Fashion nude (photos)

When Marilyn Monroe performed a rendition of “Happy Birthday” at President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 birthday celebration, her dress wasn’t just revealing — it was trend setting. Designed by Jean Louis with over 2,500 rhinestones, Monroe’s flesh-colored gown made the term “naked dress” popular and started a new era of sheer, nude-illusion in fashion and pop culture.

Artist Andy Golub Coats Nude Bodies during DKNY Fashion Show Featuring: Atmosphere Where: New York City, NY, United States When: 08 Sep 2013

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The sex fest also extended to the front row because wherever Vaccarello treads, his flock. Green-lighting the naked fashion trend were Olivia Wilde, (with mini-me daughter Mia Moss in toe), , and Lily Collins (yep, Emily was in Paris) who rocked sheer pieces from Saint Laurent FW 2024 and showed some serious skin. “My job is to propose something that is not necessarily realistic. I wanted to feel controversy. Something that people love or hate,” the designer told London’s Financial Times after his nearly nude fashion show was unveiled.

Yves Saint Laurent, Madame Gres and Halston showed sheer layered looks in the ’70s and ’80s. While Jean Paul Gaultier, Tom Ford and others risked it all in the ’90s and continue today. The nude, barely-there, sheer-illusion or lack of fabric censoring may just signal an appreciation and acceptance of body politics so frequently discussed in fashion.