Sarah Michelle Gellar Reveals Which ‘90s Character’s Closet She Wants (Exclusive)

She may have had Cruel Intentions, but she had a great closet. 

When asked which 90’s or early 2000s characters she’d swap closets with, Sarah Michelle Gellar tells PEOPLE she’d choose “Kathryn Merteuil in seconds.”

“That’s easy,” Gellar, 48, says. “She had an incredible closet.”

When asked if she had a specific look in mind, Gellar quickly pointed to her sleek blazer and bustier combo.

“My first [favorite] was the suit, the iconic suit she wears in the beginning, because I was 20 when we started that,” she says. “Our costume designer wanted to get a custom-made suit and she took me to this very famous store in Los Angeles called Trashy Lingerie. I had never been in, because I was like 20.”

She continues, “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know if I could go in there,’ but it wound up being one of the best custom shops for corsets and any kind of undergarments that you would wear. I was properly fit.”

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress notes that they also “custom-made the corset that goes underneath the iconic suit in the beginning.” 

Gellar says the whole thing was “an incredible experience,” from the fitting to the perfectly fitted final product.

“It was really the first time I think I’d had anything tailor-made like that, where they take your measurements and they build it from scratch.” 

No stranger to 90s fashion, Gellar announced a curated collection with eBay for its 30th anniversary. The ‘95 shop is a retail experience and online destination featuring the most iconic fashion, collectibles and motors from the ’90s. 

The collection includes signed memorabilia from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and iconic pieces like a 1995 Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Rue Cambon Paris Belt and a 1994-95 Michael Jordan autographed Bulls M&N White 45 Jersey.

Gellar herself signed a few collectible pieces from Buffy for the collection, which will be auctioned online for one week, with all proceeds benefiting Make-A-Wish.

Cruel Intentions spurred a sequel movie and a spin-off series on Amazon Prime Video. In the original 1999 movie, based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel Dangerous Liaisons, Gellar costarred with Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair.

The movie, written and directed by Roger Kumble, follows Annette Hargrove (Witherspoon), the daughter of the new headmaster at a private high school in New York City. Gellar played Merteuil, the wealthy, popular and devious Upper East Sider.

Known for its sexy, subversive storylines and dialogue, the movie was a standout among the teen comedies and dramas of the ’90s, many of which were based on literary works.

Cruel Intentions also featured a supporting cast of Louise Fletcher, Sean Patrick Thomas, Swoosie Kurtz, Eric Mabius, Christine Baranski, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid and more.