Zoe Saldaña Takes a Major Fashion Risk in Nipple-Baring Lace Cutout Dress for “Harper’s Bazaar ”Cover Shoot

Zoe Saldaña is more than willing to take the plunge when it comes to fashion.

Harper’s Bazaar released its February 2025 issue (on newsstands on Feb. 4) with the actress front and center in a slew of "naked" looks that made us do a double take.

In a daring move, Saldaña wears a nearly see-through LaQuan Smith brown lace dress with a major keyhole cutout and waist-high slit, which put her Larroudé x Altuzarra pumps on display.

On the cover, photographed by Larissa Hofmann, the Emilia Pérez star, 46, also bares her nipples in an ultra sheer Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello nude minidress with a low scoop neckline, bold red lace detailing and a turquoise crochet skirt hem.

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Saldaña has supported the French fashion label at Paris Fashion Week (she stepped out for the fall/winter 2025 show with her husband, Marco Perego) and wore a breathtaking black sequin gown and cape, plus a sultry lace afterparty dress, by the house to the 2025 Golden Globes.

Among the other sexy designer ensembles seen on Saldaña for the cover shoot was a strapless Michael Kors Collection romper teamed with lace floral Swedish Stockings tights and Casadei heels, in addition to a Dolce & Gabbana trench coat worn seductively as a dress with cherry red Wolford lace tights.

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Saldaña’s cover comes on the heels of her epic night at the Jan. 5 Globes, where she won her first award for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in Emilia Pérez. 

After her milestone win, the star said she felt “absolute joy” about the achievement, but admitted that she was thinking about “plan Bs” before finding success in Emilia Pérez.

The film sees Saldaña as a high-powered lawyer named Rita who is hired by a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) to help them fake their death and undergo gender-affirming procedures so that they can transition into life as a woman.

"I've always had good human beings and amazing undeniable talent, undeniably talented filmmakers believe in me and bet on me, trust me and consistently, so this recognition is, it's paramount for my continuation as an artist," she told reporters in a press room after her win.

She continued: “I'm 46. There was a moment a couple of years ago where I was sort of thinking about plan Bs. Like, do I go into a homestead and start planning a garden and baking goods? But the truth is I'm an artist through and through and I need to create every day. If not, I just don't know what I can do. I don't know why I'm here. And that's how my loved ones can get the [best] of me, when I'm allowed to create."

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