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Everyone is kind of obsessed with Jennifer Lopez. You can count the number of fans the multi-hyphenate has accumulated during her decade-spanning career: On Instagram alone she has over 140 million followers, making her one of the top 20 most-followed accounts on the app.
Outside of social media, her expansive career — which includes acting, dancing, singing, and business-owning — has made J.Lo one of the most photographed women in the world. When that’s the case, the public record is like a scrapbook of your life. As with any personal photographic history, there are highs, lows, and moments that are just “strong and wrong.” But, as it’s J.Lo’s own scrapbook, we decided to let her break it down. Here are 15 of the star’s most memorable looks from the past 30 years.
A version of this story originally appeared in the March 2021 issue of Allure. Learn how to subscribe here.