The iconic bluish green sheer Donatella Versace gown Jennifer Lopez wore at the 2000 Grammy Awards set off an avalanche of enthusiasm, eventually resulting in the birth of Google image search.
JLo owned the 42nd Grammy night in that revealing number that clung to her curvaceous figure. Its plunging neckline went all the way down, beyond her navel, flaunting her ample bosom and toned abs.
When JLo entered the stage to announce the first award of the show with actor David Duchovny, she was welcomed with loud cheers and applause, prompting Duchovny to say, “Well Jennifer, this is the first time in five or six years that I’m sure, that nobody is looking at me.”
He sure was right. People couldn’t get enough of her look, and apparently, her photo was downloaded more than 600,000 times within 24 hours from the official Grammy website!
Earlier this year, Google Executive chairman Eric Schmid, in a column for Project Syndicate, revealed how the gown had inspired google to come up with the idea of image search.
Mentioning the surge in web search for JLo’s Grammy dress, Schmid wrote: “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”
Interestingly, JLo wasn’t the first person, but the third, to wear that dress. Donatella herself wore it to the 1999 MET costume gala; a month prior to JLo’s Grammy night, Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell donned the same during the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes. However, neither Donatella, nor Geri could create the furore like JLo.
The original dress was later gifted to the singer by its creator, as a token of gratitude for making it iconic.
(Source: Yahoo Celebrity)
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