Danielle Fishel Dishes on Her New Fashion Show
For seven seasons Danielle Fishel played the straight girl to Boy Meets Worlds Ben Savage Now the all-grown-up Topanga is getting her goof on as host of The Dish Saturdays 10pmET Style a fashion-centric spin-off from Es The Soup Damian HolbrookTV Guide So youre giving it to the fashion world huh Danielle Fishel Yes Fashion is one of the areas you have to have a sense of humor [about] right If you cant laugh at the choices youve made then maybe youre taking yourself too seriouslyTV Guide What fashion mistakes have you madeFishel Oh lordI wore a hot pink dress with this huge flower on it I dont even like pink or flowers And there were several outfits from Boy Meets World that shouldnt have happened [Laughs]TV Guide Speaking of Boy what the hell kind of name was TopangaFishel I grew up in the San Fernando Valley [near] Topanga Canyon and in the 60s it was a huge hippie hangout My character was very flower childlike when she sta
For seven seasons,
Danielle Fishel played the straight girl to
Boy Meets World's Ben Savage. Now, the all-grown-up Topanga is getting her goof on as host of
The Dish (Saturdays, 10pm/ET, Style), a fashion-centric spin-off from E!'s
The Soup. -
Damian Holbrook
TV Guide: So you're giving it to the fashion world, huh?
Danielle Fishel: Yes! Fashion is one of the areas you have to have a sense of humor [about], right? If you can't laugh at the choices you've made then maybe you're taking yourself too seriously.
TV Guide: What fashion mistakes have you made?
Fishel: Oh lordI wore a hot pink dress with this huge flower on it. I don't even like pink or flowers! And there were several outfits from
Boy Meets World that shouldn't have happened. [
Laughs]
TV Guide: Speaking of Boy, what the hell kind of name was Topanga?
Fishel: I grew up in the San Fernando Valley [near] Topanga Canyon, and in the '60s it was a huge hippie hangout. My character was very flower child like when she started, so the story is that one of [
Boy's] writers called the executive producer and said, "We still need a name for this character" and he just happened to be stuck in traffic in Topanga Canyon.