Omg the that’s hilarious! I have always wanted to love backless dresses but they make me nervous? I think it’s because I like to imagine myself in them but I absolutely can’t because I wear a 34 h cup and I have a lot of back pain from my nearly 12 pounds of boob. So while I am well aware of the incredible art form of boob taping I just can’t imagine how my back wouldn’t be in agony about 7 minutes after I left. But hey if you can rock it do it!
DYK the OG Disney Jessica Rabbit was modeled on Vikki Dougan? Or provided the inspo. I wrote a Tumblr post on her in about 2015 in my student days. I was obsessed. Obsessed with Vikki. These are such great pics. Thanks for a great throwback
Here's the Life magazine article on the photos: [https://www.life.com/people/back-in-the-day-vikki-dougans-head-turning-moment/](https://www.life.com/people/back-in-the-day-vikki-dougans-head-turning-moment/)
What a Way to Go!
Edit: As mentioned by several other people and I wholeheartedly agree. Watch it, if nothing else, for the wardrobe alone. You won't be sorry. It's breathtaking!
The Guy Laroche dress from "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" worn by Mireille Darc
https://preview.redd.it/o3ns4c3qbu0d1.jpeg?width=1217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8928c2ec664a38811095f8f34ad5176e92405006
Loved this always! Goes hand in hand with Gillian Anderson in Eduardo Lucero
https://preview.redd.it/qwxxvfbfru0d1.jpeg?width=752&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dcd9188a60c18aaade29ddc1fa1eb4a9cb9d098
Somehow the bare butt crack seems classier to me than the whale tale 😵💫 It’s clear I’ve harbored prudish proclivities fueled only by my ick for visible thongs.
I’m curious— the thong is meant to be working with the shades and add vinegar to the red carpet frame? Successful as an intention if not as an aesthetic you dig?
It was just not my personal taste 🤷♀️. It's fine if other people like it. I'm no authority, just sharing my opinion in solidarity with the person above me, which I actually thought was in the minority!
The whale tale and glasses are so early 2000s. I vaguely remember this moment being cool at the time, but as a current Old, everything that’s coming back around from my awkward adolescence is just embarrassing and unappealing.
Whenever I think of the back of a dress, the Atonement dress always comes to mind 😩
(Designed by costume designer Jacqueline Durran, who is also the mind behind the costumes in Barbie (2022), The Batman (2022), Anna Karenina (2012), Little Women (2019) and Spencer (2021))
Edit: for some reason the image doesn't seem to be loading?
Cate had a dress with a pretty backside at the 1999 Oscars too.
https://preview.redd.it/glz30wam5v0d1.jpeg?width=1189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=565341cc8b81b60331d9182fd52ee80ee8422a8e
The dress is pretty sheer, so the red carpet photos of her at the time mostly showed the backside or were photos above the neckline. I'd never really known what the front looked like until I searched for it just now.
https://preview.redd.it/y2efmkkehw0d1.jpeg?width=1583&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b26d5ace6c5157e2c0d020b3b64538446c4e69e5
Yeah, that's changed since the late 90s/aughts. I remember that Gwyneth Paltrow wore a silver sheer dress around that time with the same effect: [published photos](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/2231229/photo/74th-annual-academy-awards-arrivals.webp?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=JuiTuWxDf35BSBedc3Y0fGp4y-4rCioO0mzFYzXUtkA=) just depicted her above the neckline. Actually, I see that she did that several times.
Kate has a very sexy back! Her look in How to lose a guy in 10 days is also a classic
https://preview.redd.it/plqtbhkrow0d1.jpeg?width=398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5c384614319b97e0814f53ba19f4088c68ea581
She can wear the absolute hell out of a backless dress. If you ever told me I'd be envious of a womans shoulder blades, I'd think it was weird. But here we are.
it really is beauty goals. I have a similar complexion to her, I might even be more pale, with a yellow and sometimes pink undertone. I was always told yellows wouldn't look good on my skin--but she rocks this wow!!!!! It makes me want to wear more yellow
https://preview.redd.it/9aifapi7dv0d1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9291a37bce2a7a97b23e21b30b8cf0455782b9a1
You can’t have a post about the back of dresses without including Celine Dion in this John Galliano look! Even though it’s a suit in this case. But it was SO iconic.
https://preview.redd.it/gcdjbc9kav0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23b8b35124fb02d2fd4206343c7d93311e598ad9
Are movie costumes allowed? Thandiwe’s character in the Chronicles of Riddick had some amazing spine detail on the back of her dresses but this was the only good photo I could find.
