{"id":756993,"date":"2026-06-24T00:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:42:13","slug":"reese-witherspoon-reveals-the-backstory-of-elle-star-lexi-minetree-rewearing-her-legally-blonde-era-looks-on-press-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/756993\/","title":{"rendered":"Reese Witherspoon Reveals the Backstory of \u201cElle\u201d Star Lexi Minetree Rewearing Her \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d-Era Looks on Press Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n

Reese Witherspoon shared her original Elle Woods wardrobe with Lexi Minetree ahead of the press tour for the Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle<\/p>\n

Minetree wore Witherspoon’s pink Marc Jacobs dress from the 2001 Legally Blonde premiere on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

Witherspoon praised Minetree as talented and kind<\/p>\n

Reese Witherspoon<\/a> is passing on a stylish torch to Lexi Minetree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In honor of the 25-year-old’s starring role in the\u00a0Legally Blonde<\/a>\u00a0prequel series\u00a0Elle<\/a>,\u00a0Witherspoon, 50, has shared a few pieces she wore when she originated the character of Elle Woods in the 2001 film.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Minetree wore the same pink Marc Jacobs dress<\/a> Witherspoon wore to attend the Legally Blonde premiere in 2001 during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lexi Minetree during an interview on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 episode of ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’
Credit: Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n

Days later, when Witherspoon made her own appearance on the late-night talk show<\/a>, she revealed how the full-circle moment came to be.<\/p>\n

“Her stylist is a friend of mine for so many years,” explained Witherspoon. “And she said to me, ‘Do you have any dresses from the time period?’ And I have all the wardrobe in storage.”<\/p>\n

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Reese Witherspoon at the ‘Legally Blonde’ premiere in 2001
Credit: Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n

Witherspoon said that she wanted Minetree to choose “as many dresses” as she wanted, including the Marc Jacobs dress that “fit perfectly.”<\/p>\n

“It’s like Cinderella’s slipper,” said Witherspoon. “She was meant to be Elle Woods!”<\/p>\n

Stylist Molly Dickson also confirmed on Instagram<\/a> that Minetree wore the iconic look during the Tonight Show appearance.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Lexi Minetree and Reese Witherspoon attend Prime Video’s 25th anniversary ‘Elle Woods’ celebration in New York City on June 20
Credit: Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/p>\n

“All the feels \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\udc97,” Witherspoon commented on the post.<\/p>\n

Minetree paid homage to Elle Woods yet again when she attended Prime Video’s 25th anniversary ‘Elle Woods’ celebration<\/a> in New York City on June 20.<\/p>\n

For the event, she wore a pink sequined archival Dolce & Gabbana dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The look was inspired by a blue sequined bodycon dress Witherspoon wore in Legally Blonde.<\/p>\n

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Reese Witherspoon in 2001’s ‘Legally Blonde’
Credit: MGM<\/p>\n

In a video<\/a> she shared on her Instagram on June 21, Witherspoon praised Minetree as “such an incredible person”<\/a> and shared what it meant to pass the “pink torch.”<\/p>\n

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“I wanna say on top of being this incredibly disciplined, talented young woman, she has such a beautiful heart,” she said. “And she told me things about her life and her family and things that just showed me her character, and I just could not be more proud to pass the baton \u2014 or the pink torch \u2014\u00a0to Lexi Minetree as the new Elle Woods.”<\/p>\n

Elle premieres July 1 on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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