“Saturday Night Live” went all-in on fashion on Saturday. Of the sketches the late-night show put on over the weekend, they staged “It Girl Thanksgiving Special.” The general gist of the spot was a Friendsgiving televised special hosted by Marc Jacobs and Julia Fox, played by Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman, respectively. The venue was the “Milk Studios atelier,” a clear riff on the popular Milk Studios.
Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman
While a comedic Thanksgiving-themed sketch in general, the spot nodded to the night’s special guest, Charli XCX. Her music video for the song “360,” which was released earlier this year, also boasts a group of “It girls” sitting down for a meal. Amongst those featured is Fox as well as Rachel Sennott. For SNL, Sennott is played by Sarah Sherman.
Heidi Gardner as Cher on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
“This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for my family,” Ego Nwodim says as Naomi Campbell. “I brought the substance.” The line is a reference to the Demi Moore’s “The Substance” film, which revolves around a black market drug that makes users appear younger. The rest of the dinner is filled out by Victoria Beckham, Cher and the Olsen twins played by Charli XCX, Heidi Gardner amongst others.
After trading other one-liners and parody jokes — Beckham mistakes La Mer face cream for something edible, the Olsen twins bring “cigarette casserole” and Cher sings “I don’t know why I put Sprite in the gravy,” — the group tells the story of the first Thanksgiving. But when the Olsen twins have a wardrobe mishap, Law Roach (played by Kenan Thompson) appears carrying a tiny handbag.
“The basics do a turkey trot but the it girls do a turkey strut,” he says. The actors then pose a mock fashion show on the dinner table. This is another parallel to Charli XCX’s “360” video, where she walks on tables.
Ego Nwodim as Naomi Campbell on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
The sketch ended in a song by Cher. Watch SNL’s fashionable Thanksgiving sketch below.
This isn’t the first time SNL has parodied fashion and its figures. Earlier this year, the company made a spoof of fast fashion ads from companies like Temu and Shein. In their mock-up for the fictional Xiemu, they offer products for as low as $3 while suggesting unethical work practices as well as bad quality.
