Celebrity Throwback Photos

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Chrissy Teigen

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The model posted this super cute mom-and-daughter throwback to show off her flowing curls and totally chic polka dot dress when hubby John Legend and others pointed out how much little Teigen looks like Teigen and Legend’s daughter Luna.

“we came. to slay. @pepperthai2,” Teigen captioned her photo, tagging her mother Vilailuck Teigen’s Instagram handle.

Legend responded by writing, “It’s Luna!!”

Singer Melanie Fiona added, “Omg!! It’s Luna’s entire face!!!!!! 😍😍😍.”

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Ariana Grande

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“if anything …. she’s consistent,” the singer tweeted alongside a photo of her rocking her signature high pony as a little girl.

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Eva Mendes

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This vintage photo of Mendes and her sisters proves that the actress has not aged at all — not even a little bit.

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Marc Jacobs

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Before Marc Jacobs dressed celebrities like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, the fashion designer rocked a shoulder-length winged hair ‘do. He shared his retro hairstyle on Instagram with three photos of old ID cards: his Paris metro card, his Parsons student ID and his international student ID card. Each picture features a wavy bob – a departure from his current short cut.

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Rachel Zoe

For #fbf, Rachel Zoe reminisces on the curly beach hair she had as a 19-year-old brunette, and says she was “living her best self” then.

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Kim Kardashian West

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By 7th grade, Kim Kardashian already had a signature beauty look. “This was my go to lipstick,” she writes about her bold rep lip. “It’s gotta make a comeback.”

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Armie Hammer

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Before the actor and athleisure icon took an appreciation for ’70s style Adidas tracksuits (he has 70 of them to be exact!), he experiemented with his look even more. Hammer dyed his hair blue, showing that the early aughts were a very experimental time for fashion trends.

“Good Lord, why didn’t anyone tell me this was a bad idea?! Thank you mom (@druhammer) for puttin up with me. And by the way, the early 2000s, fashion wise, were rough. #dodgerblue.”

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Busy Philipps

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The actress (and our Instagram crush) takes us back to a simpler time — 1997 — showing off her killer sense of style in a Betsey Johnson dress (that she says she still has!), proving once again that she totally deserved an inviation to the Met Gala.

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RACHEL ZOE AND BACKSTREET BOYS

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The celebrity stylist has dressed anyone who’s anyone in Hollywood. Need proof? She even dressed the Backstreet Boys in their iconic oversize matching outfits from their Millenium days.

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GABRIELLE UNION

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She may be married to one of the best basketball players in the game (Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade) but she has been a “baller” player herself since she was 12 years old. “Runnin point since 84′,” she captioned her #TBT photo.

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HEATHER DUBROW

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The former Real Housewives of Orange County star flashed back to her Syracuse sorority days, when she teased every inch of her hair and favored dresses with major bows.

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KIM KARDASHIAN WEST

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Before she was taking selfies, Kim had her BFF Paris Hilton snapping her swimsuit pics. “2007 pic taken on my blackberry by @parishilton,” she wrote on Instagram.

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GABRIELLE UNION

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Here’s photographic proof that Gabrielle’s always been a cool girl. Back in the day she had feathered bangs, a popped collar, “gleaming” braces and the two-face ’80s school picture.

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CHRISTIE BRINKLEY

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The model took a trip down memory lane by sharing a #TBT of her first-ever cover shoot 44 years ago. “I remember thinking, ‘a bathing suit! Oh no! No pockets! What do I do with my hands? Oh wait now a STRANGER is going to kiss my neck? I have a boyfriend,'” the star recalled. “I nervous giggled the whole shot.”

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JENNA DEWAN TATUM

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Jenna celebrated #throwbackthursday with a photo of her cheerleading days, wearing her Grapevine High uniform.

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BRAD GORESKI

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The stylist made his first trip to Paris in 2002 a fashionable one, “werking” highlighted hair, glossy lips and Dior shades.

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JOHN MAYER

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All John can say about the “soil me” T-shirt he wore with his high school bandmates in 1995 is: “I was an interesting boy.”

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RASHIDA JONES AND TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

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This photo is official proof that these two have not aged a day in 18 years.

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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Reese credits her cami-and-choker-wearing, twisted bun hairstyle days to Gwen Stefani. “I’m pretty sure you are to blame for this fashion inspiration,” she told Gwen on Instagram.

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MELISSA JOAN HART

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Melissa said this photo was taken during a time when “I didn’t have to wear a bra, or makeup, and could pull off half a shirt with low rise jeans with the waist band cut off. #nothingbutzipper. Ahhhh, youth is wasted on the young!”

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DREW BARRYMORE

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Drew appreciates a good makeup look and irony, apparently. “Ps I have a beauty company! Hahahaha,” she joked about this photo of her 12-year-old self wearing some serious pink eyeliner in the ’80s.

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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Reese asked her Instagram followers to caption this photo of her at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 1997, so we came up with one option: 😘

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TAMRON HALL

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The chic journalist was a style star way back in the ’90s. Tamron shared a photo working the earring counter (her specailty!) at her first job at Magnum jewelry. “Best sales person on the street,” she wrote.

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TYRA BANKS

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The supermodel celebrated #ThrowbackTyTy — her version of TBT — by posting a shot of herself at a Todd Oldham fashion show wearing a custom spray painted T-shirt. Turns out, she still has the top in her closet!

