Safety pin dress ‘best red carpet gown’

LIZ HURLEY’S “safety pin” dress has topped a poll of The Greatest Red Carpet Gown Of All Time.

The 43-year-old wore the eye-popping black Versace outfit to accompany Hugh Grant to the 1994 premiere of Four Weddings And A Funeral.

The dress, held together with large gold safety pins, appeared in the media around the world and was credited for boosting her profile.

In second place is classic Hollywood beauty Audrey Hepburn, who wore a stylish white Givenchy dress to the 1954 Oscars — and picked up Best Actress award for Roman Holiday. Julia Roberts, 40, is rated third for a black vintage Valentino dress at the 2001 Oscars. Fourth spot is Catherine Zeta-Jones, 39, for a glitzy red Versace number to the 1999 Oscars. And Jennifer Lopez, 39, is fifth with a plunging green Versace dress at the Grammy Awards in 2000.

The poll, by department store Debenhams polled 3,000 women.