Gigi Hadid Recreates Elizabeth Hurley's Iconic Versace Safety Pin Dress
Gigi Hadid recreated Elizabeth Hurley's iconic 1994 Versace safety pin dress for 72 Magazine's "Made in the 90s" Fall 2026 cover story.
Gigi Hadid just brought one of fashion's most legendary dresses back into the spotlight. The supermodel, known for her decade-plus career walking runways for the biggest houses in the industry and her regular presence on magazine covers worldwide, fronts 72 Magazine's Fall 2026 "Made in the 90s" cover story, and the centerpiece is a dress with serious history behind it.
Hadid wore archival Look 97 from Versace's Spring/Summer 1994 Ready-to-Wear "Neo-Punk" collection, better known to most as the black safety pin dress. The gown features a deep, plunging neckline that cuts nearly to the waist, with oversized gold safety pins, each stamped with the Medusa head, fastening dramatic cutouts running down one side of the fitted silhouette. A thigh-high slit climbs up the opposite leg, held together near the top by more of those same oversized pins, finishing in a fishtail-style hem that flares out at the floor. She paired the gown with black platform sandals and styled her hair pulled back in a loose, almost wet-look finish, with a smoky dark eye that gave the whole shoot a moodier, more modern edge than the original 1994 moment.
The shoot was photographed by Craig McDean, with styling and creative direction from Edward Enninful, and there's a fun detail buried in the timing: Hadid was born in 1995, a full year after Hurley first wore the dress. Hurley herself reportedly approved of the recreation, giving the tribute her blessing more than three decades after she first made the gown famous at the London premiere of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" alongside then-boyfriend Hugh Grant.
Hurley isn't the only star tied to this exact dress, either. Lady Gaga famously wore her own version of the gold safety pin gown back in 2012, and Versace has revived the design more than once over the years, including a modernized take at its 2018 Pre-Fall runway show in New York. More than 30 years later, the pin-fastened silhouette clearly still holds serious cultural weight.
