The 1999 Premiere of American Pie Was...Hilarious

Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton

Neither of these folks are in this movie, and Charlize -- who looks like Peak Prada 1999 (a Prada that I, for what it's worth, was obsessed with) -- apparently cut her bangs with toenail clippers. Even in 1999, I was doubtful about these very short bangs.

Edward Furlong and Natasha Lyonne

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Brooker/Shutterstock (308022c) Edward Furlong with guest ' AMERICAN PIE' FILM PREMIERE LOS ANGELES AMERICA - 12 JUL 1999

A reminder: Edward Furlong is alive. Also: Natasha Lyonne was credited as "AND GUEST" here, which is absurd! She's IN this movie! Anyway, I would have loved and still might love her skirt.

Tara Reid

Tara Reid is wearing a formal skirt (very 1999), a tank top, and....a tablecloth? I don't know.

Tangi Miller

Tangi Miller was like, "yeah, it's just a movie. I'm going to be comfy."

Dyan Cannon

I'd believe you if you told me Dyan painted those jeans herself.

Seann William Scott

Stifler looks pretty suave here.

Jennifer Coolidge

As does his mom. (Full disclosure, I think I had this dress.)

Jason Biggs and Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth's shoe choice has not aged well AND was not well-thought-out at the time! (Jason Biggs looks highly reasonable though.)

Nicholle Tom

Am I wrong to still love this dress? I might be emotionally still in 1999.

Kerr Smith and someone I can't ID

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Berliner/BEI/Shutterstock (1506830au) Kerr Smith 'American Pie' Premiere

The sunglasses-around-the-neck is every boy I ever dated in this time period.

Jessica Biel

I cannot tell for sure, but there's a non-zero chance that she's wearing capri pants.

Traci Bingham

No lie, but Traci could probably pull those jeans out and wear them now. Which is tough when it comes to denim.

Ali Larter

I promise you that almost every woman you know who was an adult in 1999 had a pair of these shoes.

Chris Klein and Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan's handbag has come all the way around to being back in style again.

Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg

These two were freshly married here and are in fact still married. (Also, proof that Stuart Weitzman did not invent those shoes.)

Ben Affleck

And then Ben Affleck showed up...and also helped me figure out where this premiere was, namely, Universal CityWalk.