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Jennifer Lopez revives iconic Versace dress behind the invention of Google Images


Jennifer Lopez aged 50, just stunned the fashion world, reviving the iconic green Versace dress that lead to the invention of Google Images. Lopez modeled the modern version of the dress at Versace's S/S 2020 show, making an incredible surprise appearance at the at Milan Fashion week, at the city's Piazza Sei Febbraio venue. The dress she wore at the show was an even more revealing version of the jungle dress she wore to the 42nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 23, 2000. 
The original jungle dress the ageless Lopez wore in 2000 inspired tech giant Google to create Google Images, as millions searched the internet in a bid to see the dress. At the time, it was the most popular search query Google had ever had.
The Versace S/S 2020 show which held on Friday paid homage to both the original dress and to Lopez, as she closed the night's show in a seriously iconic way. Vogue reports that the models walked the runway to her back-in-the-day hit "Love Don't Cost A Thing". After that, the lights in the room were dimmed and the audience were shown a montage of Google searches for the original dress. A voice followed saying, "Okay, Google, now show me the real jungle dress," at which point Lopez strutted onto the runway, causing audience members to gasp, cheer and reach for their phones.
In their show notes, Versace said, "The world had the same reaction: jaw-dropping.
"Today we live in a technological world, but back then, one event promoted the creation of a new tool that now has become part of our lives."


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