LEGALLY BLONDE (2001) | Elle Outsmarts the Sales Lady | MGM

Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.

Legally Blonde (2001)
Directed By Robert Luketic
Screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith
Based on the book by Amanda Brown
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge
Rated PG-13 for language and sexual references.
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Legally Blonde (2001)

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[manramen]

I love how her friends just look at each other like "uhoh looks like someone picked the wrong girl again" like they've seen this scenario before. They are good friends imo.

[MoistCrumpet]

I love how at the very beginning of the movie, Elle is already proving to people that she’s not nearly as dumb as people seem to think she is.

[ArthurRex]

Perfect example of how to write a genuinely likeable female protagonist without making the rest of the cast look bad by comparison.

[RainbowKidDoesThings]

Love how she outwitted the sales lady and was super nice while reading her to absolute filth 😂😂

[rebeccarebeccaa]

Truthfully, I think that this is a movie about a girl who, up until she pushes herself, lives in a box that the world tells her she is capable of. This scene is a perfect example of her true self pushing through the barriers, but in an exceptable way in her circle

[Fawn]

This scene shows how Elle’s knowledge of fashion & beauty is valuable. It was valuable here because she saved herself from getting ripped off by that lady, and it was valuable at the end of the movie where she caught Chutney in a lie about washing her permed hair.

[PerfectlyImperfect]

I love this movie so much Reese did such a fantastic job! Elle broke dumb blonde stereotypes. Yeah she’s rich and can act like Barbie but she’s such a sweetheart and is very caring intelligent and compassionate. Not to mention a great friend!❤

[CatGold]

I love that Elle is shown to be smart and likes catching people in their deceits from the very beginning. She didn't change who she was, just what she was doing. ❤

[mellamanluiselio]

she's also not being a b*tch about it. She just outsmarted her and while being kind. Many people wouldn't do that 😂

[noelialopez]

She’s the true definition of what Barbie said. “You can be anything.” Elle is a fashionista and a lawyer!

[imammasri]

Looks like her fashion major paid off. I also think it’s interesting how this was before she became a lawyer. She knew how to use her knowledge of style and fashion design to make her arguments, just like she did at the end. It just goes to show you that if you want to be a lawyer, what you study in undergrad will help you the most.

[wisteria]

It's not exactly my kind of movie but I watched it a few times and I really think it gives a good message.
It's not "she's dumb so she only understands fashion" it's "she's smart but she likes fashion, why is she supposed to do something she doesn't like just to look smart to soothe your fragile ego?"

[emillyhale]

She may seem like a spoiled and ditzy blonde, but Elle Woods in reality is a smart cookie, especially when it comes to fashion. So if you're trying to scam her by selling her an outdated dress at full price... keep moving. You come up with a fake albi about washing your hair when you just got a perm earlier that day... she'll expose your lies brutally.

Elle Woods is not a girl you mess with. She's got a big heart and a brilliant brains underneath her beautiful blonde locks.

[msfriendsfanever]

What's funny is that, that's not even the dress she ends up wearing

[stephanginther]

This scene was well done. In one fell swoop they showed that while she has the girly rich girl personality, that is not ALL she is by any means. She isn't a 1 dimensional twit like so many people in the movie want to believe her to be. Even the professor that tries to get in her pants went down because he underestimated her even after finding out she was smart.

[tsuba]

I find this scene so much funnier in the musical.
First because all of her friends are laughing up their sleeves at the sales lady when she gets owned.
Secondly, because we see another sales lady running to avoid a disaster with her best customer (Elle).
Oh, and we also get to se Elle finding THE dress.

[LegionIvory]

This scene alone shows just how intelligent Elle Woods truly was. She didn't just understand fashion; she understood applicable sciences.

Not only that, but she had an impressive memory, observation, and psychological insight to not only identify deceptive behavior, but counter it. The girl was, in short, a genius.

Elle simply never realized how smart she was, because the world told her she couldn't be.

[marychocolatefairy]

Funnily enough, the dress that she wears to the dinner with Warner is more similar to the one the saleslady offers her. But it also matches the decor of the restaurant. I bet that, like a true uber fashionista, Elle ended up scouting out the restaurant beforehand then picked the best matching dress.

[tinafogarty]

My mom was a shopper. She didn’t have a lot of money, but she knew Everything

[firequeen]

I think it’s hilarious how many guys are offended by this. They’re taking the side of the shady salesperson? Just proving Elle’s point. I worked in retail for a decade. Not everyone in retail has a passion for treating customers fairly. And high end boutiques are some of the snottiest salespeople ever.