Revealing dress inspired Google to search for images
19 years ago, a green breath of nothing pushed the Internet to its limits - and created Google Images.
Jennifer Lopez is not known for her high-necked gowns. But at the Grammys in 2000, she was particularly revealing: Her cleavage reached almost to her pubic bone. People out there could hardly believe it. With a mixture of fascination, envy and sexual arousal, they turned to their computers, cancelled their landline phones and googled Lopez in the green Versace dress. Google had never recorded such a popular search query before. The problem: instead of images, searchers only saw blue links.
When the search team at Google realised that everyone just wanted to see the image - in the most direct way possible - they came up with the idea of Google Image Search. Almost 20 years later, Jennifer Lopez, Donatella Versace and Google have now teamed up again to recreate the iconic moment at Fashion Week in Milan. This time with even less fabric.
Who would have guessed that we would only be able to search for cat pictures, photos of work colleagues and recipe ideas thanks to an open-hearted fashion statement.
P.S.: Lopez wasn't the first person to show off the dress. Donatella Versace, who designed the dress, and former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell slipped into the gown back in 1999. But there was no reaction. Whether their long blonde hair distracted too much from their cleavage?
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