53 Times Celebrities Wore Naked Dresses on the Red Carpet

Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Cher and Kendall Jenner round out the list of stars who have worn all-sheer, barely-there looks on the red carpet over the years

Some stars aren't exactly camera-shy when showing some skin ... or all of it.

Barely-there dresses have been raising eyebrows and generating scandalous headlines since the '60s. However, the term "naked dress" didn't come into the fashion lexicon until a 1998 episode of Sex and the City, where Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) rocked a beige DKNY slip for her first date with Big (Chris Noth).

Whether it's about feeling confident in their bodies, making a political statement or turning heads, celebrities have fully embraced this trend at various events — opting for see-through fabrics, dramatic cutaways, midriff-baring silhouettes, plunging necklines and thigh-high slits.

From Cher's game-changing dress at the 1974 Met Gala to Jennifer Lopez's iconic Versace dress, take a peek at some of the sexiest, most risqué naked dresses worn on the red carpet.

Ice Spice

Following the 2024 Oscars, Ice Spice attended the annual Vanity Fair afterparty in a sheer, floor-length gown with long lace sleeves and matching bra and panties.

When her red carpet look was criticized on social media, the Bronx-born rapper clapped back on X (formerly Twitter), writing, "Let's see u bitches in custom dolce."

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens stunned in custom Alberta Ferretti at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, showing off her baby bump in a sheer, off-the-shoulder black dress while sporting gold earrings and black heels.

Dakota Johnson

At the Los Angeles premiere of Madame Web, Dakota Johnson — who stars in the eponymous role — emulated her character in a sheer, spaghetti-strapped, chain metal dress that resembled a sparkly web. Along with a low neckline, the Fifty Shades of Grey actress also rocked a single diamond pendant.

Miley Cyrus

On the night where she won her first-ever Grammys (for best pop solo performance and record of the year) in 2024, Miley Cyrus stepped out on the red carpet wearing a gold metal mesh dress with matching metal panties and a voluminous, '70s style bouffant hairstyle.

Doja Cat

On the 2024 Grammys red carpet, Doja Cat — who was nominated for three Grammys that night — earned everyone's "Attention" when she revealed her nipples with a see-through corset dress while also sporting red Alexander Wang heels and black glasses.

Megan Fox

Debuting a new bubblegum pink hairstyle, Megan Fox arrived at the fifth annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards viewing party wearing a see-through chainmail mini dress adorned with silver paillettes and a G-string underneath.

Dua Lipa

At the Barbie world premiere in July 2023, Dua Lipa — who appeared in the film as Mermaid Barbie and created the Grammy-nominated song off its soundtrack "Dance the Night" — wore a silver, crystalline fishnet dress with a white lace thong underneath.

"It's very sparkly and fun," she told Vogue (via TikTok) of her red carpet look. "I just thought it would match my mermaid character in Barbie, so I just went with that."

Hunter Schafer

Dressed in a custom Ann Demeulemeester look, Euphoria's Hunter Schafer turned heads at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, modeling an all-white ensemble that featured a singular feather as a bandeau top, a silk maxi skirt and white platform heels.

Kendall Jenner

Celebrating her friend Lori Harvey's birthday in January 2023, Kendall Jenner dared to impress in a black Ludovic de Saint Sernin midi dress with a red floral choker ... just another regular Friday night look for the model and reality star!

Rita Ora

At the 2022 British Fashion Awards, Rita Ora decided on "mermaid chic" in a red Nensi Dojaka dress consisting of a mesh panel over a seashell bra top and matching red thong — resembling a mermaid caught in a fishing net.

Ora elevated the aquatic look with fish scale-esque prosthetics around the eye area, beachy waves and red Aquazzura sandals.

Heather Rae El Moussa

On the red carpet at the 2022 People's Choice Awards, Heather Rae El Moussa — then-pregnant with son Tristan — donned a David Koma crystal mesh sheath with a high slit over a black bra and briefs.

