Nancy Drew, style stalker

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, June, 2007 | by SAMANTHA CRITCHELL Associated Press

NANCY DREW looks darn good in knee socks for a 77-year-old. In fact, she looks younger now than she did when she was first introduced to America in 1930.

Sixteen-year-old teen star Emma Roberts, with long straight light brown hair kept out of her eyes with headbands, a wide smile reminiscent of her Aunt Julia's and several pairs of penny loafers, is the current embodiment of the young sleuth.

She hits the big screen in the Warner Bros. film "Nancy Drew" on Friday.

But when the first Nancy Drew debuted on the book jacket of "The Secret of the Old Clock," she covered her much-blonder hair with a cloche hat, wore a sophisticated skirt suit and heels.

In 1959, when that first book was updated for the...

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