Amber Valletta recalls Jennifer Lopez's iconic plunging Versace dress: 'I wore it first'

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Amber Valletta is looking back on originating an iconic moment in fashion. During the latest episode of Vogue's "Life in Looks" YouTube series, the 49-year-old supermodel recalled wearing Versace's plunging sheer jungle dress — a year before Jennifer Lopezset the Internet ablaze when she rocked the gown at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. "This dress has been Googled more times than any other look in history," Valletta said. "It literally broke the internet when [Lopez] wore it, so it’s kind of cool to be a part of that history. "But I wore it first," she added with a smile.

Designed by Donatella Versace, the silk chiffon dress featured a green leaf and bamboo pattern with blue accents and a neckline that plunged below the navel.The floor-length gown fastened at the crotch with a citrine-studded brooch.

Valletta was the first to wear the gown when she modeled it on the runway for Versace's Spring/Summer 2000 show and she later donned it again when she posed for the famed fashion house's campaign.  "I think this was like the pinnacle of, like, fierce Versace sexiness, blonde ambition," Valletta remembered.

She continued, "It was just like Donatella, Donatella, Donatella.The infamous jungle dress. I wore it on the runway and then obviously, I did the campaign.Then, J.