Kylie Jenner recreated one of Elizabeth Hurley’s most iconic looks from the 1990s in a Versace chainmail dress as she attended the Golden Globe Awards with Timothée Chalamet on Sunday night. .
In keeping with the “castle core” trend gaining momentum in 2025, Jenner’s archival silver column gown, which also caught Hurley’s attention in the same Spring/Summer 1999 collection, features its sexy cut, draped neckline , featuring a bright metallic color. Shiny.
Elle Fanning, Kylie Jenner, and Dakota Fanning attend the 82nd Golden Globe Awards Ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton on January 5, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Like Harley in 1999, Jenner also left out necklaces, bracelets, and other extraneous jewelry to let the dress stand on its own.
Actress Elizabeth Hurley attends the 18th Annual CFDA Awards Ceremony held at the 69th Regiment Armory on June 2, 1999 in New York City.
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Hurley famously wore the pink dress to the 1999 Council of Fashion Designers of America awards ceremony with her then-partner Hugh Grant, but in May 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, She wore the dress again during lockdown, posting it on Instagram with the caption: “Just hanging out.” Watching @harpersbazaarus TV at home wearing my @versace dress from 21 years ago #cfdaawards #lockdown #nineweekstomorrow #TurnUpNotIn 😘😘😘😘. ”
The chainmail dress is a Versace staple, and famous supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Amber Valletta have worn variations of the dress over the years.
Models Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss attend the De Beers/Versace ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ gala at Syon House on June 9, 1999 in London.
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Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace (second from right) and models attend the “Diamonds Are Forever” fashion show hosted by De Beers and Versace at Syon House in West London on June 9, 1999.
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Jenner’s sister, Kim Kardashian, also wore Versace chainmail at the 2018 Met Gala, and had a gown created directly with designer Donatella Versace in keeping with the theme of “Celestial Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
Similar Versace pieces were displayed throughout a blockbuster exhibition that year that spanned several wings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its satellite location, The Cloisters, in uptown Manhattan.
