In the book series, Belly was depicted as a white woman via the original cover but in the new show, she is a mixed race teen with a Korean mother and white father. And I think it feels really natural to the show, to the characters and the story. And then, we also have a new character Cleveland, who is Filipino. We get to have like an Asian American family on the show.

And I think the diversity of characters is a piece of that, so it felt like a really great opportunity to showcase different kinds of talent. When I was approaching the adaptation, I wanted to really reflect the moment that we're living in. When speaking to CinemaBlend, the best-selling author said of bringing more inclusion for the streaming adaptation: The Summer I Turned Pretty gets to reflect Jenny Han’s Korean roots through Belly and is enhanced by the additional diversity within its cast. We're calling it now - Conrad will be wearing that sailing hoodie next season while showing off his boating moves to Belly!Ĭan't get the show out of your head like us? Get the looks into your closet instead.Times have obviously changed in the past thirteen years and the romance genre is much more inclusive in regard to to telling Asian-American stories, which was in part normalized by the To All The Boys series starring Lana Condor. Channel BFF vibes with friendship bracelets and Jeremiah's bold top, or accessorize your electronics with the exact phone case Taylor uses in the show.Īnd while Cousin's Beach is sadly not a thing irl ( 🥲), you can *pretend* it is by suiting up in your finest official TSITP merch courtesy of Amazon Prime. And it's not just Belly that has us filling our shopping carts. And while her style may not be as bold as Shaina's or as flirty as Taylor's, Belly's girl-next-door vibe has us totally dying to see what she wears in season two, which has already been greenlit!įrom short and trendy party dresses and crochet tops to elegant headpieces that stop everyone in place at the debutante ball, TSITP provides plenty of fashion inspo that will be on repeat in warmer weather.

Our leading lady Isabel 'Belly' Conklin makes quite the transition in the seven-episode series, starting off as a 15-year-old insecure with her blossoming figure and fashion choices before growing into a confident 16-year-old who isn't afraid to wear what she wants. Coastal grandma aesthetic? More like Cousin's Beachcore! After watching Amazon Prime's The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on Jenny Han's YA trilogy of the same name, we want one of everything (including the boys 😉).

Belly the summer i turned pretty