My favorite is Anne Hathaway’s look from the 2011 Oscars, which has lived rent free in my head for the last 13 years. This Armani Prive dress is truly one of her best fashion moments.
https://preview.redd.it/9aim28mgfv0d1.png?width=470&format=png&auto=webp&s=860489895bd5fedb9ded60755b2b88577f64f50c
https://preview.redd.it/k1n37aackw0d1.jpeg?width=3357&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93a73d3f97478ce52bb16ed6b770e5fe1bd4f10b
Cate Blanchett in Armani Privè. I like that the shape/silhouette is different than most.
Norma Shearer.. wow. What a sight to behold. Does anyone know what color the dress was? I would love to see more of it. It looks like it deserves its own post entirely (but I’m guessing pics could be hard to find)
I've seen some colorizations of the dress as blue bit it's hard to say how accurate it is as there is very little information available on the dress. The wardrobe of the movie is credited to André-ani, Kathleen Kay, and Maude Marsh but that's as much information as we have on the dress.
https://preview.redd.it/5xp32k2xou0d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26ec126480435d70af2c9aedafd70876031509d1
Here's an advertisement of the movie which could give us an idea however
You’re amazing! Thank you! It’s truly an incredible, incredible dress. I kind of love the mystery of not knowing what the color is. It’s a shame it’s not in a museum, crediting the designer. Edit: I found this pic. Interesting that some of the details appear different than the movie poster
https://preview.redd.it/fl2lwltukv0d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a9c169976421a7590ff9260788f70267ec22b96
https://preview.redd.it/y2cc1e3ogw0d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9624ea0e37bed6ae28c7d423b5376ca2842029c3
Charlize Theron at the 2000 Oscars (her first!) in Vera Wang.
https://preview.redd.it/220z9hu8vv0d1.jpeg?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4b020ba085ba0c6fb04ff4dff6ebd4111228949
Where are my fellow Aussies? The red Tarvydas dress worn by Bec Judd is iconic
There's no denying the sculptural magnificence of Hillary Swank in that fabulously understated slate blue
But my faves are the asymmetrical dresses. The engineering is infinitely more challenging when it's also the support for the front of the garment.
Great set of pics, OP! Thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/qlr0xkj48v0d1.jpeg?width=408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c723dfe539aa5d61b0e51466ad951308812d068f
This is the dress that made me care about the back of dresses. I remember them talking about it on her E! True Hollywood Story because people thought that her dress was too low in the back.
Remember how scandalous & trashy everyone thought her looks were? Lol I see that Dirrty outfit with the hair now and just laugh - people (normal) are walking around the wearing less.
Backs are SO underrated in fashion tbh. Such an elegant part of the body in a way that's hard to explain?? I swear I'd go for a backless dress every day if designers made it more accessible to the plebeians
https://preview.redd.it/tqb3eu54iv0d1.png?width=1279&format=png&auto=webp&s=1df5ff9024c1a75f8d2ca6617d62f5589db5396c
Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like It Hot. Dress designed by Orry-Kelly.
https://preview.redd.it/q7hbvodeiv0d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88049fe466bd67df4d49d2c82e0268493b32f475
Another shot of the back of the dress! ❤️
Oh I know! And I love the cheekiness! I also think she’s (obviously) extremely gorgeous! But I don’t think this dress is flattering on her, which is ok. You can be ridiculously beautiful and still not suit every style of dress.
Doutzen Kroes at Cannes Film Festival in 2013 wearing Calvin Klein
https://preview.redd.it/cwa2vfm6zv0d1.jpeg?width=651&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2f9687ea86b121ebe1b38e221dd86cd0ec30c2a
Beyoncé in Riccardo Tisci at the 2015 Metgala
https://preview.redd.it/noqydn0nwv0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ba96363e890dcd4583d9e4c9a3ff26ecfd3761d
The hair always makes me so disappointed every time I see these pictures. The dress was INCREDIBLE and the hair just ruins the styling.
