Editing Clueless (section)

===Popular culture and society===
The film was well known for the characters' catchphrases and vocabulary. Cher's verbal style is also marked by ironic contrasts between current slang and historical references, such as when she compares Tai to "those [[Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli]] chicks".<ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Meara |first=Jennifer |date=Spring 2014 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43653626 |title="We've Got to Work on Your Accent and Vocabulary": Characterization through Verbal Style in "Clueless" |journal=[[Cinema Journal]] |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=138–145 |doi=10.1353/cj.2014.0031 |issn=0009-7101 |jstor=43653626 |s2cid=145168821 |access-date=November 23, 2022 }}</ref>

The film also had a strong influence on fashion trends.<ref name="Pieri">{{cite magazine |last=Pieri |first=Kerry |date=2016-07-19 |title=Exclusive: ''Clueless''{{'}} Costume Designer On Creating a Fashion Phenom |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a11462/conversation-with-clueless-costume-designer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506054942/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a11462/conversation-with-clueless-costume-designer/ |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2015 |title=20 Years Ago, 'Clueless' Like Totally Changed '90s Fashion And Vernacular |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/423740582/in-clothes-and-language-clueless-offered-counterpoint-to-grunge-crowd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231224158/https://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/423740582/in-clothes-and-language-clueless-offered-counterpoint-to-grunge-crowd |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |access-date=2020-01-16 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Fashion as a form of self-expression played an important role in the narrative and character development of the film, television series, and novels, which are topics examined by academic Alice Leppert.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hunting |first=Kyra |date=Spring 2014 |title=Furiously Franchised: "Clueless", Convergence Culture, and the Female-Focused Franchise |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43653627 |journal=Cinema Journal |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=145–151 |doi=10.1353/cj.2014.0020 |jstor=43653627 |s2cid=144208560 |access-date=March 26, 2022 }}</ref>

[[Donatella Versace]]'s fall 2018 collection was influenced by ''Clueless''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bobb |first=Brooke |date=February 23, 2018 |title=As If! Cher Horowitz's '90s Plaid Made an Appearance on the Versace Runway in Milan |magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/versace-fall-2018-clueless-90s-style |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721215806/https://www.vogue.com/article/versace-fall-2018-clueless-90s-style |archive-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>

''Clueless'' was the main inspiration for Australian rapper [[Iggy Azalea]]'s music video for her 2014 song "[[Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)|Fancy]]" featuring [[Charli XCX]]. Many visuals and costumes inspired by the film were used in the video,<ref>{{cite web |last=Madden |first=Sidney |date=March 4, 2014 |title=Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' Video Is Basically An Exact Replica Of 'Clueless' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1723476/iggy-azalea-fancy-charlie-xcx-clueless.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306170342/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1723476/iggy-azalea-fancy-charlie-xcx-clueless.jhtml |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=18 July 2015 |publisher=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> which is filled with remakes of ''Clueless'' scenes. The outfits are also reinvented to channel the famous stylings of the film with a slightly modern edge.<ref>{{cite web |author=Heleno |url=http://www.pepsi.com/en-us/d/content/2148/The-Stylist-for-Iggy-Azalea%E2%80%99s-Clueless-Themed-%E2%80%9CFancy%E2%80%9D-Music-Video-featuring-Charli-XCX-Tells-All |title=The Stylist for Iggy Azalea's Clueless-Themed "Fancy" Music Video featuring Charli XCX Tells All |publisher=[[Pepsi]] |date=2014-03-12 |access-date=2014-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315174250/http://www.pepsi.com/en-us/d/content/2148/The-Stylist-for-Iggy-Azalea%E2%80%99s-Clueless-Themed-%E2%80%9CFancy%E2%80%9D-Music-Video-featuring-Charli-XCX-Tells-All |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "Fancy" was shot in the same Los Angeles high school where ''Clueless'' was filmed.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Holmes |first=Sally |date=March 4, 2014 |title=Iggy Azalea's New Video Copies 'Clueless' |url=http://www.elle.com/news/culture/iggy-azaleas-new-video-copies-clueless |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311010858/http://www.elle.com/news/culture/iggy-azaleas-new-video-copies-clueless |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |access-date=2014-03-15 |magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]}}</ref> A June 2018 episode of ''[[Lip Sync Battle]]'' featured Silverstone miming to "Fancy", wearing Cher's yellow plaid skirt suit.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Longo |first=Joseph |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/06/04/lip-sync-battle-trailer-alicia-silverstone-clueless/ |title=She's a total Betty! Watch Alicia Silverstone put her ''Clueless'' costume back on for new season of ''Lip Sync Battle'' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 4, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref>

A reference to Cher's seduction of Christian is included in the music video for [[Simone Battle]]'s "He Likes Boys" (2011).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-battle-he-likes-boys-music-video_n_1032803 |title=Simone Battle, Eliminated 'X Factor' Contestant, Releases Gay-Themed 'He Likes Boys' Music Video |website=HuffPost |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 26, 2011 |title=He Likes Boys Official Video Simone Battle |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKKo6aKKFrw |access-date=March 25, 2022 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

In the second episode of the second season of the [[BBC America]] thriller series ''[[Killing Eve]]'', "Nice and Neat" (2019), the Russian assassin [[Villanelle (character)|Villanelle]] calls her agency and uses the codename Cher Horowitz to secretly inform her boss she is in trouble and needs to be rescued after being kidnapped.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kosin |first=Julie |date=2019-04-14 |title=Jodie Comer on Her Favorite ''Killing Eve'' Episode and Meeting Villanelle's Match |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a27139826/jodie-comer-killing-eve-season-2-interview/ |access-date=March 25, 2022 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}}</ref>

A 2020 [[Discover Card]] commercial featured a clip from the film consisting of Cher Horowitz saying her famous phrase "Uh! As if!".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2020 |title=Discover Card Super Bowl 2020 TV Spot, 'No We Don't Charge Annual Fees' |url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZErL/discover-card-super-bowl-2020-no-we-dont-charge-annual-fees |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=iSpot.tv}}</ref>

In 2023, Silverstone once again reprised the role of Cher Horowitz in a commercial for [[Rakuten]] which debuted during [[Super Bowl LVII]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2023 |title=As If! 'Clueless' Star Alicia Silverstone Returns as Cher Horowitz in Super Bowl Ad for Rakuten | url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/clueless-super-bowl-ad-cher-alicia-silverstone-rakuten-1235514948 |access-date=25 April 2023 |website=Variety.com}}</ref>