It's official: Bennifer have hit Instagram. Posting from a yacht over her 52nd birthday weekend, JLo confirmed the rumours that she and Ben Affleck, her beau from way back in the early '00s, have reunited in the most spectacular fashion. Choosing a logoed triangle bikini and kaftan from Valentino - plus a cocktail ring the size of a gobstopper from Dolce & Gabbana - JLo posted a picture of what can only be described as an old-school lip lock with Affleck.
Let's rewind to the first time round. It was the beginning of the Noughties, and JLo was fresh off the romantic comedy circuit having just starred in The Wedding Planner (with the classic line, 'You saved my shoe, I mean me', when she's rescued by Matthew McConaughey), and Maid in Manhattan. Peak Bennifer was 2003's Oscars (the couple would call off their wedding in September 2003) and her choice of dress pretty much summed up the mood. It was an almost-green-almost-cream gown from Valentino, beaded at the hem and swooping across one shoulder, which she paired with shoulder-grazing earrings from Harry Winston. It couldn't have cemented her move towards movie-stardom any better.
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Now that the former couple is now officially a couple once more (see the above slide for incontrovertible evidence), what better excuse for a JLo-themed fashion retrospective? Whether it was pedal pushers and a beret on the red carpet or a silver-fringed gown to the Met Gala, one thing is for certain, JLo only has one setting: iconic.
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In saucy white ruffles and knee-high boots for 2005's NRJ Music Awards in Cannes.
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Shimmering in a backless creation by Marchesa, and matching the statuettes no less, at 2009's Golden Globes.
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Making fishing net fashion fair game on the red carpet, well this was Versace, at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
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That Versace dress at 2000's Grammy Awards - see-through and slashed to the naval - is arguably JLo's most iconic look of all time.
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JLo dressed like a disco ball, in mirrored Emilio Pucci, at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
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Giving Ralph & Russo even more attitude with the widest of wide-brimmed hats at 2019's Grammy Awards.
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The singer-actor wore embellished Badgley Mischka for the 69th Annual Academy Awards.
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This Valentino number at 2003's Academy Awards, plus diamonds from Harry Winston, was peak Bennifer.
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The singer sported a fringed poncho that was actually from her own label, Sweetface, at an album signing in NYC.
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The 17th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Has a beret ever looked better?
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At The Back-Up Plan screening in Miami, JLo proved she'll always be a snake-print woman at heart.
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Super long locks, and a cut-out minidress by David Koma, for the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
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Borrowing Paris Hilton's signature - a velour tracksuit - at MTV's TRL.
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Going for all-out glam at the 2013's Met Gala wearing a backless gown and gravity-defying quiff.
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JLo was resplendent this silver-fringed frock by her favourite label, Versace, at 2019's Met Gala.
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Prime '90s territory in backless (and spaghetti-strapped) Tom Ford at a fashion benefit for APLA.
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About to be anointed as a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, JLo had a full-skirted moment in Dior.
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To collect her Fashion Icon Award at 2019's CFDA Awards, JLo showed a slice of skin in tomato red (and extravagantly-trained) Ralph Lauren.
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Did JLo start the current headband trend? Probably. Here she is sporting one with a micro rugby shirt circa 2001.
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All eyes were on JLo at her birthday party at 1OAK Southampton wearing peekaboo Bao Tranchi.
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Only JLo could pull off these slouchy denim trouser boots from Versace.
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A floppy hat completed her look at 2004's MTV Music Video Awards.
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A denim jumpsuit, and a slick of red lipstick, for Jennifer Klein's Annual Day of Indulgence.
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For the Hustlers premiere, JLo arrived surprisingly unbedazzled, instead choosing a sleek burgundy ensemble by Zimmermann.
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At MTV's VMAs in an ab-tastic crop top and bandana headscarf.
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In a shredded mini and thigh-high boots for NYFW.
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She proved she's still got it - and then some - at Versace's anniversary show in 2019, sporting a reissue of the famous jungle-print dress from 2000. Internet-breaking stuff.
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Pairing a chunky metallic belt with a plunging playsuit at the Vogue Fashion Awards.
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In leopard-print Valentino for 2014's Variety Power of Women event.
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In a houndstooth coat and thick-rimmed opticals at the Rock the Kasbah NYC Premiere.
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In a chain-embellished top and cargo pants at TRL.
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Arriving to The Late Show with David Letterman wearing Paule Ka wide-leg trousers and a criss-cross crop top from Milly.
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More cut-outs for the 2015 American Music Awards in a dress by Charbel Zoe.
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Top of the crops in a bejewelled co-ord and calf-length boots for the Britannia Record of the Year Awards.
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Regal in white and moviestar shades for NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Miles of hot pink Giambattista Valli tulle for the Second Act premiere.
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Looking pin-sharp in three-piece Sally Lapoint at Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour.
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In spangled, and full-skirted, Valentino for 2020's Independent Spirit Awards.
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