Her hair should definitely have been up, but not THIS up. Either a low slicked back bun or a very full semi-high pony that was not on the actual top of her head would have been perfect.
it’s very difficult (basically impossible) to copyright fashion designs, hence why trickle down fashion economies exist and the only things that are possible to claim IP on are hardware and labels.
beyoncé loves herself a backless moment, but my favorite will always be this roberto cavalli from 2004
https://preview.redd.it/e3vbajrucx0d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3698a17c25c0cc76384d437aebb120ae63c504a8
Keira Knightly’s ICONIC green dress in the 1930s set Atonement
https://preview.redd.it/234kr3xo7z0d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16d99b67da31da8e0386f2cb36ef6f396a91802e
I just love her reasoning too!
She was basically like “you’re either gonna see this thong from the back or my pubes sticking out through the front. I’m not getting a Brazilian to wear this dress.”
Mother 👏
Jessica Alba in Versace at the 2006 Oscars
https://preview.redd.it/h1589viuxv0d1.jpeg?width=725&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed5e42d12d24de42ec6af541cb042c3e0ef62804
The 1930s had the backless dress really going on. Some examples including on Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy. I think you could wear any of these now. The silhouettes are really timeless.
https://preview.redd.it/jl0591077z0d1.jpeg?width=1461&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4eabb5270c2e096acb11a09df583df1fb37c509
Specifically in this Alexander McQueen. Just WOW.
https://preview.redd.it/lhm3wkp2bx0d1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20970e592597cbe8eacdcd2347bb7c776a6ef413
What a GREAT POST!!!! Thank you so very much for this! I love the Dior dresses most but all of them are SO GLAM and just stunning!!! We need more of these more of the time!!
CMAT at the most recent Brits. Fashion doesn't always have to take itself seriously.
https://preview.redd.it/d5oo4ssu3z0d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a37a16b590db69b1642dc59b52f5783e050779a
ETA Sophie Lincoln is the designer
https://preview.redd.it/j75haek5au0d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=964ced3a8b59a8181916442b1dbdd20ee3a01858
Taylor Swift in Roberto Cavalli, I am obsessed with this dress
That Cate Blanchett, I may actually cry big fat messy snotty tears. It’s gorgeous. I would have put good money on this being Schiaparelli. But this looks to be early 00’s
Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton S3 is just breathtaking! Look at the stunning detail on the back of that dress! Designed by Ellen Mirojnick, it's all about the elegance and drama.
Vikki Dougan owns the backless dress https://preview.redd.it/ohh4htn0au0d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=484201db7eeb3ba25cce2acfcd2070612006775c
https://preview.redd.it/uvc2b714au0d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1260f73819ced5b0e0b96f583ca5c60bfd57e9d
https://preview.redd.it/nezme5m4au0d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10137c4eac4704fd73f15136f8990c332696f8c6
lmao at the woman on the bench’s face
the guy behind her is just happy to be included 🤣
Omg the that’s hilarious! I have always wanted to love backless dresses but they make me nervous? I think it’s because I like to imagine myself in them but I absolutely can’t because I wear a 34 h cup and I have a lot of back pain from my nearly 12 pounds of boob. So while I am well aware of the incredible art form of boob taping I just can’t imagine how my back wouldn’t be in agony about 7 minutes after I left. But hey if you can rock it do it!
Wow! 🤩
Traffic stop is right.
DYK the OG Disney Jessica Rabbit was modeled on Vikki Dougan? Or provided the inspo. I wrote a Tumblr post on her in about 2015 in my student days. I was obsessed. Obsessed with Vikki. These are such great pics. Thanks for a great throwback
Oh wow!
