Bianca Censori, Chrissy Teigen, & 44 More Celebrities Who Rocked the Most Daring Naked Dresses

While Kanye West’s wife Bianca Censori might have taken the naked dress to new heights when she donned a totally sheer dress at the 2025 Grammys, celebrities have been wearing bold naked looks for years and we have an homage to all these daring looks.

The first and one of the most memorable moments was when Cher arrived in a naked, feathered Bob Mackie dress at the Met Gala in 1974. Since then, so many of our favorite stars have had their own interpretation of the sensational trend, from Rihanna’s freeing the nipple moment to Carmen Electra’s jewel-studded moment.

Being totally naked while wearing beautiful clothing seems like something only a celebrity could pull off. Along with your favorite celebs, plenty of regular folks are starting to embrace the trend, with their own versions of the naked dress seen on Instagram. Meaning, if you’ve got it, flaunt it, and if you’re into the naked dress, you might consider rocking it at your next fancy shindig.

Now, you may be asking yourself, what is a “naked dress” and what qualifies one as a “naked dress?” Per Elle, it’s a look where “a combination of elements that ‘suggest the [female] form through fabric, sheerness or tightness”

In celebration of this empowering, showstopping, and X-rated fashion trend that’s been lighting up the red carpet for the past few decades, let’s check out the most daring over the years. Here are some of the best naked dress showstoppers we’ve seen since the trend popped up.

A version of this article was originally published in Oct 2016.