After 25 years, J-Lo remains the queen of scene-stealing dressing

Telegraph

27-05-2025

She may be 55, but Jennifer Lopez remains unafraid of a daring outfit – or eight. While hosting the 2025 American Music Awards at the BleauLive Theatre in Las Vegas last night, the singer emerged in a cycle of eight different outfits, many of which combined bold silhouettes with dazzling embellishments.
Lopez is one of only a handful of celebrities to host the awards show solo twice, having last done so a decade ago. She began the night by performing a six-minute medley of 23 songs by various award nominees, including Beyoncé and Sabrina Carpenter, during which she kissed both male and female back-up dancers, sparking mixed reactions from online commentators. The singer later announced that she's returning to Las Vegas for her second residency in the city at the end of the year.
But just as impressive as her stamina as an artist is her commitment to showstopping fashion. She performed the medley in a nude bodysuit that brought new meaning to the idea of 'naked dressing' – Cannes red carpet rule enforcers, look away now – covered only in crystals and occasional abstract black shapes.
Then, it was a quick change into perhaps the most striking look of the night for her hosting duties – a plunging halter-neck gown with a thigh-high slit by Miss Sohee, a London-based couturier that creates pieces inspired by the founder's Korean heritage. The dress was covered in Swarovski crystals and worn with a blue duchess silk opera cape adorned with a whimsical selection of Korean peonies, butterflies and even kittens.
'Jennifer Lopez is the embodiment of enduring glamour and fearless femininity, an icon whose confidence and charisma have inspired generations,' creative director Sohee Park told The Telegraph. 'To see her command the stage in Miss Sohee at 55, still redefining what a statement dress can be, is a dream. The look was designed to celebrate power and sensuality, and no one wears that spirit better than J-Lo.'
Indeed, this is an artist whose statement ensembles have had nothing short of a culture-shaping effect in the past. When Lopez wore a sheer green Versace dress to the Grammy Awards in 2000, the moment was so impactful that it has been credited with inspiring the creation of Google Images itself (according to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt). By donning the plunging jungle-print dress designed by Donatella, which re-emerged during Versace's SS20 show in Milan, Lopez didn't so much break the internet as shape its very DNA.
Even a quarter of a century later, she's still pulling off conversation-sparking moments as a midlife woman. As well as the Miss Sohee dress, there was a plunging nude dress by Italian brand Defaïence that similarly recalled the Versace silhouette. There was also an ab-bearing embellished dress with a sheer tiered fringe skirt by Bronx and Banco; a metallic royal blue strapless dress with sculptural, exaggerated hips; and a gleaming gold sequinned dress.
Another nod to fashion history among Lopez's ever-changing outfits came in the form of a black sequinned jumpsuit with an open back, which skimmed the artist's enviably peachy posterior. For fashion fans, the piece is irresistibly reminiscent of Alexander McQueen's infamously revealing 'bumsters', which debuted in his 1993 Taxi Driver collection. Bum-baring styles have been back on the catwalk of late, with low-cut trousers at the likes of Diesel, DSquared2 and Hodakova and sheer styles everywhere from Valentino to Chloé. The daring look has also returned to the red carpet – see Zoë Kravitz attending the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in a memorable Saint Laurent dress that combined satin with rhinestone-encrusted mesh.
But nobody does a scene-stealing look like Lopez. Google Images might be part of everyday life 25 years after her iconic Versace moment, but you can be sure it's still flooded with photos of the artist who had a hand in its creation today.