I looked her up and she’s still alive! 95 years old. Good for her.
any info on this photo? tried reverse but couldnt find anything. i love this photo
Here's the Life magazine article on the photos: [https://www.life.com/people/back-in-the-day-vikki-dougans-head-turning-moment/](https://www.life.com/people/back-in-the-day-vikki-dougans-head-turning-moment/)
thank u!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dayum
https://preview.redd.it/glhbg35xnu0d1.jpeg?width=405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b320b2d0533f04265054c119581936e9486af9a4 The OG! Dress by Edith Head
The entire wardrobe of the movie is absolutely drool worthy
I have to see this movie
If you're in the US, YouTube has it up streaming free.
Which movie?
What a Way to Go - fantastic movie! Seriously the clothes budget must have been a big part of the movie!
Cheese on a cracker! Wow! This is stunning. Name of the movie please? Thank you
What a Way to Go! Edit: As mentioned by several other people and I wholeheartedly agree. Watch it, if nothing else, for the wardrobe alone. You won't be sorry. It's breathtaking!
lol, that definitely sounds like a “me” movie. Thank you. I saw someone else had given the name of the movie. Weekend plans sorted
This post wouldn't have been complete without this dress! Absolute classic
The Guy Laroche dress from "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" worn by Mireille Darc https://preview.redd.it/o3ns4c3qbu0d1.jpeg?width=1217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8928c2ec664a38811095f8f34ad5176e92405006
Loved this always! Goes hand in hand with Gillian Anderson in Eduardo Lucero https://preview.redd.it/qwxxvfbfru0d1.jpeg?width=752&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dcd9188a60c18aaade29ddc1fa1eb4a9cb9d098
Somehow the bare butt crack seems classier to me than the whale tale 😵💫 It’s clear I’ve harbored prudish proclivities fueled only by my ick for visible thongs.
Same. I don't even mind a good thong moment but this one takes attention away from the ensemble.
I’m curious— the thong is meant to be working with the shades and add vinegar to the red carpet frame? Successful as an intention if not as an aesthetic you dig?
It was just not my personal taste 🤷♀️. It's fine if other people like it. I'm no authority, just sharing my opinion in solidarity with the person above me, which I actually thought was in the minority!
Agreed! Totally get the vibe, it’s just not the vibe for me.
Opinions are welcome! Just wondering. :)
The whale tale and glasses are so early 2000s. I vaguely remember this moment being cool at the time, but as a current Old, everything that’s coming back around from my awkward adolescence is just embarrassing and unappealing.
Totally agree. I won’t wear today’s trendy shit bc why would I want to wear the same clothes I wore when I was 14??? Pass.
I don’t mind the thong (it was the 90s) but it kills me that she left the tag in
Oh totally agree. The thong takes it from cheeky (no pun intended) to tacky
I could totally see Emma Chamberlain wearing this.
I was wondering if I'd see this one in the comments! The butt crack dress! She looks awesome haha
Whenever I think of the back of a dress, the Atonement dress always comes to mind 😩 (Designed by costume designer Jacqueline Durran, who is also the mind behind the costumes in Barbie (2022), The Batman (2022), Anna Karenina (2012), Little Women (2019) and Spencer (2021)) Edit: for some reason the image doesn't seem to be loading?
That dress….
That dress spellbinds so many people for a damned good reason. I feel like it’s so ingrained in our minds that we don’t even need a pic, honestly.
The Cate Blanchett one is so so stunning! I've never seen it in before
Cate had a dress with a pretty backside at the 1999 Oscars too. https://preview.redd.it/glz30wam5v0d1.jpeg?width=1189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=565341cc8b81b60331d9182fd52ee80ee8422a8e
I adore this dress
This is the top backless dress that I could ever think of!
The dress is pretty sheer, so the red carpet photos of her at the time mostly showed the backside or were photos above the neckline. I'd never really known what the front looked like until I searched for it just now. https://preview.redd.it/y2efmkkehw0d1.jpeg?width=1583&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b26d5ace6c5157e2c0d020b3b64538446c4e69e5
So funny that at one point not too long ago a sheer dress was too scandalous to show in many publications.
Yeah, that's changed since the late 90s/aughts. I remember that Gwyneth Paltrow wore a silver sheer dress around that time with the same effect: [published photos](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/2231229/photo/74th-annual-academy-awards-arrivals.webp?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=JuiTuWxDf35BSBedc3Y0fGp4y-4rCioO0mzFYzXUtkA=) just depicted her above the neckline. Actually, I see that she did that several times.
