The night Lady Di surprised everyone by going to the MET Gala in a dress that’s trending 26 years later
Gala MET 2021: The best looks of the “celebrities” on the red carpet
There is Dresses that have marked a before and after in the history of fashion, celebrity and now the networks. The ones that cover the today Met Gala, probably the red carpet that spawns the most memes each year (remember Rihanna’s dress/omelette?). And he knows a lot about it too. Jennifer LopezWho we could say was the proponent of the term “viral” in 2000, driving a world without networks mad when she appeared in the 42nd issue of the Grammy Awards with the most iconic dress of Versacethat jungle dress infinite section green.
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However, the story of this dress’s “coming out” dates back to a year earlier, specifically the MET Gala 1999. This year was the reason for the exhibition rock style, and the dress code, as usual, revolved around that. Names like Christina Riccie (almost a girl), Jennifer Love Hewitt, Whitney HoustonJennifer Lopez herself, Charlize Therona very somber Gwyneth Paltrow and with it a long list of names that swept through TV and cinema in the 90s.
Donatella with Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs in 1999.
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In a more decaffeinated edition, however, there was one guest whose looks made all the difference: Donatella Versace. The heiress to the Medusa empire, who had lost her brother Gianni just two years earlier, attended the MET Gala in a green gown with an infinity neckline and front opening that stood out from all the rest. The still unknown jungle dress converted to Donatella in the center of everyone’s eyes and judging by the archival photos, he didn’t hesitate to snap a smile along with the other media guests, from Tommy Hilfiger to Matt Dillon or Marc Jacobs. It is said to have been right there when Jlo was intrigued by this design and that was the birth of fame a dress which incidentally was a hit again in 2019 when Donatella asked the singer to perform with him again at his Milan show.
Jennifer Lopez at the Grammys in 2000.
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Jlo and Donatella Versace in 2019.
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Recently her own Jennifer Lopez revealed in Moments of Fashion that her personal stylist actually had two looks prepared for her 2000 Grammysa white and the Versace, and that he advised her to wear the first because Donatella had already used the other. However, JLo decided at the last moment that no, that die jungle dress That was the best. Though he never thought his success would be so notorious. A success, of course.
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