While the stars who command the concert stages of today have everything perfectly coordinated and styled to enhance their successful musical personas, they didn’t all start out with stylists, choreographers, and a crew of hundreds backstage. See what these musical stars looked like when left to their own devices to style themselves back in the day!

Wardrobe malfunctions occur daily in Tinseltown. Sure, some could easily be avoided by, say, wearing underwear, but that wouldn’t be Hollywood, would it? Start practicing your leg bombs, tape up your “ladies,” and make sure no one can see through your dress—we’re taking a walk down the red carpet.

Where do dance-party musicians come from? The tough streets of London, New York, or Los Angeles? Sometimes. In this case, they come from rock ‘n’ roll royalty: Berry Gordy. He’s the father of DJ Redfoo (Stefan Gordy) and grandfather of Sky Blu (Skyler Gordy). Both party boys grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. You can’t get any farther from the ‘hood than that, baby!

What a difference a professional photographer, some glamour lighting, and oodles of post-pubescent confidence make for these beauties, as they grow from girls next door to Hef’s cover-worthy babes! If they knew then what they know now, what do you think they’d say?

Not everyone wins the genetics lottery of life. Even Hollywood types often start out awkward and skinny, pale shadows of the gorgeous stars they have transformed into today. In hopes of inspiring some New Year’s motivation, Snakkle digs into our image vaults to compare and contrast the entertainment elite when they weren’t so impressive to see exactly how far a lot of them have come. Hubba, hubba!

Check out some of your favorite leading ladies, like Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, and Demi Moore before they were stars! Which starlet daughters are famous mom look-alikes?