HOW J. LO BROKE THE INTERNET

J. Lo emerged in a recreation of the plunging, no where to hide and frankly outrageous silk chiffon dress that she infamously wore on February 23, 2000, to the Grammy Awards.

At the close of Versace’s Spring/2020 runway show during Milan Fashion Week, a special guest appeared. J. Lo emerged in a recreation of the plunging, no where to hide and frankly outrageous silk chiffon dress that she infamously wore on February 23, 2000, to the Grammy Awards. Back then, it sparked so many searches on the then-nascent Google that the search engine’s founders realised it could not cope with a combination of “J. Lo” and

“Versace” searches—so they built Google Images to fix the problem. Google CEO Eric

Schmidt confirmed the folklore as true in 2015, when he wrote an essay for Project

Syndicate: “At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had no surefire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: JLO wearing that dress. Google Image Search was born.” Nearly two full decades later, Lopez appeared on the runway in the same gown to close the Versace fashion show.

And, according to a video of the runway walk that Lopez posted on Instagram, the significance of the dress clearly wasn’t lost on the attendees. Almost every audience member can be seen holding up their phones to capture the nostalgic moment, while audible cheers can be heard.

Donatella Versace at the helm of the Italian fashion brand, told Vogue that the two had hatched the plan when they met at this year’s Met Ball. “The world stopped, everyone wanted to look at that dress… I’m proud we inspired Google Images,” Versace said. “You know when I do something, I really do it.”