Another major moment for little black dresses also came in 1994 when Elizabeth Hurley wore a black Versace dress adorned with gold safety pins to the premiere of "Four Weddings and a Funeral." She attended the event with her then-boyfriend Hugh Grant, who was in the film.
The Telegraph reported in 2014 that Hurley, an unknown actress at the time, described the dress as a "favor" from Versace because she couldn't afford one. Someone from the Italian fashion house told her there was one item left in their press office that she could wear.
Now commonly referred to as "THAT dress" by fans and media outlets like CNN and Yahoo!, the Versace number made a lasting statement.
"What was notable about Liz Hurley was that it wasn't actually her film premiere," Dr. Rebecca Arnold, a fashion history lecturer at The Courtauld Institute of Art, told The Telegraph. "She was one of the first to use clothing to create celebrity and promote aspects of herself ... "