'Sweet Valley High' Movie Should Have Tons Of Hipster Clothes (PHOTOS)

Renowned screenwriter Diablo Cody announced today that she's working on a movie version of the beloved YA book series "Sweet Valley High."

Cody says she wants the movie's aesthetic to embody everything she loved about those colorful '80s:

"I want it to be wonderfully nostalgic," Cody told Indiewire. "I want it to be to the '80s what 'American Graffiti' was to the [early] '60s. I want it to be looking back on a really cool time and enjoying yourself and I want it to be glamorous and colorful and bubblegum and a feast for the senses. That's my plan."

The "Sweet Valley High" series first hit our bookshelves in 1983 and comprised over 150 books. It produced a TV show, which ran from 1994-'97, but until now, never a feature film.

We were thinking about the books and the style moments we'd like to see, and as we pored over the California clan's fashion moments, we realized: if we reincarnate "Sweet Valley" for the big screen, the style is going to look pretty darn hipster.

Were Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield the original Brooklynites? Long before Williamsburg became cool, the iconic twins were rocking plaid, thick glasses and ironic accoutrements back in their sleepy California town.

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[Tea for me]

02:37 AM on 11/24/2011

LOL..Talked with my daughter tonight about what time everything was happening for Thanksgiving...sooo nice the girls are doing it:>)

Told her about the new Muppet Movie because of the song Rainbow Connection ..she sang it non-stop in 2nd grade:>) Said she's taking me...and the grand kids to see it...LOL

Now..oh, now..Sweet Valley High...no matter what, I'm not going to see that with her..but, bet she takes the grand kids. She got every book possible during middle school..sweet memories...sweet:>)
Tea

[OhMaryOO]

10:17 AM on 11/23/2011

answer to question.... tots.

[starletdempsy]

05:03 PM on 11/22/2011

I'm sorry but I am so sick of the 80's. Don't get me wrong, the 80's was a cool time but why does it have to be the decade of all decades. Why can't they glorify the 90's. The 90's was pretty cool decade, full of attitude.

[liddlelady]

04:42 PM on 11/22/2011

I grew up with these books! I can't wait.

[Amber Troska]

12:02 PM on 11/22/2011

They wore it when it was genuinely cool. No irony, no hipster.

[kolson780]

12:41 PM on 11/22/2011

Agreed. This was the 80s remember, when this stuff was original.

[EvieEve]

10:36 AM on 11/22/2011

LOL, I've read all those books when I was a kid but hipsters they were not

[piper7069]

08:08 AM on 11/22/2011

SVH original hipsters?!? Are you kidding me? Who writes this crap?

[Cinquopated]

07:32 AM on 11/22/2011

'80s fashion is horrible to me. It looks bad even on the physically fit and attractive. But maybe that's because I was a kid in the 80s and have horrible memories of red and purple together, scratchy tights and sweatshirt dresses that were too short. I regard the whole era with shame.

[canadagirl76]

04:19 PM on 11/22/2011

perfectly said

[Tea for me]

02:41 AM on 11/24/2011

LOL..my daughter and I shopping......oh, lordy....I couldn't stand so many of the combos...but, thought it important that she find her own voice...so, grinned and closed my eyes:>)
Going to have to dig up some of the old pictures before she takes the kids to the movie..LOL
Tea

[sextonfan]

07:16 AM on 11/22/2011

Oh, yay! I can't wait!! I read those books growing up in Nigeria :)

[shriekingviolet]

02:16 AM on 11/22/2011

That's not Bruce with the 'stache! It was one of Jessica's boys-of-the-week. Bruce Patman was no hipster.

Elizabeth though? I could totally see it.

[Taelor]

11:20 PM on 11/21/2011

Nice try, but pastel polo does not equal hipster.

[Mackenzie K]

09:28 PM on 11/21/2011

lol, I love it! I will def be seeing this movie.

[larrykat]

10:21 AM on 11/22/2011

I believe you will, because you used the word "def" as short for "definitely".

[GracieGiraffe]

07:43 PM on 11/21/2011

If there's any cute girls in it I bet I'll catch my son watching on the sly.

[daniele7ster]

07:17 PM on 11/21/2011

Oh no! Has anyone seen Jennifer's Body lately? Diablo Cody better not ruin this.

[thejadedentrepreneur]

08:12 PM on 11/21/2011

Jennifer's Body was ruined because the lead was an empty body and nothing more. That movie could have been a cult classic had they opted for another actress.

[daniele7ster]

06:06 PM on 11/22/2011

Megan Fox was beyond AWFUL. But the writing was trying too hard. I mean, "I have a wetty" has to be the single worst line of dialogue in cinema history.

[lefty81]

07:10 PM on 11/21/2011

Awesome, I can't wait!