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Jennifer Lopez andDonatella Versace‘s designs have long been one of the strongest and most iconic fashion pairings on the red carpet for the past decade.
The singer and the style tastemaker are also close friends, which was something beautiful to develop out of something very tragic, the “El Anillo” singer toldVogue.
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“My heart went out to her [Donatella]. I just kept touching her and holding her hand,” Lopez said toVogue.
“She felt so fragile at the time. And she remembered that and we kind of bonded after that. She was so kind and so sweet to me, and we always kept in touch. She was always sending me dresses for whatever I needed,” Lopez explained toVoguedescribing she and Donatella’s first encounter.
“It was a natural organic relationship that wasn’t forced. It is a friendship that goes back many years,” Lopez, who attended the 2015 Met Gala with Donatella, also told the magazine.
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Since then, Lopez has worn Versace numerous times on the red carpet, the most memorable of which was at the 2000Grammy Awardswhen the singer stepped out in her now iconic super low-cut tropical-printed Versace dress.
On just this week on Wednesday, Lopez turned heads in a pair ofdenim Versace bootsfrom the house’s Resort 2019 collection.
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Before Gianni, Cunanan went on acountry-wide murderspree killing former friend Jeffrey Trail, 28, in Minneapolis, ex-boyfriend David Madson, 33, whose body was found on the shore of Rush Lake, Michigan, Chicago real estate millionaire Lee Miglin, and caretaker William Reese, 45.
Cunanan used Reese’s Chevy pickup truck to drive to Miami. Cunanan took his own life days after killing Gianni on a houseboat in the Miami area.
source: people.com
