If ever there have been an awards pink carpet all about what the celebrities aren’t sporting, it’s the Grammy Awards.
Jennifer Lopez turned heads when she wore her iconic Versace costume to the 2000 Grammy Awards. The gorgeous pink carpet look was the well-known inspiration behind the creation of Google Photos.
The singer — who rewore the robe to shut out Versace’s vogue present in 2020 — later recalled how she felt sporting the costume every time.
“The primary time I wore it, I truly didn’t have one other costume. Often I’ve selections. It was a last-minute factor that brought about a sensation that was surprising,” she instructed Self-importance Honest in September 2020. “The second time was very planned-out.”
Lopez continued: “Donatella [Versace] mentioned, ‘You recognize, this yr is the twentieth anniversary of the jungle costume. I feel I’m going to do an entire present about it. Would you come?’ And I mentioned, ‘In fact. Simply name me.’ It’s all timing, schedules and stuff. After which she wound up calling and mentioned, ‘I would like you to stroll on the finish, and I would like you to return out within the costume.’ The identical costume. We’ll make a brand new one for you.’”
The Hustlers star recalled the feelings that got here with sporting the ensemble once more, saying, “The second time I wore it and walked on the market, it was such an empowering factor. Twenty years had passed by, and I feel for girls, understanding you may placed on a costume 20 years later — it resonated. It was like, ‘Sure, you understand, life will not be over at 20!’”
Whereas filming her Netflix Halftime documentary, Lopez mentioned she struggled with the feedback made about her physique because of the iconic outfit.
“Once I began working, the wonder very best was very skinny: blond, tall, and never a variety of curves. I grew up round girls with curves. So it was nothing ever I used to be ashamed of,” she detailed within the 2022 documentary. “It was onerous once you assume individuals assume you’re a joke, such as you’re a punch line.”
On the time, the New York native admitted she thought of quitting due to unfavourable feedback about her.
“It doesn’t matter what I achieved, their urge for food to cowl my private life overshadowed all the pieces that was taking place in my profession,” she continued. “I simply had very low shallowness. I actually believed a variety of what they mentioned, which is, I wasn’t any good, that I wasn’t a great singer, I wasn’t a great actress, I wasn’t a great dancer. I wasn’t good at something. I simply didn’t belong right here. I felt like I used to be on this actually abusive, dysfunctional relationship.”
Later within the movie, footage confirmed Lopez receiving a hug from Vogue editor Anna Wintour when she placed on her Versace robe for a second time.
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