Cate Blanchett in Donna Karan

We're starting off with a real bang. This is a VERY sexy choice.

Gwen Stefani in Valentino

I really like this on Gwen, and wish she'd wear it now.

Charlize Theron in Dior

I like this better now than I did then, but the straps slipping down never quite lands for me.

Scarlett Johansson in Stella McCartney

Blandy bland bland.

Jennifer Lopez in Michael Kors

This is so pretty on her, but she also looks a bit orange. Like she's matching.

Jennifer Garner

I recognize that this dress is not, itself, experimental. But it's experimental FOR HER.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis

Huh.

Kim Cattrall

That's more interesting.

Elijah Wood

Check out Elijah, in a velvet suit that would be VERY on-trend in 2023. Mr. Frodo is a psychic!

Jessica Walter, David Cross

And that coat is ALSO a lot of fun, but I can't decide whether I'm amused or annoyed that he's in jeans and sneakers. On the one hand, whatever, it's David Cross. On the other, everyone else made an effort! Including Jessica Walter over there. RIP.

Evan Rachel Wood

That is a lot of seams! But a super color on her.

Eva Mendes

Hmm.

Uma Thurman

She's working this very well considering it has a few elements I don't typically like.

Renee Zellweger

This isn't my favorite look of hers, but her head is great.

Jessica Simpson

Jessica looks nice and maybe a little cheesy, and I think that is exactly her brand.

Jessica Lange

THAT dress is fab. The fabric is amazing.

Christina Ricci

A bit too Wednesday for me.

Queen Latifah and Sharon Stone

Queen Latifah looks like she's paying homage to Gwyneth's Shakespeare in Love dress. Sharon looks like she's out to dinner on a Wednesday.

Maria Bello

THIS has a Sharon Stone vibe to me.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie is annoyed because she's late for an all-English-teachers drinks hour hosted by her department chair.

Diane Lane

Needs a hoik?

Jennifer Aniston in Valentino

I guess everything is wrangled? It's a little dull but she's never been Funky Experimental. And now I'm lost in a daydream of Law Roach trying to have his stylistic way with her for six months, and I just don't know if it would ever work -- she is so ingrained as Simple, Beachy.

Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Dakota Johnson

My favorite dress is on Dakota.

Tyra Banks

She looks nice! ANTM season 2 premiered that week, and I definitely remember that hair. Kevin and I had just started dating like three weeks before.

Jennifer Beals

Holy cow, that might be my favorite in this whole gallery.

Jamie Lee Curtis

She could wear that now. (That's Christopher Guest behind her, and I THINK their daughter Annie?)

Elisha Cuthbert

Ah, the aughts, when it looked like people gave themselves bangs with a butter knife.

Diane Keaton

Everything is on track here!

Catherine Zeta-Jones

She'd been on the circuit the previous year for Chicago, heavily pregnant, so I feel like this is her starting back up REALLY simply.

Reiko Aylesworth

Aw, I remember her from 24. (And One Life to Live.) She looks lovely. She doesn't seem to work a ton anymore; she's ALSO married to a Shakespearian scholar, which is a cool detail. Thanks, Wikipedia.

Brittany Murphy

Hers is such a sad story. RIP.

Allison Janney

Always a dish.

James Brolin and Barbara Streisand

When will we get a Babs-issance?

Twenty-Year Flashback: The 2004 Globes

Pre-GFY times!