Rose Hartman/Getty ImagesAt the 1999 Met Gala, the stars were partying like it was...1999.
Guests included actress now considered '90s icons, such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Christina Ricci and Minnie Driver. Pop legend Whitney Houston, who died in 2012, attended the Met Gala with then-husband Bobby Brown. Jennifer Lopez arrived with then-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs. Jerry Seinfeld brought along wife Jessica Seinfeld, two weeks before their wedding.
The 1999 Met Gala celebrated the launch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's "Rock Style" exhibition. There, guests Liv Tyler and designer Stella McCartney proved they are indeed rock royalty.
Things were different at the Met Gala in 1999. Simpler. Celebs did not dress as outrageously as they have at Met Galas in recent years. It was more glitz, more glam, less shock. The fashion was also, as it always is at the Met Gala, gorgeous.
See photos of stars at the 1999 Met Gala.
The actress is all smiles in sparkling silver.
The actress showcases a sparkling look.
The singer is all smiles in this printed dress.
The fashion designer actually debuted this dress a year before Jennifer Lopez made headlines with it at the 2000 Grammys.
Liz channeled Angelina Jolie before that was a thing.
The singer and actress and her then-boyfriend make it a date night.
The actor appears with his then-fiancé, then known as Jessica Sklar.
The Addams Family star channels Elsa.
The actor appears with his wife, a decade before her death.
The Oscar winner was a brunette!
The Sex and the City star puts the yin in the yang.
The actress showcases a daring look.
The late singer and her-then husband make it a date night.
The Addams Family star wows in a slinky silk dress.
The '90s icon showcases a sexy angelic look.
Steven Tyler and Paul McCartney's daughters aren't wrong.
Pretty in pink!
Vogue's famous editor-in-chief appears with her signature sunglasses.
The 2019 Met Gala takes place on May 6.