Since she was snubbed by other designers, Hugh Grant says Liz Hurley only used Versace safety-pin gown

Because she had been snubbed by other designers who didn't know who she was, Hugh Grant has actually exposed Liz Hurley only wore the now-iconic Versace safety-pin gown.

Hurley, 54, used the gown to the 1994 best of Four Weddings and a Funeral, which she participated in with her then-boyfriend, Grant.

At the time, Hurley was not popular, however the significant style of the dress drew in such press attention that she ended up being a home name overnight.

Now Grant, 59, has actually informed a brand-new BBC documentary, that when Hurley contacted fashion homes asking if she could borrow something to use for the red carpet, they declined.

He states this was since they had actually not heard of her. "Poor Elizabeth called some leading designers and they all stated: 'No, who are you?' or 'No, we're not providing you anything'.

" Then Versace said: 'Yes, we'll provide you a dress', and they simply sent out one round which is that a person with the safety pins. So she pushed it on and I raised my eyebrows a fraction and we set off."

The black, floor-skimming gown ended up being renowned since of its uncommon, and revealing style. Developed by Gianni Versace, the exact same gown had actually been designed by Helena Christiensen on the SS/94 catwalk.

Plunging down to the ribs from double shoulder straps and slit approximately the top of the thigh, the fabric was kept together by 24 large gold security pins.

Hurley has actually previously stated she had no concept how historic the appearance would end up being, informing Harper's Bazaar in 2014 that the look was rather more serendipitous than prepared:

" I'm thrilled a gown I wore might be something somebody would consider, but it wasn't really that big a deal to me at the time", she said.

" I urgently required to discover a dress to wear for Hugh's premiere", she informed the magazine. "I remember going to an office where they actually fished a dress out of a white plastic bag".

In 2002, it ended up being the star tourist attraction at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Versace retrospective; in 2007, a new variation of the gown was on sale in Harrods for ₤ 10,000 and in 2013 it appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition Punk: Chaos to Couture. It even has its own Wikipedia page.

Now colloquially referred to as 'that dress', many celebrities have given that tried to replicate the look, consisting of Lady Gaga, who used the gown in 2012.

In the documentary Richard Curtis reveals that Grant was nearly not cast in Four Weddings And A Funeral.

" We had auditioned about 60 people for the leading function and none of them were amusing," he said.

" I had such a prejudice versus him since he was so good-looking and so posh, and I believed that somebody that handsome would not be having that much trouble with girls."