Jennifer Lopez's backless Donatella Versace for Versace dress, in flowing printed sheer silk chiffon worn over nude shorts, with a neckline plunging to the navel (held on by double-sided tape) and a skirt split to the waist, was one of the most talked-about and widely publicised red-carpet dresses of the year. Although associated with Lopez, the dress had previously been worn on the red carpet by Spice Girl Geri Halliwell at the first NRJ Music Awards in January 2000, and by Versace herself to a Costume Institute gala in New York on 6 December 1999.
