Bob mackie says cher was never intimidated by anything that [he] ever put on her, from wild headpieces to the naked dress she wore to the 1974 met gala. While the naked dress has had a huge resurgence in hollywood over the last several years, cher wearing a feathered and sequined naked illusion dress, created by mackie and ray aghayan, on. Cher was one of the earliest trendsetters in met gala history when she walked the red carpet in 1974 wearing a bob mackie naked dress with flowy white feathers
Bob Mackie on Cher's 'naked' dress: 'She was never intimidated'
The naked dress has since become a fashion sensation and is seen frequently on the red carpet, while cher's original dress continues to inspire modern met gala fashion.
In honor of cher's 75th birthday, we revisit some of cher's most iconic outfits of the 70s and 80s.
Cher wore some of her most iconic bob mackie ensembles in a series of portrait shoots between 1978 and 1981, including one of her most revealing looks to date. The naked dress, as we know it today, is a sheer dress that reveals much of the body through thin, gauzy fabric At least one naked dress makes an appearance at every met gala, but the concept was scarce before cher. The mackie designs in cher's wardrobe are unmistakable—mostly because they contain maximum sparkle and minimum coverage
You could even say the two of them 'invented' the naked dress Cher was the first woman to show her bellybutton on tv.)
