Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson

Nothing says 2005 like the one-two of American Apparel and Baja Fresh behind one of the quintessential mid-aughts celeb couples, who have coordinated their outfits. They absolutely look like a bridesmaid/groomsman in a business casual wedding but also Jess looks great and does not need to look back at this in anger.

Jessica Simpson

I predict we are about six months from this cut of cocktail dress coming back into rotation. (I still have one from this time period! HOARDING WINS AGAIN!)

Jessica Simpson

This was the London premiere and whoever was in charge of her spray-tan went overboard, but! This dress is legitimately great on her.

Jessica Simpson

As is this one, at the London after-party, where the flash has at least blown out her spray tan. She looks totally cute here.

Ashlee Simpson

We loved a macrame-style detail in 2005; I sincerely think this has aged pretty well, too.

Tony Parker and Eva Longoria

In retrospect, Eva Longoria looks bananas here -- this Going Out top just escaped from a disastrous, high budget western -- but in 2005, this outfit was VERY very on trend for an evening out: Dark, low-rise jeans, Going Out Top, open-toed heels, expensive and flashy bag. She really hits every single mark here for August 2005.

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds played Boss Hogg in this film -- which, again, I did not see and won't ever see! -- which does feel like good casting, or, at the very least, a part Burt Reynolds probably had a good time playing. (Wikipedia informs me that he was, however, terrible in it.)

Johnny Knoxville

In which Johnny Knoxville shows up for the Dukes of Hazzard premiere dressed like Colonel Sanders, mixing up some of America's Southern stereotypes. I would also like to thank this slideshow for prompting me to look up whether or not Knoxville and Jessica ever hooked up; in case you too were wondering, she claims they had an "emotional affair" in her book and honestly the whole thing sounds very romantic. I might be shipping them now? (I know this was 15 years ago and they're both currently married to other people but whatever.)

Wilmer Valderrama

I cannot tell what Wilmer's shirt says, although I am confident that it does NOT say "Mr. Fucker," which is what I read at first. I assume he is there to support his then-girlfriend Ashlee Simpson. (I do not know what it says about me that I can remember they dated but I have no idea what I ate for dinner on Saturday.)

Lynda Carter

Lynda Carter, my childhood hero, is in this movie and also is wearing the most 2005-y jeans of all time.

Garcelle Beauvais

In which the ageless Garcelle Beauvais is clearly wondering why she decided to go thematic for this.

Jane Seymour

This dress feels like it was vintage even in 2005 and that is not actually a ding; I am kind of in love with it.

Quentin Tarantino

I don't know why Quentin Tarantino was at this event but imagine if Quentin Tarantino had done a Dukes of Hazzard movie. It would be....unhinged.

Katie Price and Peter Andre

Speaking of unhinged, here's Katie Price, looking VERY Jordan, ie totally inappropriate for most normal social engagements but ready for some wild story in the Daily Mail. (I wonder what she's up to lately; I hope she's okay!)

Tara Reid

Meanwhile, other than the fact that this dress has too much needless illusion-netting on the torso, Tara Reid looks great!

Lisa Snowdon

As you may recall, Lisa Snowdon dated George Clooney for a while (if I'm doing the math right, they were actually dating at this point, although they were about to break up). I am amused by how some Brits at the London premiere went full yee-haw.

Katie Leung

"Oh no, was I supposed to wear a cowboy hat to this?"

Sienna Miller

She looks great in this and also let me assure you that Forever21 ripped off literally every single piece of this outfit two weeks after she wore it.

Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville

SWS looks like Knoxville's long-suffering financial advisor.

Seann William Scott

But a hot one!

The Dukes of Hazzard Photocall

Well, this is a mess, and it makes me retract a bit of what I said about Jessica, who looks fine but also like she's cosplaying what Mary Poppins would look like if she'd infiltrated Gossip Girl. The boys have packed their biggest belt buckles for England. Culture!

Yee-Haw! Let's Revisit the 2005 Premiere of Dukes of Hazzard

Please don't ask me why I thought this was a good idea.