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Miu Miu Ads Through the Ages

6:00 PM, January 5 2012

By John Jannuzzi

Maybe "through the ages" is a stretch, but who's counting? As Spring 2012's glossy ads are released, we can't help but remember our favorite old ones—and what was happening in the world when they were brand new.

To that end, we've gathered every Miu Miu ad we could find to take a nice stroll down memory lane with Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Terry Richardson, Ellen von Unwerth and Selma Blair.

Shot by Corinne Day with Rosemary Ferguson

Also in Spring 1994:
Apple debuts the first Mac that uses a PowerPC processor.

Shot by Corinne Day with Rosemary Ferguson

Also in Fall 1994:
Russia and the People's Republic of China de-target nuclear weapons against each other. Hooray for peace!

Shot by Ellen von Unwerth with Drew Barrymore

Also in Spring 1995:
Six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima named the 11th incarnation of the Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama.

Shot by Ellen von Unwerth with Drew Barrymore

Also in Fall 1995:
eBay founded; online auctions for all!

Shot by Juergen Teller with Chloe Sevigny

Also in Spring 1996:
Pokemon Green comes out in Japan, starting a chain of events that would deprive me of human interaction during most of my childhood. I choose you, Charizard!

Shot by Glen Luchford with Audrey Marnay

Also in Fall(ish) 1997:
Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State. You go girl.

Shot by Glen Luchford with Zora Star

Also in Spring 1998:
The Galaxy IV satellite malfunctions. As a result, 80-90 percent of the world's pagers are left useless. Several years later, 100 percent of the world's pagers become paperweights.

Shot by John Akehurst with Sarah Daykin

Also in Fall 1998:
Google is founded!

Shot by Norbert Schoerner with May Anderson

Also in Spring 1999:
The Dow Jones closes above 10,000 for the first time in March and then 11,000 for the first time in May! Wow, looks like our economy is totally unstoppable...who knows where it'll be in 2008!

Shot by Norbert Schoerner with Mia Hessner

Also in Fall 1999:
Now That's What I Call Music! vol. 44 is released in the U.K.

Shot by Vincent Peters with Kristina Tsirekidse and Ana Claudia Michaels

Also in Spring 2000:
Ace of Base releases a greatest hits album that you didn't know about.

Shot by Horst Diekgerdes with Jenny Vatheur

Also in Fall 2000:
Willow Smith is born, beginning a chain of events that would lead to her whipping her hair.

Shot by Anders Edstrom with Jenny Vatheur

Also in Spring 2001:
Zoolander, a groundbreaking documentary about the modeling industry, debuts in theaters to widespread critical acclaim.

Shot by Martina Hoogland Ivanov with Valery Sipp

Also in Spring 2001:
The MTV Movie Awards dubs Sofia Coppola "Best New Filmmaker" for The Virgin Suicides

Shot by Martina Viviane Sassen with Kristina Chrastecova

Also in Spring 2002:
Queen Elizabeth II knights Rudolph Giuliani. Baller status.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Michele Hicks

Also in Fall 2002:
Apparently, Yeti hairs were found an island in Indonesia. Yup.

Shot by Mario Testino with Liliane Ferrarezi, Poline Kouklina, Anna Babitcheva and Ann Catherine Lacroix

Also in Fall 2003:
I went to college. Go Muhlenberg. I know you care.

Shot by Mario Testino with Sonja Hulsman and Queurelle Jansen

Also in Spring 2004:
Friends, aka the show that gave us all unrealistic expectations of New York City apartments and living, ends.

Shot by Terry Richardson with Maggie Gyllenhaal

Also in Fall 2004:
The Sims 2 comes out. My social life disappears and I become a virtual personality that embezzels, tortures and destroys the lives of those around me.

Shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadine with Selma Blair and Lou Doillon

Also in Fall(ish) 2005:
YouTube is founded. Millions of nerds have the "Oh great, now what's my million dollar idea?" moment.

Shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadine with Camilla Belle and Kim Basinger

Also in Spring 2006:
After the release of V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman and her short hair rap in one of SNL's best digital shorts ever.

Shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin with Zun Xhou Rina Ohta and Dong Jie.

Also in Fall 2006:
A baby panda sneezes and 127,000,000 watch it.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Lindsay Lohan.

Also in Spring 2007:
People go nuts over Knut the polar bear.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Laetitia Casta

Also in Fall 2007:
Phillip Lim's fall collection, that was awesome, hits stores.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Kirsten Dunst

Also in Spring 2008:
The global economy goes coo-coo bananas!

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Vanessa Paradis

Also in Spring 2008:
True Blood happens.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Katie Holmes

Also in Spring 2009:
Chinese paleontologists discover and name the Xianshanosaurus, a new dinosaur.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Ilda Lindquist

Also in Fall 2009:
Fantastic Mr. Fox debuts in theaters and it was so good.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Lindsey Wixson

Also in Spring 2010:
Bed bug hysteria grips NYC. Several ultra-chic shopping destinations including a Hollister are forced to close while fumigating.

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Lindsey Wixon, Ginta Lapina, Daphne Groeneweld, and Siri Tollerod

Also in Fall 2010:
Olivia Palermo rode a bike!

Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot with Querelle Jansen, Sasha Pivavoarova and Kasia Strauss

Also in Spring 2011:
"Oh, The Middletons got married" -Anonymous Lucky Staffer
But yes, Catherine with a C but Kate with a K married Prince William.

Shot by Bruce Weber with Hailee Steinfeld

Also in Fall 2011:
Melancholia, the Lars von Trier movie starring Kirsten Dunst shocks me into a deep depression for 40 minutes.

What you need to know this instant.

Miu Miu Ads Through the Ages