in 1994 four safety pins held up a dress. in 2026 they hold up the last surviving piece of British glamour.

Elizabeth Hurley on the safety-pin dress that made her famous 32 years ago

Elizabeth Hurley, now 61, told Sunday Life she still considers fit the single most important element of any outfit and describes red-carpet dressing as "easy-peasy" compared with smart-casual. The Versace gown fastened with gold safety pins that she wore to the 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere, on the arm of then-partner Hugh Grant, remains the reference point for the "naked dressing" trend later reworked by Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé. She borrows diamonds for events and returns them the next day, and spends her own money on trees for her Herefordshire home.

Source: Elizabeth Hurley on the safety-pin dress that made her famous 32 years ago — The Age

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