If Jennifer Lopez is going to do one thing on a red carpet, it’s give us a gown. (Or, to quote our dearly departed Aretha Franklin: “Great gowns, beautiful gowns.”)
Last night, the star hit the premiere of her new rom-com film Office Romance in Los Angeles, co-starring Brett Goldstein and Amy Sedaris—and she chose a striking vintage number for her saunter down the step and repeat. Instead of rocking a brand-new custom creation, J.Lo chose an archival Atelier Versace dress from the label’s spring 2004 couture collection. The intricate laser-cutting, crystal embellishments, and full skirt? It felt just as fitting for a 2026 premiere today.
Lopez is a longtime wearer of Versace, of course—hello, her 2000 Grammys dress!—so it’s no surprise that she and her stylists, Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn, have unfettered access into the Italian label’s archives. Still, it was an intriguing choice to revive such a throwback frock, given the brand is currently in between head designers. (Donatella Versace is now an “ambassador” for the house, while its last chief creative officer, Dario Vitale, left his post in December.) With no new-new Versace to pull from, it makes sense that A-listers are digging into the past. J.Lo isn’t the only one.
This year, stars like Miley Cyrus, Blake Lively, and Anne Hathaway have all revived vintage Versace numbers on the red carpet—pointing to a growing movement that, yes, it’s bound to be a hot Versace summer. Most recently, Cyrus received her Hollywood Walk of Fame star this month, wearing a strappy, bondage-inspired gown from Atelier Versace’s fall 2015 collection. While that show was only a decade ago, finding such a specific 2010s piece was clearly intentional and purposeful. And she made the vampy design look good. (Siri: Cue Cyrus’s “Walk of Fame.”)
