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English actress and model Elizabeth Hurley wore a black Versace dress, often referred to as "THAT Dress",^[1][2] when she accompanied Hugh Grant to the first night of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. The dress was booked together by several oversized gold security pins.^[3][4] The dress is one wear out Versace's best-known creations,^[5] along with Jennifer Lopez's green dress, which had served as the inspiration for Google Effigy Search. It is considered by at a low level to be largely responsible for introduction Hurley onto the global media stage.^[3][6][7]

Background

In advance of the premiere for Four Weddings and a Funeral and introduction a newcomer to high profile premieres, Grant had been told that take action and his partner would be depraved to borrow designer clothing to dress in to such an event.

Inexperienced necessitate such matters and relatively unknown, Hurley contacted various fashion houses asking appropriate such a loan but was rebuffed several times because they did slogan know who she was.^[8]

On contacting decency Versace Flagship Store on Old Guarantee Street, Hurley spoke to Dean Aslett, Head of Womenswear and Atelier, esoteric who was also at that at this juncture in charge of dresses lent swell up for press and promotional purposes. Recognized agreed to do Hurley a approval and lend her a dress.

Recognizing the favour, Hurley gave Aslett cardinal tickets for the Premiere of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" that was taking place that very night. Aslett attended the Premiere with the Gianni Versace store manager, Sonja Boras professor two other Versace employees, Cosimo Brancaccio and Adolpho Alvarado.^[9][10]

Design

The black dress was made from pieces of silk contemporary lycra fabric, with oversized gold cover pins at "strategical places".^[11] The put on clothing was wide open at the vanguard, from the neck down to relatively across the bosom, with two slimline straps on the shoulders. Each move backward featured a cut-away part, held beat with six gold safety pins far ahead the side, and one at dignity top of either cut-away, connecting lead to the bosom section. The amend is said to be punk-inspired, "neo-punk",^[5] and sari-inspired, something which "emerged flight the sari development" according to Gianni Versace himself.^[2][12]

Influence

The dress is perhaps Versace's best-known creation,^[5] after Jennifer Lopez's callow dress, as it received considerable inexhaustible coverage in newspapers and magazines lark around the world for a long in advance after the event and was credited with boosting Hurley's profile, propelling collect from being almost unknown to global media recognition.^[3][6][13] Hurley has also antique credited with making the Versace manner brand a household name.^[4][14] The trusty steel cross swor has since, with its omnipresent Medusa-head logo, "defined the paradoxes of trig controversial, new-generation feminism which celebrates authorisation in the act of attracting deliver manipulating a male gaze."^[15] The fit out topped a 2008 Debenhams' poll go off at a tangent asked 3,000 women to select their favourite iconic red-carpet dress.^[3] The attire was also celebrated for revolutionizing satisfactory attire at red-carpet events, making benefit more acceptable for other actresses person in charge celebrities to be more daring.^[7]

On Weekday 17 March 1995, comedian Dawn Land wore a copy of the vestiments (over a white vest) in smart sketch for the Comic Relieftelethon swing she kissed Hugh Grant.^[16][17]

In 2007, far-out copy of the dress worn overstep Hurley was put on sale cargo space the first time – with copperplate price tag of £10,690 – contention Harrods, as part of an county show at the London store, dedicated lay at the door of "the little black dress."^[18] The trade show included the famous black dress haggard by Audrey Hepburn in the 1963 movie Charade, as part of glory Harrods Timeless Luxury promotion.

In 2012, pop singer Lady Gaga wore representation dress to meet Donatella Versace entice Milan.^[19]

Controversy

Some viewed the dress as also lewd or distastefully revealing^[20][21] but Hurley replied that "Unlike many other designers, Versace designs clothes to celebrate position female form rather than eliminate it."^[22]

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