Under the Tuscan Sun Is a Normcore Mood Board (2024)

Here, in one of the movie's first scenes, when Diane Lane's character, Frances, is feeling her lowest — staying at a depressing temporary apartment in... Here, in one of the movie's first scenes, when Diane Lane's character, Frances, is feeling her lowest — staying at a depressing temporary apartment in San Francisco, post-divorce, pre-Tuscany — she manages to look both cozy and chic in a light-gray oversize knit. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Frances is finally in Tuscany! Which means she can pair a suede, Eddie Bauer–looking blouse with a suede shoulder bag in the very same shade of burnt ... Frances is finally in Tuscany! Which means she can pair a suede, Eddie Bauer–looking blouse with a suede shoulder bag in the very same shade of burnt sienna and still look fabulous. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Here she is getting the keys to her new Tuscan villa: The corduroy blazer and cotton scarf are a winning duo, but the gold watch with a thin leather b... Here she is getting the keys to her new Tuscan villa: The corduroy blazer and cotton scarf are a winning duo, but the gold watch with a thin leather band is what pulls the look together. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

One of my favorite Frances outfits: speckled chunky knit, small gold hoop earrings, messy bun. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Her frumpy "renovating the villa" look. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

All about that black-beret life. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Nothing says basic like a white crewneck tee underneath an unbuttoned denim button-down. Here she is serving her Polish contractors an Italian feast.... Nothing says basic like a white crewneck tee underneath an unbuttoned denim button-down. Here she is serving her Polish contractors an Italian feast. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Frances serving another Italian feast, this time, hair half-up, half-down, and in a simple white blouse. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Frances looks her most breezy and elegant on a trip to Rome, with a long, boxy black wool jacket, and perfectly scrunched scarf. Photo: Touchstone Pi... Frances looks her most breezy and elegant on a trip to Rome, with a long, boxy black wool jacket, and perfectly scrunched scarf. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Frances in that same oversize black coat. (Note the pregnant Sandra Oh in the background.) Photo: Touchstone Pictures

White crewneck T-shirt, white blouse, unflattering denim. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

It's a Gap Outlet explosion in this bathroom.

If Eileen Fisher had a 19-year-old second cousin named Britnee Fisher, she would likelywear an outfit similar to what Frances is donning here: l... If Eileen Fisher had a 19-year-old second cousin named Britnee Fisher, she would likelywear an outfit similar to what Frances is donning here: linen pants, brown loafers, orange scarf ... crop top. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

Frances, after she finally gets laid, looks ravishing in a simple white Anne Klein–esque dress on a trip to Positano. Photo: Touchstone Pictures

An orange iridescent belted dress is so bad ... yet so, so good. Photo: Touchstone Pictures