Danielle Fishel rewore her 1999 two-piece prom look for a '90s-inspired photo shoot with ex Lance Bass for the American Idol podcast
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In a new behind-the-scenes Instagram post, Fishel shared a glimpse at the alterations made to the vintage outfit for it to fit her current figure
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"Some wins, some losses," she wrote alongside the carousel
Girl meets tailor!
Danielle Fishelgave everyone's Instagram feeds a good hit of nostalgia by sharing a photo of her and her former boyfriend,Lance Bass,recreating their 1999 prom photosfor theAmerican Idolpodcast.But it took a few stitches to get the results just right.
On Wednesday, April 22, the actress, 44, showed abehind-the-scenes lookat how she was able to slip back into the exact two-piece she wore to their high school dance 27 years ago with the help of a tailor.
"Pulled out my actual prom dress from 1999 and somehow got back into it… after taking it in, a little altering, and a pep talk," she wrote on Instagram. She added that there were "some wins, some losses" wearing the outfit, which had to be taken in to fit her current size. "A few of my former curves clearly RSVP'd no," she joked.
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The Instagram carousel showed Fishel getting fitted and even playing with the top to show how loose it was on her body.
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Fishel and the former *NSYNC member dated for about a year. According to theBoy Meets Worldalum, they met when she interviewed *NSYNC for a TGIF live special on ABC.
"Lance and I had a very wonderful, very warm, loving relationship but it was completely lacking of intimacy — intimacy in the romantic sense," Fishel said of her short-lived romantic relationship on an August 2022 episode of thePod Meets Worldpodcast.
"I held on for hope for way too long that we were going to get back together and get married and have a family … It turns out I'm not Lance's type," she added of the singer, whopublicly came out as gayin 2006 (Bass is married to Michael Turchin andthey share two children).
Fishel has beenopen about her body image, especially as it relates to being in the spotlight as Topanga onBoy Meets World.
“The '90s in general were a time where, you know, there was really no such thing asbody positivity.Everyonewas chasing a waif look.And if you had curves or if you had any sort of extra weight, it was really something you were supposed to feel bad about," she said onPod Meets Worldin 2024.
She was also diagnosed withearly-stage breast cancerin July 2024 and underwent two surgeries, including a lumpectomy, and 20 rounds of radiation after which her "pathology came back with no cancer found."
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