Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Prom, circa 1999

The cult favorite has endured the past decade, plus some (we so miss how demons and monsters were perfect, clever metaphors for teen angst, with Sarah Michelle Gellar kicking some serious butt as the Slayer) and, wow, so did Buffy’s prom dress.

We kind of can’t tell if the pic of an apparently ageless SMG (um, is she a vampire?!) in the subtly iridescent lilac column gown is recent or from Sunnydale’s prom back in ‘99. She looks so refreshed and non-fussed after vanquishing four killer hounds (trained to annihilate anything in a tux — rented presumably). If memory serves us correctly, hunky vampire-with-feelings Angel looked pretty dishy when he showed up, too.

{Photo: 20th Century Fox via InStyle}