Taylor Momsen still fits into her Cindy Lou Who costume from How the Grinch Stole Christmas 25 years later.
On Sunday, Dec. 21, the actress and singer shared an Instagram video of her trying on and doing a photo shoot in the original costume from the hit 2000 movie, where Jim Carrey played the Grinch. Momsen was just eight years old when she starred as the adorable Whovian who befriends the Grinch.
Now 32, Momsen shared behind-the-scenes clips of herself carefully squeezing into the gingham dress with the help of an assistant. She layered the look over a tulle skirt for volume and slowly worked her arms into the puffy sleeves.
“I’m a bit jacked,” she joked as she struggled to get comfortable. When her assistant suggested a seamstress open the sleeve and restore it later, Momsen replied, “Possibly.”
When Momsen was all glammed up, Momsen completed the look with a red cape trimmed in white fur and black combat boots, putting a modern edge on the nostalgic outfit.
“Yes … that’s my real Cindy costume from the Grinch movie,” she wrote in the caption. “25 years later…it still fits (sort of)…what a surreal holiday season #whereareyouchristmas.”
The moment came shortly after Momsen also musically revisited Cindy Lou Who and released a new (rock) version of Where are you Christmas? with her band, The Pretty Reckless.