Speaking of her pregnancy, Moussa told PEOPLE at the time: "Oh my God, it feels so good. I'm feeling incredible."

Olivia Wilde

Old Hollywood glam — with a twist! At the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' second annual gala, Olivia Wilde wore a glittering silver gown from Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture with a pink marabou feather trim and sheer bodice. Complementing her ensemble, the Don't Worry Darling director accessorized with silver drop earrings and delicate rings.

Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski made a shimmery statement at W Magazine's 50th-anniversary party. The model stepped out in a floor-length, bedazzled fishnet sheath over pink satin lingerie, black heels and a black clutch.

Florence Pugh

After making waves with a pink sheer gown at the Valentino Haute Couture show in August 2022 (and clapping back at critics), Florence Pugh stepped out again during Paris Fashion Week that October. This time, she wore another high-fashion transparent look from the brand: a champagne-colored, long-sleeved sheer top and a see-through skirt over high-rise briefs, both embroidered with a gold-sequin design.

Kylie Jenner

Bringing shipwreck chic to Paris Fashion Week in September 2022, Kylie Jenner made a showstopping entrance wearing a Dilara Findikoglu "Dissolved Doll" dress, which features a white lace gown with a thigh-high slit layered over swaths of red satin fabric. The star also added a red bag, clear heels and a banged hairstyle.

Vanessa Hudgens

Co-hosting the 2022 Met Gala alongside La La Anthony and Vogue editor-at-large Hamish Bowles, Hudgens took on the year's theme, "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," wearing a sheer, flowy Moschino ball gown featuring puff sleeves, a high neckline and embroidery on the bodice.

Rihanna

Rihanna has set her own rules when it comes to style, and her maternity fashion was no different.

Arriving at the Dior Autumn Winter 2022 show in Paris, the Savage X Fenty mogul showed up in a completely sheer slip dress over matching lingerie with a black leather cape. However, a viral clip on X captured her reaction to a random spectator who noted her tardiness: "No s---," she bluntly responded.

Lily Allen

Lily Allen dressed for the 2022 GEM Awards with comfort in mind, going braless under her sheer white maxi dress featuring a frill skirt inside. The English singer-songwriter completed the ensemble with a pair of flat black boots, layered chunky necklaces and a bronze clutch bag.

Candice Swanepoel

Leave it to a former Victoria's Secret Angel to make barely-there black tie look like the most effortless thing in the world. Candice Swanepoel showed up at the SKIMS Swim Miami pop-up shop in an Ami Paris rhinestone fishnet dress over black Ami Paris knitted trousers, complete with gold huggie earrings.

Lizzo

Lizzo donned her own birthday suit when she attended Cardi B's 29th birthday bash in 2021, wearing a violet crystal mesh dress by Matthew Reisman Collection with just a G-string and tiny panties underneath. The "Truth Hurts" superstar wore her hair in a high ponytail with a silver butterfly clip.

Though this photo captures Lizzo leaving the party barefoot, the singer clarified on Instagram that she completed the look with two pairs of silver Jimmy Choos (strappy stilettos and bedazzled sneakers).

Megan Fox

Alongside her boyfriend and onetime fiancé Machine Gun Kelly, Fox strolled on the red carpet for the 2021 MTV VMAs in a naked sheer custom Mugler midi dress with subtle shimmery embroidery — worn with an embellished thong underneath, Lorraine Schwartz earrings and Jimmy Choo heels.

Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz showed up at the 2021 Met Gala in a sheer, crystal Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello slip dress with a matching silver thong underneath.

Though this look was met with criticism on social media, the High Fidelity star clapped back on Instagram, writing, "Being uncomfortable with the human body is colonization/brainwashing. It's just a body. We all got 'em."

Beyoncé

Beyoncé made the world stop once again when she arrived at the 2015 Met Gala in one of her most iconic looks: a see-through Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci custom-made gown featuring colorful Swavorski crystals, a bold back cutout and a bejeweled train. Queen Bey also opted for suede Givenchy platforms and an ultra-high ponytail.

