These
throwback

Met
Gala
looks
are
dangerously
good. 

With
the
2024
iteration
of
the
fashionable
event
just around
the
corner,
it’s
time
to
take
a
trip
down
memory
lane
to
a
time
when
the
Met
Gala
looked
very
different.
If you
rewind
the
clock
20
years,
you’ll
find
yourself
in
an
era
when
the
Met
Gala
looks
were
not
the
must-see
attraction
of
the
evening. 

Instead,
for

the
2004 “Dangerous
Liaisons”
exhibit—which
focused
on “dress
and
its
aesthetic
interplay
with
art,
furniture,
and
the
broader
decorative
arts”
from
1750 to
1789—attendees
seemed
to
arrive
in,
for
the most
part,
just
the
normal
red
carpet
looks. 

And
while
stars
like


Scarlett
Johansson, Serena
Williams, Natalie
Portman and Hilary
Swank
were
dressed
to
the
nines,
their
looks
were
far
more
understated
for
today’s
Met
Gala
standards. 

There
were
a
few,
however,
who
leaned
further
into
the
costume
side
of
the
Costume
Institute’s
benefit,
including Charlize
Theron and Eva
Mendes. For
her
part,
Charlize
donned
an
extravagantly
eccentric
black
look,
while
Eva
finished
off
her
look
with
a
dramatic
fur
stole.