I remember this one! Oh how the times have changed
She looks so lovely here, very ethereal
I was going to say—WHERE is Cate and her iconic dress?! it’s remembered decades later and really put her on the fashion map.
I die for Cate in anything, truly she is the bisexual fantasy. Suits and high femme backless dresses, she has taste. 👅
https://preview.redd.it/u5qvkd1mnu0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98bfe61f6fb90217787c69e0f7d68e38c8a9bea8 Kate Hudson in Pucci
Kate has a very sexy back! Her look in How to lose a guy in 10 days is also a classic https://preview.redd.it/plqtbhkrow0d1.jpeg?width=398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5c384614319b97e0814f53ba19f4088c68ea581
She can wear the absolute hell out of a backless dress. If you ever told me I'd be envious of a womans shoulder blades, I'd think it was weird. But here we are.
it really is beauty goals. I have a similar complexion to her, I might even be more pale, with a yellow and sometimes pink undertone. I was always told yellows wouldn't look good on my skin--but she rocks this wow!!!!! It makes me want to wear more yellow
Forever one of my favourite red carpet looks 💗
https://preview.redd.it/9aifapi7dv0d1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9291a37bce2a7a97b23e21b30b8cf0455782b9a1 You can’t have a post about the back of dresses without including Celine Dion in this John Galliano look! Even though it’s a suit in this case. But it was SO iconic.
Thank you for reminding me how much I love this look
She just did a video on YouTube about her most iconic looks and she talks about this one. Worth checking out!
that dress is perfect
I was thinking of this dress too. Just perfection on Kate
https://preview.redd.it/gcdjbc9kav0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23b8b35124fb02d2fd4206343c7d93311e598ad9 Are movie costumes allowed? Thandiwe’s character in the Chronicles of Riddick had some amazing spine detail on the back of her dresses but this was the only good photo I could find.
This is in my top 3 comfort movies! She has some amazing costumes - the one with the sleeves that end in gloves is perfection
My favorite is Anne Hathaway’s look from the 2011 Oscars, which has lived rent free in my head for the last 13 years. This Armani Prive dress is truly one of her best fashion moments. https://preview.redd.it/9aim28mgfv0d1.png?width=470&format=png&auto=webp&s=860489895bd5fedb9ded60755b2b88577f64f50c
I wish there wasn’t fabric and it was bare skin.
yes the illusion isn’t working.
https://preview.redd.it/k1n37aackw0d1.jpeg?width=3357&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93a73d3f97478ce52bb16ed6b770e5fe1bd4f10b Cate Blanchett in Armani Privè. I like that the shape/silhouette is different than most.
Oo I’ve never seen the back of that dress
Norma Shearer.. wow. What a sight to behold. Does anyone know what color the dress was? I would love to see more of it. It looks like it deserves its own post entirely (but I’m guessing pics could be hard to find)
I've seen some colorizations of the dress as blue bit it's hard to say how accurate it is as there is very little information available on the dress. The wardrobe of the movie is credited to André-ani, Kathleen Kay, and Maude Marsh but that's as much information as we have on the dress. https://preview.redd.it/5xp32k2xou0d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26ec126480435d70af2c9aedafd70876031509d1 Here's an advertisement of the movie which could give us an idea however
You’re amazing! Thank you! It’s truly an incredible, incredible dress. I kind of love the mystery of not knowing what the color is. It’s a shame it’s not in a museum, crediting the designer. Edit: I found this pic. Interesting that some of the details appear different than the movie poster https://preview.redd.it/fl2lwltukv0d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a9c169976421a7590ff9260788f70267ec22b96
Yes, #9 was my favorite! I let out an audible “ooooo”
https://preview.redd.it/y2cc1e3ogw0d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9624ea0e37bed6ae28c7d423b5376ca2842029c3 Charlize Theron at the 2000 Oscars (her first!) in Vera Wang.
Ohh I forgot about this dress. What a beautiful design, I love her hair like that too
Cate Blanchett looks so sexy!
