Jasmine Aguilera

I'll be Veronica enough for everybody else.

even though there is an actual Riverdale that exists in New York.

That is not Riverdale.

Riverdale is based in a large part to Haverhill.

Nearby, they have New England roots.

Her name originated from Veronica Lake, who was an actress in the 40s, and a Massachusetts senator, Henry Cabot Lodge.

Archie is so important to me.

It shaped who I was.

I saw Archie Comics in a grocery store a while.

I'm sure a lot of people have that same experience.

And, you know, I was learning to read when I first saw those Archie Comics.

They helped me learn to read.

So it really holds a very special place in my heart.

Yeah.

Buckle up.

Okay, so I have loved Betty and Veronica fashion since I was a little kid, and I aspired to be just like Veronica, both as a source of my fashion inspiration and also a source of so much of my personality.

If you loved Betty and Veronica fashion as a child, you know what I'm talking about.

If it's really hard to believe, but even before in the 1910s and before that, you were a child and then you were an adult and there was no in between.

But then because of the Depression, people started to realize, like, it's better for my kids to stay in school longer.

Public schooling was starting to expand.