Liz Hurley’s safety pin dress made fashion history

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Liz Hurley, who turns 60 on Tuesday, remains an icon of British style. After more than three decades in the spotlight, she still turns heads on the red carpet, runs her own beachwear line and was, just last year, named the “world’s sexiest woman” by Maxim magazine.

But it all began in 1994, when she made fashion history at the premiere of a movie she wasn’t even in.

This isn’t to say that “Four Weddings and a Funeral” wasn’t a big deal. The film grabbed an…