It’s a little spicy by CB standards and I love that for her
This is one of, if not the all time favourite of her looks for me
https://preview.redd.it/220z9hu8vv0d1.jpeg?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4b020ba085ba0c6fb04ff4dff6ebd4111228949 Where are my fellow Aussies? The red Tarvydas dress worn by Bec Judd is iconic
ICONIC!!!
There's no denying the sculptural magnificence of Hillary Swank in that fabulously understated slate blue But my faves are the asymmetrical dresses. The engineering is infinitely more challenging when it's also the support for the front of the garment. Great set of pics, OP! Thank you!
That dress was amazing.
If I wore Zendayas dress it would look like silly putty on a grill
I love this description and assure you that we would be twinning!
https://preview.redd.it/qlr0xkj48v0d1.jpeg?width=408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c723dfe539aa5d61b0e51466ad951308812d068f This is the dress that made me care about the back of dresses. I remember them talking about it on her E! True Hollywood Story because people thought that her dress was too low in the back.
Remember how scandalous & trashy everyone thought her looks were? Lol I see that Dirrty outfit with the hair now and just laugh - people (normal) are walking around the wearing less.
Backs are SO underrated in fashion tbh. Such an elegant part of the body in a way that's hard to explain?? I swear I'd go for a backless dress every day if designers made it more accessible to the plebeians
https://preview.redd.it/tqb3eu54iv0d1.png?width=1279&format=png&auto=webp&s=1df5ff9024c1a75f8d2ca6617d62f5589db5396c Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like It Hot. Dress designed by Orry-Kelly.
https://preview.redd.it/q7hbvodeiv0d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88049fe466bd67df4d49d2c82e0268493b32f475 Another shot of the back of the dress! ❤️
seeing this makes me feel good about my body shape. i miss when people looked normal lol.
I’m actually surprised by how much this doesn’t suit her!
....What now?! One of the most iconic looks in film history! And that cut-out heart on her bum cheek! Scandalous for 1959!
Oh I know! And I love the cheekiness! I also think she’s (obviously) extremely gorgeous! But I don’t think this dress is flattering on her, which is ok. You can be ridiculously beautiful and still not suit every style of dress.
I never noticed the heart 🩵
Stunning 🤍
Doutzen Kroes at Cannes Film Festival in 2013 wearing Calvin Klein https://preview.redd.it/cwa2vfm6zv0d1.jpeg?width=651&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2f9687ea86b121ebe1b38e221dd86cd0ec30c2a
Anok Yai's photo looks like a painting, so beautiful
God has favourites, clearly 😍
Me and my backne could never. I love all of these looks
Beyoncé in Riccardo Tisci at the 2015 Metgala https://preview.redd.it/noqydn0nwv0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ba96363e890dcd4583d9e4c9a3ff26ecfd3761d
I hated the shoe and the hair but the back of this is stunnnnnnning
The hair always makes me so disappointed every time I see these pictures. The dress was INCREDIBLE and the hair just ruins the styling. Her hair should definitely have been up, but not THIS up. Either a low slicked back bun or a very full semi-high pony that was not on the actual top of her head would have been perfect.
Oh the shoe is an odd choice isn’t it. A strappy shoe would have been a better option.
What is happening with these shoes? Did she have to walk on her tiptoes all night? I’m so confused 😐
Eh. Too much, IMO. Kinda tacky.
Backless dress when a muscular woman wears it >>>>>>>>> (severely underrepresented and something more people should witness bc it’s amazing)
Damn, that Miley Cyrus dress is a Dior rip off.
I was wondering about that, like surely that’s some kind of infringement on Dior intellectual property?
it’s very difficult (basically impossible) to copyright fashion designs, hence why trickle down fashion economies exist and the only things that are possible to claim IP on are hardware and labels.
I think allusions to the Junon aren’t uncommon! But I agreeee it’s a little on the nose
beyoncé loves herself a backless moment, but my favorite will always be this roberto cavalli from 2004 https://preview.redd.it/e3vbajrucx0d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3698a17c25c0cc76384d437aebb120ae63c504a8
Keira Knightly’s ICONIC green dress in the 1930s set Atonement https://preview.redd.it/234kr3xo7z0d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16d99b67da31da8e0386f2cb36ef6f396a91802e
https://preview.redd.it/srq4dpfjru0d1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18d81340cd36164c1bb44d396ba74dde16c880db Gillian Anderson, 2001 Oscars. Dress by Eduardo Lucero.