Rihanna

At the 2014 CFDA Awards, RihRih "shined bright like a diamond" in a sheer Swarovski-encrusted Adam Selman gown with a matching cap and a thong underneath (although, alas, not a bedazzled one). The pink Pologeorgis fur stole was the perfect finishing touch

Miley Cyrus

Hosting the MTV Video Music Awards in 2015, Cyrus "came in like a wrecking ball" wearing her first outfit of the night: a crystal-and-lamé Versace concoction with thigh-high silver boots and silver hair accessories.

Megan Fox

At the 2021 Billboard Awards, the Jennifer's Body star showed off her abs and cleavage in a Mugler bodysuit with a crisscross cutout paired with a sheer, ruched midi skirt from the brand and ankle-strap Jimmy Choo pumps.

Jennifer Lopez

It was the dress that birthed Google Images — and many admirers! Lopez's most iconic look is the sheer green Versace dress she wore (but almost didn't) at the 2000 Grammys, which featured a jungle print and a neckline that plunged past her navel.

Nearly 20 years later, The Mother star modeled an updated version of the "naked" dress on the catwalk for Versace's Spring 2020 fashion show.

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen turned up at the 2016 American Music Awards wearing a black long-sleeved Yousef Akbar gown with double side slits held by a singular gold safety pin. Later on Instagram, the former Sports Illustrated model cheekily wrote, "Apologies to anyone harmed mentally or physically by my hoo-ha."

Toni Braxton

On the night her song "He Wasn't Man Enough" won the Grammy for best female R&B vocal performance, Toni Braxton sported a plunging, slit-to-the-waist Richard Tyler gown.

"I've always gone a little risque with all my other awards [show outfits],'' Braxton told PEOPLE at the time. ''I decided that before I got married and had babies, I'd wear this.''

Kim Kardashian

Accompanying hairstylist Chris Appleton at the 2019 Hollywood Beauty Awards, Kim Kardashian showed up in a vintage 1998 Thierry Mugler gown that featured crisscross cutouts at the bodice and a thigh-high slit. She completed the look with matching wrist straps and transparent perspex heels.

Bella Hadid

Attending the 2017 Cannes amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala, Bella Hadid turned heads in a see-through, crystal-embellished one-shoulder gown by Ralph & Russo. She opted for a tight top bun, a pair of silver heels and minimal jewelry.

Kendall Jenner

For the Met Gala's 2017 theme of "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between," the 818 Tequila founder wore a mesh, backless La Perla Couture gown featuring 85,000 hand-painted crystals — which took more than 160 hours to make — and matching black mesh pumps.

Zoë Kravitz

Kravitz donned an 18-karat gold mesh Tiffany & Co. bra — worth $24,000 — a black Saint Laurent column skirt and diamond droplet earrings at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty.

Ciara

At the 2016 Grammy Awards, Ciara bared it all in a silk chiffon Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture slip dress featuring a crystal leopard design and an ultra-high thigh slit.

"Through the fitting process, I got my confidence, and I knew it was going to be fine. We kind of made sure we tacked it in places that it could blow," Ciara told PEOPLE of preparing for her barely-there outfit. "When I was walking, though, I first got to the carpet, and I was like — OK, let me make sure everything is in place."

Elizabeth Hurley

Arriving at the post-premiere party of 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral with her then-boyfriend Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Hurley dressed to impress with her now-iconic Versace safety pin gown featuring a side and thigh-high slit.

Halle Berry

Celebrating her nomination for outstanding actress in a motion picture for her role in 2017's Kidnap, Halle Berry arrived at the 2018 NAACP Image Awards in a red and black, strapless see-through gown designed by Reem Arca with peekaboo lace panels and a short train.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow popped up at the 2010 premiere of Country Strong, wearing a backless white Emilio Pucci gown with a lace-up side slit. (In a 2021 Vogue video breaking down her iconic looks, the actress said she wouldn't wear this particular outfit again: "I think my kids would be so embarrassed if I left with my ass hanging out of something!")

