I had a huge crush on Duckie. Immature, yes, sure, but Blaaaaane -- not a name; a major appliance -- was such a boring wet rag of a weak-willed mope. LOOK AT THESE DIMPLES. If death or going dateless is not an option, I think I pick those dimples. But that's not what we're here for; we are here for the dress Andie made. And it is...
... epic. When the entire crux of your character is that she's creative and stylish, it is a real boner to have her step out at the Prom in a shapeless sack that looks like I made it. Me now OR me when this movie came out; we possess the same sewing skills. Like, when I had Kevin color my hair, I cut arm holes in an old fitted sheet and clipped it together and it fit me better than this fits her.
Oh, ANDIE. Two dresses died for this.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. I hope she never showed Iona what she did with her beloved old frock.
James Spader
Hmm, how did this get in here? You could pierce an ear with that gaze. I could thread this gaze and use it to sew a bag into a better dress than Andie's.
Jon Cryer
Jon... appears to have come in costume? Sir, I PROMISE everyone already knew who you played in the movie.
Annie Potts
Annie also went in a colorful -- this was pink -- and weird tribute to her character's sartorial preferences. Nothing makes me feel older, by the way, than photos from when I was alive being in black-and-white only. As if I now predate color imagery.
Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore
These two were ENGAGED. Although I believe they were about to break up, because he had children with the same Wilhelmina model at either end of their "intermittent" relationship (but didn't claim either of them until a year later? EMILIO).
Michael J. Fox and Jennifer Grey
I ALSO forgot these two happened, and it's entirely possible we've remembered it recently on this very site and I STILL forgot. So: If you had to guess what color MJF's outfit is...
... would you have gone with golden taupe?
Justine Bateman
Meanwhile, Mallory Keaton is wearing leggings and thick white tube socks, because the '80s were relentless.
Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan
Did you know that Goose and Meg Ryan hooked up during Top Gun and then stayed together until she supposedly turned down his proposal? HISTORY IS NEAT. LOOK AT ALL HIS HAIR.
Cher
CHER came to this premiere. CHER. She doesn't have a song on the soundtrack, that I know of, so was Cher just THIS excited to see the continuing adventures of Molly Ringwald?
Judge Reinhold
Bolo ties really, really tried.
Kim Cattrall
"Please don't ask me about my next project. It's called Mannequin, and I'm filming it with Andrew McCarthy, and I hope to forget it ever happened."
Cary Elwes and Helena Bonham Carter
I screamed, "DID THEY DATE????" but of course they probably are here together because they starred in Lady Jane in 1986 so maybe it was promotional. OR, maybe they were ALSO having a torrid romance, although HBC seems woefully bored.
George Michael
SURPRISE. George Michael showed up and didn't button his shirt.
Michael Keaton
"You know what, this thing looks terrible, I'm going to get a cookie down the street."
OMD
And here is Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, a band I have not seen in person ever despite singing "If You Leave" fairly often in my car.
Raquel Welch, 1967
Okay, and this is the first of the four amusing photos I pulled that Getty had filed under "Pretty In Pink." Where is the throwback to THIS photo shoot, everyone?
1952
"And when I'm finished with this lipstick, I can snort my dinner! It's PERFECT."
Terylene Advertisement, 1965
These words do not describe a piece of clothing I want to wear, or... a piece of clothing at ALL.
Trying to have a cocktail, but horrified by whatever she's thinking about: It's 2020, baby.