Gianni Versace designed Elizabeth Hurley’s black dress with oversized gold safety pins for the 1994 film premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Hurley wore the revealing black Versace dress at the London premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. Its sides were held together by large gold safety pins, creating a striking contrast between industrial hardware and a sleek evening silhouette.
The outfit became one of the decade’s best-known celebrity fashion images and helped make Hurley internationally recognizable. It also became a defining example of Versace’s use of exposed construction, metal details, and body-conscious design.
The dress is often incorrectly credited to Donatella Versace because she later became the public face of the house. At the time, Gianni Versace was the label’s founder and principal designer. Donatella was his sister and a major creative collaborator, but the famous safety-pin dress is attributed to Gianni.