Cher

Cher arrived at the 1974 Met Gala alongside Paulette Betts and Bob Mackie — the designer responsible for one of her most iconic fashion moments and for popularizing the naked dress trend. Provoking quite the scandal, the "Believe" singer honored the year's "Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design" theme by wearing a sheer, sparkly and feathery jumpsuit.

Irina Shayk

Just one month after her split from soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, Irina Shayk embraced singlehood in style at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty, donning a scanty long-sleeved Atelier Versace gown featuring a cutaway design at the midsection — where a studded, sheer catsuit covered the missing material.

Khloé Kardashian

When she and her family members (Kris Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian) presented a sizable donation to Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research in 2016, Khloé Kardashian wore a high-shine, Yousef Al-Jasmi nude gown with all-over silver embroidery.

Paula Abdul

Attending the 2015 American Music Awards, Paula Abdul wore a see-through Charbel Zoe Couture gown with black embroidery and a short mesh train.

Jennifer Lopez

Before accepting the Telemundo Star Award, Lopez arrived at the 2017 Latin Billboard Music Awards wearing a black Julien MacDonald gown with cutaway netting, a plunging neckline and a thigh-high slit — complete with Lynn Ban earrings and Jimmy Choo peep-toe heels.

Ciara

Ciara attended the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty while pregnant with her third child with husband and NFL star Russell Wilson) in 2020, dressed in a corset-style bustier overlaid in sparkly sheer fabric by Ralph & Russo, a matching headband and stiletto sandals.

Kendall Jenner

Kendall exposed her nipples in a sheer, tiered and silk-and-tulle white Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown with Chopard jewels while attending the Girls of the Sun premiere during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum displayed her cleavage in a gold, sheer Peter Dundas gown with a keyhole neckline and a beaded design at the 2017 MTV VMAs. She topped off the look with Lorraine Schwartz earrings and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.

Gisele Bündchen

Gisele Bündchen embraced the Met Gala's 2008 theme, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," by showing up in a slinky, pink satin Versace gown with an ultra-low back.

Joan Smalls

Joan Smalls stepped out at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty in a ruched two-toned blue skirt with a handkerchief hemline and silver crystal pasties. The former Victoria's Secret Angel styled her hair to the side — displaying her diamond earrings — and wore blue-colored contacts to match her ensemble.

Alessandra Ambrosio

At the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, Alessandra Ambrosio bared her butt cheeks in a mesh, crystal-covered Ralph & Russo gown while also wearing Lorraine Schwartz jewelry and gold Giuseppe Zanotti Design heels.

Addison Rae

Nominated for breakthrough social star at the 2021 Movie & TV Awards, TikTok sensation Addison Rae stepped out on the red carpet wearing an ensemble by Christopher Esber: a mesh bandeau-style bra top, a silver body chain, a long black skirt and a black blazer. Stylist Law Roach helped her top off the look with Stuart Weitzman shoes and jewelry by Djula and Le Vian.

Miley Cyrus

The "Midnight Sky" singer made a head-turning appearance at the 2020 MTV VMAs in an embellished sheer Mugler strapless gown with matching opera gloves and jewelry by Loree Rodkin.

Jennifer Lopez

After accepting the Telemundo Star Award — which honored her accomplishments beyond her music career — at the 2017 Latin Billboard Music Awards, the This Is Me... Now star graced the event in a silver cutout gown designed by Julien Macdonald

Kendall Jenner

At a Chopard party at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Kendall bared her nipples once again in a glittering green Alexandre Vauthier mesh mini-dress layered over nude-colored panties. She completed the look with black red-bottom heels and gold earrings.

Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan wore one of the most famous "naked dresses" of all time. At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, the Charmed actress stole the show when she sported an ultra-thin black beaded dress with a visible thong — which she later said was a political statement in response to her sexual assault.

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