{"id":697,"date":"2026-04-20T00:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:38:59","slug":"turns-out-jennifer-lopez-wasnt-the-first-celeb-to-wear-that-iconic-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Turns Out Jennifer Lopez Wasn\u2019t The First Celeb To Wear\u00a0That\u00a0Iconic Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"header\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"trinity-left-column trinityAudioPlaceholder\">\n<div class=\"trinity-tts-pb\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"editorial-content\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-asset-container left-align half-width\">\n<div class=\"section-image-container\">\n<div class=\"section-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"img-container\">\n<div class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/images\/8463345.jpg?format=webp&amp;width=340&amp;height=408&amp;quality=85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/images\/8463345.jpg?format=webp&amp;width=680&amp;height=816&amp;quality=85 2x\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-share image-shares\">\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinery29.com%2Fen-us%2F2019%2F09%2F8460669%2Fjennifer-lopez-versace-dress-sandra-bullock-ginger-spice%3Futm_source%3Dpinterest%26utm_medium%3Dpinterest_share&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinery29.com%2Fimages%2F8463345.jpg&amp;description=Turns%20Out%20Jennifer%20Lopez%20Wasn%E2%80%99t%20The%20First%20Celeb%20To%20Wear%20That%20Iconic%20Dress%2B%23refinery29\" data-pin-custom=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"fa fa-facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-caption\">\n<div class=\"credit\">Photo: WWD\/Shutterstock.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">Nearly 20 years ago,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-gb\/jennifer-lopez-iconic-versace-dress\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Jennifer Lopez made red carpet history<\/a>\u00a0with an instantly iconic green leaf-print Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards. You know,\u00a0<em>that dress<\/em>, the one that caused so much international commotion it even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01#yMSC5IlY7sHATDCO.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-tracker-added=\"true\"><em>led to the creation of Google Images<\/em><\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">In honor of the dress\u2019 anniversary, Lopez surprised the world by donning it once more for Versace\u2019s runway show in Milan. It was like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2014\u00a0the world went crazy for it yet again. Celebrities including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2018\/10\/215400\/kerry-washington-has-three-children\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Kerry Washington<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/05\/234114\/reese-witherspoon-ava-phillippe-beauty-evolution-photos\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Reese Witherspoon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/tracee-ellis-ross-pattern-beauty-hair-interview\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/08\/240841\/kim-kardashian-paris-hilton-thanks-career\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Paris Hilton<\/a>, and Lopez\u2019s\u00a0<em>Hustlers<\/em>\u00a0co-star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/09\/8403108\/lili-reinhart-tattoos-meaning\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Lili Reinhart<\/a>\u00a0all turned out in J.Lo\u2019s Instagram comments to react with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2p1ij1lDMb\/?igshid=ujmd10uigguh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">a fitting amount of heart-eyed and fire emojis<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">After the catwalk, Lopez opened up about the dress with\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em>. She spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets (did you know she had to get fitted for it on the set of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/07\/238637\/jennifer-lopez-how-to-stream-best-romantic-comedy-movies\" data-tracker-added=\"true\"><em>The Wedding Planner<\/em><\/a>?) and dropped a true bombshell: she wasn\u2019t actually the first person to wear the dress out in public.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">\u201cMy stylist was like, \u2018No, you can\u2019t wear that,\u2019\u201d Lopez recalled. \u201c\u2018No, you can\u2019t wear that one, somebody else has worn it.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">Geri Halliwell, aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/03\/227891\/mel-b-geri-halliwell-hooked-up-spice-girls-rumor\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Ginger Spice<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2018\/01\/188412\/gianni-versace-fashion-contributions\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Donatella Versace<\/a>\u00a0herself both wore the dress before Lopez. So did\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/07\/237598\/sandra-bullock-short-hair-lob-2019\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">Sandra Bullock<\/a>, though it was in a different color.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">But Lopez had limited dress options at the time and, with the Grammys just around the corner, she made the executive decision to move forward with the dress. \u201cI really didn\u2019t think about it. I didn\u2019t think it was all that risqu\u00e9, to be honest,\u201d she told\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em>. \u201cI was more excited it was the Grammys. I wasn\u2019t even thinking about the dress all that much. I was just glad I had something to wear.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">Even though she wasn\u2019t thinking much about the dress at the time, Lopez said she remembered a curious murmur in the crowd everywhere she went, from the red carpet to the stage. That buzz spread almost overnight.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">\u201cIt was just one of those perfect moments&#8230;the dress was just provocative enough, I guess, to make people really interested,\u201d Lopez said. It was a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/marilyn-monroe-makeup-tutorial-beauty-routine\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">real Marilyn Monroe moment<\/a>, but Lopez assured\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em>\u00a0there was never a chance the dress would fall or slip \u2014 the whole thing was totally taped on.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-text-container\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">She may not have debuted the dress, but Lopez definitely owns it now. It led to a lifelong friendship with Versace, changed the face of modern technology, and cemented J.Lo as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-gb\/2019\/09\/8439202\/jennifer-lopez-best-actress-oscar-hustlers\" data-tracker-added=\"true\">unquestionable cultural icon<\/a>. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-section-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"section-outer-container\">\n<div class=\"section-container section-asset-container left-align full-width\">\n<div class=\"section-external-video youtube\">\n<div class=\"video-container ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTyBFcEgc-A?enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinery29.com\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: WWD\/Shutterstock. Nearly 20 years ago,\u00a0Jennifer Lopez made red carpet history\u00a0with an instantly iconic green leaf-print Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards. 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