rory gilmore or meg ryan fall?

The temperature dropped below 50 degrees. You know what that means: time to watch Gilmore Girls and When Harry Met Sally! But whose style are you emulating this season: Rory Gilmore or Meg Ryan’s Sally Albright?

Both are icons.
Both love a chunky knit.
Both would probably correct your email grammar (nicely).

But which one are you this week: Rory Gilmore fall or Meg Ryan fall?
Let’s find out.

☕ rory gilmore fall

the bookish, coffee-fueled, type a overachiever

The Rory Gilmore Fall girl reads on her commute and knows the best corner of every café for thinking (or people-watching). Her desk has more notebooks than tech accessories, and she still handwrites thank-you notes - even for networking 1:1s.

She’s the coworker who actually uses the company library benefit, color-codes her calendar, and probably knows the nearest coffee shop’s baristas by name. She’s fun to hang out with at company outings, but when she’s working on something, she’s so locked in she will probably ignore you - unintentionally.

her office staples:

• Pleated midi skirt + cable-knit sweater combo
• Crisp white blouse layered under a crewneck
• Loafers, trench, and a tote big enough for The New York Times (that’s right - she still reads the physical version)
• Tortoiseshell glasses, maybe a poetry book, definitely a Moleskine with corny Shakespeare stickers all over it

“Who cares if I look pretty if I fail my finals?”

The panic of an EOD deadline when she hasn’t even printed out the PPT to review grammar and sentence structure yet

🍂 Meg Ryan Fall

the effortlessly charming, slightly chaotic office protagonist

The Meg Ryan Fall Girl is the one who makes work feel like a movie montage. She walks into meetings with a smile that says I have notes, but I’ll deliver them kindly.

She thrives on cozy chaos: half-written memos, coffee stains on her planner, and an organizational system that only she could possibly understand. She says “let’s get coffee” and actually means it, and her emails read more like novels.

her office staples:

• This woman has a blazer selection that us at Tennie can only dream of
• Patterns for days: plaid, polka dots, you name it
• Layers upon layers because she is always freezing in the office (but aren’t we all?)
• Gold hoops, red lipstick, and big hair to highlight her main character energy
• A pair of worn-in boots and a leather satchel she found thrifting that contains the most random assortment of items

“But I’d like the pie heated and I don’t want the ice cream on top I want it on the side and I’d like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it’s real if it’s out of a can then nothing.”

I don’t even want to imagine her Starbucks order