When did Jennifer Lopez first become an ICON? Was it when she did Selena and she started getting invited to all of the big Hollywood events? Was it when Out of Sight became the best Steven Soderbergh movie ever? Was it when J.Lo first released On the 6 and fully became the “triple-threat”? Was it Bennifer 1.0? Was it her relationship with Puffy? Or was it when she stepped out at the 2000 Grammys in that iconic green Versace dress with the plunging V-neck down to her navel? That was definitely one of the biggest moments. I choose to believe Jennifer was an icon before then, but that one moment definitely threw her into the stratosphere.
That was 19 years ago. Jennifer still has the dress. But Donatella Versace made her a new one out of the same material (or very similar material) and Jennifer decided to… walk the Versace runway during Milan Fashion Week. Check out this f–king strut:
Donatella asked Jennifer to come and walk in this dress specifically. And Vogue was there to document it, and they did an interview with Jennifer as we approach the 20-year anniversary of THE DRESS. This is pretty cool:
It’s crazy to think that it’s been almost 20 years since that moment. It’s crazy to think that Jennifer is the reason why Google Images exist. It’s crazy to think that Jennifer is 50 years old and she still looks THIS amazing. Fifty years old, and brilliantly playing a stripper in Hustlers, and she’ll likely get her first-ever Oscar nomination for it too. She will deserve the nomination, and just my opinion: she’ll deserve the Oscar too. And on Oscar night, I hope she’s wearing something this sexy and provocative.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Her and Halle Berry are beauty goals…
Probably she had some work done.
But her body it’s all the dance she does.
She is very committed: the abs (to die for) legs…it’s on her. And I NEED to hit the gym
It’s not dance, she lifts heavy weights.
She had some work done but that body is totally hers. I saw her video where she’s pole training for Hustlers. Pole balancing is difficult enough to master yet she got the Criminal choreography in a week. You can say she’s already a trained dancer but pole is another discipline. Plus she’s 50.
Barry yes……Lopez #nogoals
she’s an extremely ambitious to the point of Lifetime movie of the week status. She put out a song with drLuke during his kesha trial. She is more played over than britney on her tracks, she got that hilarious video of her off YouTube(rip to that fabric dangle and making that come back thighs 2010 jenny) . if you can get unflattering vids off YouTube and Google…..awesome!
Jennifer has always been a gal with a stripper’s mantra…..while it is impressive to be that empty inside and always be in the need adoration bc of celebrity insecurities…it’s not a #goals
I will never in my life have the body of this woman at 50. And the strut. I love the strut.
I didn’t have that body at 20…
I think we need to redefine 50.
Based on how Jennifer takes care of herself and looking at other family members I am not surprised she looks that way.
I can’t believe J-Lo is going to get an Oscar before Amy Adams lol
Or Glenn Close.
You may be right because this year there is not much competition for supporting actress. Amy Adams never had that luxury. I saw hustlers this weekend and tbh I just saw jlo in her character. It wasn’t much of a stretch. Wasn’t impressed!
Totally agree her role in Hustlers wasn’t Oscar worthy at all — I was disappointed based on what people were saying on here.
I must be in the minority, but to me, JLo is not a good actress. I also don’t like the fact that she has gotten bad raps for being pushy to others and generally not a nice person. I think she can dance, yes, but her singing is marginal, and also her acting is margnal. She’s popular, yes, but for no really good reason. When I see her, I always think of a very self-centered person for some reason. I’ve seen her without her makeup and wigs and she’s very average looking, but she has good makeup people and stylists making her look her best. Sorry, folks, but she’s just not even been my favorite person.
The devil in me hopes they have a camera panned on Lady Gaga when J-Lo wins an acting Oscar.
That’d be funny but JLo was an actress before she was a singer. It’s not a shock that she’s getting rave reviews because she has gotten them in the past. It was a travesty that Gaga was nominated for Best Actress and I actually like her.
You’re so right, she’s such an ICON! I watched the video of her catwalk strut like 1000 times. She’s just mesmerizing!
So obsessed with Hustlers!
Award season can’t come soon enough! She better be nominated!
Gorgeous body.
Hideous “dress”.
She is well-kept, but starting to resemble Melania Trump.
This is thanks to A-Rod’s influence. He likes his women very muscular and chiseled looking.
LOL! Starting to look like MT?
I think she became an icon when she starred in Anaconda!
LMAO! You know it!
She did, and she looked quite different back then…she had quite some work done since then, but it`s good sutble work and her body is incredible.
She has a killer body! JLo and I are the same age and I can only dream to have a stomach that flat. I remember her being one of the fly girls on In Living Color. That girl can dance!
I can’t wait to see how she looks like at 60. I also think Mariah Carey is aging well? Her skin is amazing.
I remember when she wore the first iconic dress and it was such a big deal that it plunged to her navel. Like it was on the news the next day, it was such a big, risky, risqué deal and such a new thing. And now, it’s so common. It’s extremely normal to see someone wearing a dress with a neckline that low, or with a slit that actually goes up past their hip bone, or in something that is entirely see through (an “underwear dress” as I like to call them).
I was thinking that, too. That today the dress wouldn’t be a blip on the radar.
I remember seeing Cindy Crawford in that dress in an editorial shot (can’t remember which magazine). She had her infant son in the photos with her, he was just a few months old, and what I remember being amazed at Cindy’s abs. And how fab Cindy looked in that dress, too.
I remember too. When I saw Emilia Clarke’s Emmy dress this year, that’s the first thing I thought of!
She looks great. The original dress was better though.
