The evolution of the naked dress, from Carrie Bradshaw to Jennifer Lopez
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As we inch towards the freewheeling body positive existence so craved by Instagram feminists everywhere, (see: #freethenipple, #freeyourpits, #arthoe and so on) celebrities stepping out of the house in the near-nude is becoming more and more a part of today’s normal. In the last year alone, some version of the “naked dress” has made an appearance at the Met Gala, the VMAs and last night, several times during the American Music Awards. But it isn’t the first time such dressing made its way into headlines---the “naked dress” has been a thing since 1962, when Marilyn Monroe appeared on-stage, nipples and all, to serenade American president and rumoured lover JFK.
Coined during one of Sex and the City’s first episodes and aptly described as “tits on toast” (a Miranda-ism, obv), the “naked dress” leaves little to the imagination, anatomically speaking. Metaphorically though, it leaves things wide open.
Flip through our guide to the “naked dress” throughout recent history. You’ll remember most of them for being salacious. We prefer to look back at them as pivotal steps towards absolute female badassery.
naked dress Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe pre-JFK serenade, 1962
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