Over the past few weeks, I’ve found myself watching my old VHS movies, especially movies that I watched when I was a little girl. While doing this, I have found some great underrated films that tend to get lost in between all the princesses, Pixar animated films, and the newest live-action remakes.

They are also a great source of fashion inspiration.

So for my next few posts, I’ll choose one of these underrated movies each week and give you a quick recap of the film and its production, a rundown of each character’s style, and my own real-life recreation of each look.

Last week, I covered The Rescuers. This time, let’s fast forward to the last film before Disney’s Renaissance, Oliver & Company.

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Oliver & Company (1988)

The 27^th entry in the Disney Animated Canon, Oliver & Company premiered in 1988. Originally, it was conceived as a sequel to The Rescuers, following Penny after her adoption, but then these plans were scratched and it became an independent project.

While it had moderate success, Oliver & Company is still responsible for a couple of contributions to animated movies and to Disney staples. For starters, it is an example of the early use of CGI, mostly seen in the NYC traffic during the film. Then, its use of an all-star cast instead of voice actors would only become a staple of animated films.

Finally, it was the movie that brought Disney’s faith in musicals back. So, we have to thank this movie for every single Disney musical released afterwards, practically every Disney Renaissance project.

Oliver (Joey Lawrence) is an unnamed, unwanted kitten lost in New York City. To survive, he joins a gang of dogs led by Figins, a poor but kind-hearted man. The leader of the dogs, Dodger (Billy Joel), decides to teach the kitten everything he knows. While trying to rob a limousine, Oliver ends up being adopted by a rich, lonely little girl named Jenny, much to the chagrin of the family’s pure-bred dog, Georgette.