color by way of a pink tulle look that Witherspoon wore to the film\u2019s 2001 premiere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Minetree paired the Marc Jacobs midi with Steve Madden pumps. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Minetree will play a high school version of the Harvard-bound Woods. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Designed by Marc Jacobs, the dress featured a knee-length, mermaid hem silhouette and spaghetti strap top. The bright pink taffeta underneath is covered in a light and sheer black tulle for a bit of edge.<\/p>\n<p>Witherspoon paired the look with matching lipstick, pulled her blond hair back into a bun and added strappy heels.<\/p>\n<p>Though the young actress didn\u2019t wear the exact same accessories as her predecessor did 25 years ago, she pulled straight from the early-aughts when it came to her styling, slipping into a pair of hot pink Steve Madden mules.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Witherspoon styled the dress with strappy heels and matching lipstick in 2001. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Witherspoon originated the role and will serve as an executive producer of the forthcoming series. <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though the actress was only three months old when the original film came out, she\u2019s fully embodying the younger Woods for the Prime Video series \u201cElle,\u201d which will premiere on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>To land the role, Minetree joked that she went full Elle Woods for the producers. \u201cI know what I have to do \u2014\u00a0I have to recreate her Harvard admissions video,\u201d Minetree shared, adding that \u201cmy mom helped me film it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show is set in 1995, beginning with Woods\u2019 journey through high school. Witherspoon serves as one of the executive producers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/style\/legally-blonde-prequel-star-lexi-minetree-borrows-reese-witherspoons-2001-premiere-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexi Minetree appeared on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d on Wednesday night wearing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131434803.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}