Jennifer Lopez Closes Versace's SS20 Show In Her Iconic Noughties Jungle Dress

How to follow the safety-pin and supermodel-filled extravaganza that was Versace's autumn/winter 2019 show? By getting Jennifer Lopez to turn model, of course. The Hustlers star closed the house’s spring/summer 2020 presentation in the plunging Versace dress that became legendary when she wore it to the Grammy Awards in 2000 – with the original print reprised across multiple designs more than 20 years after it was first released. It was a suitably grand finale both for the collection and for Lopez’s trip to Milan Fashion Week, which has seen the musician appear in outfits ranging from a tie-dye Polo Ralph Lauren tracksuit to a head-to-toe Sally LaPointe look, complete with mountain hat.

Rumours that the 50-year-old would appear at Versace began to circulate yesterday after the brand posted a digital invitation to its spring/summer 2020 presentation on Instagram – featuring a remarkably familiar tropical leaf and bamboo pattern. A further clue: the collection was shown in partnership with Google Images, which Google president Eric Schmidt claimed was founded after J Lo’s green dress first went viral.

"When Google was launched, people were amazed that they were able to find out about almost anything by typing just a few words into a computer," Schmidt revealed in Project Syndicate in 2015. "So our co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin – like all other successful inventors – kept iterating. After all, people wanted more than just text. This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world's attention. At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had no sure-fire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: J Lo wearing that dress. Google Image Search was born."

With rumours of an Oscar nomination afoot, expect more era-defining red carpet looks from the star in the near future.