Rory season 1

Rory Gilmore changed my life. Or, rather, she guided me through my life. She led me through every single step of my adolescence, to the point where turning 23 (a year older than Rory is at the end of Gilmore Girls) was my most devastating milestone yet. I no longer had my guidepost, my shining star. I would have to

Fourteen years — and 1 billion cups of coffee — later, check out what the fast-talking residents of Stars Hollow looked like in their early appearances versus today!

Rory's Outfit at the beginning of the first episode Season 1