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KYLE RICHARDS

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As evidenced from her side-swept bangs and killer braid, Kyle’s hair has always been her signature. But she says her eyebrows were unfortunately “not on fleek” back in 1989.

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RIHANNA

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Once a trend-setter, always a trend-setter! Rihanna says she “got the vision” for her new Fenty x Puma jelly slides years ago when she wore the must-have ’90s shoe style as a kid.

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JESSICA BIEL

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The actress’s trend-setting days started way back in 1998 when she hit the red carpet for Halloween H2O wearing what she says was “the season’s hottest accessories, visible tan lines and a general look of confusion.”

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SOFIA VERGARA

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She dedicated her #tbt post to her thong bikini-wearing days in Miami Beach, otherwise known as the time when she “… Didnt know my 2 favorite things where bad for u! Sun and transfats😂#thegoodtimes #boththingsmademybuttlookgreat😒” There’s no arguing with that hashtag!

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND MANDY MOORE

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As evidence by Justin’s bucket hat and Mandy’s Abercrombie & Fitch shirt, they were the two coolest teens during the summer of 1999.

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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In case you couldn’t tell by her Esprit logo T-shirt and printed Bermuda shorts, this was the ’80s and Reese was a trendsetter already.

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KATE BECKINSALE

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Kate traces her boho-themed outfit to her mom’s role in Hair, and notes that she tried in vain to fight the paisley with some styling touches of her own.

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JULIANNE HOUGH

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This is proof Julianne was a full-blown fashionista since she was five years old, calling this fuzzy leopard coat her “all time” favorite. “Even Derek [Hough] saw this picture and said… oh my gosh I remember that coat! Before saying anything about the beautiful red rocks behind us!”

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CHARLIE SHEEN

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This may look like any old crewneck sweater, but it’s actually an iconic ’80s momento. Charlie explains in his throwback pic that he let Tom Cruise borrow it to wear on a date with his Risky Business co-star Rebecca De Mornay back in 1982.

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KATE HUDSON

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Today she serves up abs goals and #OOTD goals on the regular. But when she was little it was all about hair goals.

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BEHATI PRINSLOO

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Another early pioneer in the field of fierce hair? The Victoria’s Secret model, who called her side pony “on point.”

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KYLIE JENNER

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The star’s obsession with new locks looks began exactly 10 years ago, when 9-year-old Kylie finally convinced her mom to let her dye a section blonde, saying it “changed everything.” (See this retrospective for proof.)

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SARA SAMPAIO

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For anyone going through growing pains, just remember even Victoria’s Secret Angels endured pre-braces, cut-your-own-bangs days too. “#Nevergiveuphope, she captioned her throwback.

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CINDY CRAWFORD & LINDA EVANGELISTA

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Didn’t know Cindy and Linda moonlighted as professional figure skaters in their runway heyday? It was news to us, too!

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KIM & KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN

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Kris Jenner may be a cool mom (wearing her kids’ clothes and modeling lingerie) but she’s still not chill enough to refrain from posting embarrassing photos of her daughters in matching poodle skirts.

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KRIS JENNER

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And she doesn’t leave herself out of the throwback fun either, giving us a sense of where her love of pilgrim chic outfits all started.

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HUGH JACKMAN

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Pro: He was an adorable teen. Con: He posed the open-ended caption: “Under the kilt I wore…”

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EMMA ROBERTS & DYLAN PENN

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That’s Emma and Dylan as “little doodle brains” (as Emma affectionately put it!) with some on-point headband style sense.

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CINDY CRAWFORD

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According to the supermodel’s throwback pic, the beauty vibe backstage at this particular Paris runway show in 1994 was “Who needs a hairbrush when you’ve got Chanel?” Can’t really argue with that.

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KATIE HOLMES

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Sorry Beyoncé‘s baby bangs. Katie practically invented the trend way before you made an appearance in 2014 (as evidence by her adorable #tbt)

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JANUARY JONES

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That’s the face of a “happy” and “confident” SNL superstar lookalike. “I chose to look like Chris Farley and am proud of that,” the actress captioned her Insta.

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Chrissy Teigen

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Ariana Grande

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Eva Mendes

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Marc Jacobs

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Rachel Zoe

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Kim Kardashian West

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Armie Hammer

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Busy Philipps

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RACHEL ZOE AND BACKSTREET BOYS

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GABRIELLE UNION

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HEATHER DUBROW

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KIM KARDASHIAN WEST

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GABRIELLE UNION

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CHRISTIE BRINKLEY

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JENNA DEWAN TATUM

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BRAD GORESKI

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JOHN MAYER

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RASHIDA JONES AND TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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MELISSA JOAN HART

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DREW BARRYMORE

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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TAMRON HALL

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TYRA BANKS

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KYLE RICHARDS

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RIHANNA

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JESSICA BIEL

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SOFIA VERGARA

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND MANDY MOORE

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REESE WITHERSPOON

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KATE BECKINSALE

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JULIANNE HOUGH

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CHARLIE SHEEN

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KATE HUDSON

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BEHATI PRINSLOO

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KYLIE JENNER

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SARA SAMPAIO

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CINDY CRAWFORD & LINDA EVANGELISTA

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