FILM PREMIERE: PAUL VERHOEVEN'S 'SHOWGIRLS' (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ah, crushed velvet. Welcome to the party. This is honestly very restrained. Of course, these image captions all referred to Showgirls as "controversial" -- I think at this point people had their undies in a bunch because it was rated NC-17 -- so maybe Elizabeth was trying to keep it chill.
Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon during "Showgirls" Los Angeles Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Ditto for Gina, honestly. This is quite good on her. It's tight in a way that compromises the fabric, but otherwise... though I'm sure someone in 1995 was like THIS IS TOO SAUCY.
Claire Danes
Claire Danes during "Showgirls" Los Angeles Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
She was between My So Called Life/Little Women and Romeo + Juliet. So, famous, but not CLAIRE DANES yet. This is so delightfully normal.
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway during "Showgirls" Los Angeles Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Faye's skirt, which you can only slightly see here, has a slit that goes up midthigh. So this is like... she's here for a deposition, but also SAUCY.
Famke Janssen
Famke Janssen and Husband Tod Williams during "Showgirls" Los Angeles Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
She and Tod Williams here had just gotten married. (They made it to 2000.) He looks like a misplaced member of Sum 41 or something.
Kelly Preston
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Actress Kelly Preston attends the "Showgirls" Beverly Hills Premiere on September 21, 1995 at the Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
She hadn't done Jerry Maguire yet, so we didn't necessarily know how funny she could be (I think she's great in that movie), unless of course you lived and died by Space Camp in the 80s. WHICH I DID. But she HAD married John Travolta five years earlier. This is a boring outfit so I hope the Space Camp reference makes up for it.
Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford attends the "Showgirls" Beverly Hills Premiere at the Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, United States, 21st September 1995. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs/Archives)
People were so REGULAR in 1995, even supermodels. I can't get over it.
Natasha Henstridge
Actors Natasha Henstridge and Damien Chapa attend the 'Showgirls' Beverly Hills Premiere on September 21, 1995 at Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
These two got married for a year. She looks like he pulled her out of a play rehearsal to make the screening on time.
Kato Kaelin
Kato Kaelin attends the 'Showgirls' Beverly Hills Premiere on September 21, 1995 at Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
In case you doubt that America has always been foolish, the fact that we made Kato Kaelin a celebrity after he testified in OJ's murder trial is strong evidence.