The leg of doom cracked me up haha
Nah in all seriousness she looks great and I have a long way to go to get the confidence she exudes
An icon? I respect the hustle, but she’s a mediocre singer who gives good show, her acting range is limited and the quality of her performances is inconsistent. A triple threat does all 3 things well, not just one. She is a good dancer. She seems like an ambitious person who leveraged her relationships. If she looked like the average 50 year old, she wouldn’t be getting much attention or be relevant.
I agree. All show, little substance. She’s like Madonna, just good at shameless self-promotion and hustle.
You are not giving Madge credit. She’s an excellent songwriter. Also being a singer has nothing to do with vocal excellence otherwise people like Janis Joplin, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Rihanna and countless more will be disqualified if having a good voice is the primary requirement. You can only name 3 to 5 really good singers without googling. Adele and Mariah are both great singers but look what happened to their vocal chords over years of hitting high notes. They both have to adjust their ranges.
Absolutely. She works hard for that body (works hard in general), and I respect her for it. But she is not a good actress and the Oscar buzz around this movie is mind-boggling.
Well, the late Roger Ebert who was a legendary movie critic, counted her among his favorite actresses. She is a good actress.
Oh, I think she’s a great actress & great dancer, so so as a singer. And you can’t discount that work ethic of hers.
Omg, your review sounds just like mine above somewhere where I said the very same things…she’s actually NOT a good singer, or good actress. She can only dance, but she has MARGINAL talent if that……she’s like Madonna, just got somewhere by promoting herself or having people believe she is more than she really is. Without her makeup and wigs, she has thin hair and very average looks, honestly!
The dress heard around the world…I remember the media sensation this caused. Now, no one would bat an eye at a woman wearing a revealing dress (unless that woman were overweight). J.Lo looks great and she seems to have a fun personality,but I’ve always thought she was overrated. She can dance, but can’t sing or act. I avoid her movies as much as possible. The Oscar talk is laughable.
+1. I cannot watch her. I saw Hustlers this weekend and felt that the role wasn’t really a stretch for her. She can dance for sure, but the acting is just not great in my humble opinion.
See I always thought she was under rated as an actress and over rated as a pop star. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
How can you laugh at the Oscar talk if you haven’t seen Hustlers?
She looks amazing and she knows it!
She’s so confident, it’s amazing to look at. I wonder what it feels like.
She looks amazing, as always.
I can’t wait to see Hustlers, I always enjoy her movies.
I can’t believe I remember this, but I remember when she came out onto the stage to present an Emmy with David Duchovny. You could hear the audience buzzing. And DD made it about himself, he said something about how it was the first time in years that no one was looking at him. Funny, the stuff you remember.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, I don’t remember which, wore drag to the Oscars that year and did a version of the green dress (the other did Paltrow’s pink gown from the year she won). The green dress really was a HUGE gossip/celebrity thing, like Elizabeth Hurley’s Versace safety pin dress.
Also, one of the spice girls wore it before JLO and it wasn’t news. Then, JLo does and boom, Google Images is created. If anyone doubts why she’s an icon, she just has IT.
Icon for sure.
JLo look fantastic but where is her belly button??? I knew she was an 👽. She is too perfect to be human.
If you blow up the picture, there seems to be a sheer panel where the V in the top meets. I think it’s covering her belly button. I think the panel is there to help keep the shape.
She’s unreal. I also hope the gets the Super Bowl gig and that Oscar.
Oh and Donatella really is smart, she keeps bringing the OG supermodels and now JLo to walk her shows and make it the highlight of fashion week. That and to distract people from the fact that her designs keep getting weaker.
I love her. I have a very similar body type to her and when she first came on the scene she made me feel good about myself at a time when it was a lot more fashionable to be stick thin. I think she’s underrated as an actress too.
She looks fabulous. Her body is better now than it was then. I saw Hustlers over the weekend and she was fantastic in it. It’s a great film and definitely her best work. I agree she deserves a nomination but Im not going to go so far to say she will deserve to win. That all depends on who she’s up against. But I do hope she gets nominated.
Jlo is body goals. She shut the catwalk down, She looks fit and healthy.
I was mesmerised by her in Hustlers. Her best performance since Out of Sight. I would love if she was nominated. I really enjoyed the movie. Thought Constance Wu was amazing and so striking too and loved Keke Palmer.
I’ve always loved her and rooted for her.
Matt Damon was quoted in the Rolling Stone article about Bennifer, saying that racism was the reason there was so much negativity about them and I agree. He also said that they were really in love. For the longest time, I honestly hoped they’d find their way back together (I KNOW!!) but that ship has sailed and sunk. And I’ve never bought Jennifer Garner’s America’s Sweetheart routine because she got with Ben Affleck while he was still with JLO. And broke Michael Vartan’s heart, although he shouldn’t have been surprised because Garner got with him while he was still married to whoever it was she was married to.
Jennifer Lopez works her ass off. She doesn’t ask for pity or any handouts. Roger Ebert knew a good actress when he saw one. She’s not great but she’s better than people say she is. If she was a White woman, she’d get much more respect as an actor and singer. If she gets nominated for an Academy Award, I’ll be cheering her on.
I like her, and she’s got a killer body, but that dress looked ridiculous twenty years ago and it looks ridiculous now.
LOL!!!!
Didn’t she already wear this dress years ago? She looks fabulous but why does she have to be in something she already wore?
I didn’t really care for her in the movie, but her body was to die for. The person the story was supposed to be abut says the JLO didn’t portray her as she really was. If I remember the article correctly, she said that Cardi B. (not sure her name,) was my on point than JLO.
My jaw dropped when I saw this photo. I really think she looks better as she ages, and I know she works really hard for her body. She’s beautiful. So much respect! I think hustler looks good and I want to see it.
I’ve been an aerial performer for over 20 years. Aerial hoop and pole are literally the most effective workouts. Ever. But you also counter train to avoid injuries, so you are in top shape!