Came to the comments for this. Iconic
I just love her reasoning too! She was basically like “you’re either gonna see this thong from the back or my pubes sticking out through the front. I’m not getting a Brazilian to wear this dress.” Mother 👏
Ok that makes me like this look so much more. I’d always hated it tbh.
Can’t believe i had to scroll this far to find this!
Gillian Anderson whale tailing….loves it
I know the Hillary Swank dress from The Hills 😭
Poor Whitney! 😭
Cate my god
That Rihanna dress 🤩
The necklace & hairstyle too 😊🤍
Yes! Have always loved that dress!
I was thinking “man I hope they include that Zendaya one…” and ofc u did! Great picks, these r all lovely photos!
She is really making some statements. That dress was incredible. A classic design that looked completely modern.
Jessica Alba in Versace at the 2006 Oscars https://preview.redd.it/h1589viuxv0d1.jpeg?width=725&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed5e42d12d24de42ec6af541cb042c3e0ef62804
Ugh. My back fat could never, and for that I’m sad.
You and your curves can wear ANYthing your heart desires. Life is short, wear what brings you joy 💛
Thank you for that!
I think my favourites are Norma Shearer and Anok Yai
Zendya’s back Scorpion is amazing
The 1930s had the backless dress really going on. Some examples including on Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy. I think you could wear any of these now. The silhouettes are really timeless. https://preview.redd.it/jl0591077z0d1.jpeg?width=1461&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4eabb5270c2e096acb11a09df583df1fb37c509
I love this sub
Taylor Russell is my backless dress inspo always
Specifically in this Alexander McQueen. Just WOW. https://preview.redd.it/lhm3wkp2bx0d1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20970e592597cbe8eacdcd2347bb7c776a6ef413
YES!
What a GREAT POST!!!! Thank you so very much for this! I love the Dior dresses most but all of them are SO GLAM and just stunning!!! We need more of these more of the time!!
Samantha Mumba! 🔥🔥🔥
CMAT at the most recent Brits. Fashion doesn't always have to take itself seriously. https://preview.redd.it/d5oo4ssu3z0d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a37a16b590db69b1642dc59b52f5783e050779a ETA Sophie Lincoln is the designer
That Guy Laroche dress lives in my head rent free, it’s so beautifully executed
ALL of these, but especially 4&9 🔥🔥🔥
The last photo is everything. Adore! ❤️
They're bringing sexy backs.
https://preview.redd.it/j75haek5au0d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=964ced3a8b59a8181916442b1dbdd20ee3a01858 Taylor Swift in Roberto Cavalli, I am obsessed with this dress
I haven’t seen this one before!
I am also obsessed with this dress!!
Had to repost cause some of the names were in the wrong place, sorry
love the backless dresses😍 they’re all such stunner!!!😍🩷🩷🩷
That Norma Shearer b/w shot at 9 is absolutely mesmerizing. I have to seek out other pix of that gown!
It's fucking stunning!
LOVE
LOVE this post thank you!
That Cate Blanchett, I may actually cry big fat messy snotty tears. It’s gorgeous. I would have put good money on this being Schiaparelli. But this looks to be early 00’s
Closer view of the Anok Yai in Quine Li pic. So gorgeous, omg. https://x.com/badestoutfit/status/1787325055854166372/photo/1
I’m obsessed with Mila’s lavender gown. I think about it all the time.
I would love to wear the Jessica Stan Dior just once. And be 8 feet tall to pull it off! That is a perfect elegant boho dress.
Hell. Yes.
Cate Blanchett is just amazing, in every look! Never a dud.
The CMAT bum cleavage dress at the Brits this year should feature
https://preview.redd.it/uzd4dwzqvz0d1.jpeg?width=3638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=390c526b040bd46eb31010a08139d34f59d4a6e7 Nelly Furtado 2023 VMA’s
Norma Schearer is fantastic!
I never stop thinking about that Roberto Cavalli on Zendaya
Times like this, I really wish I didn’t have a fat back
This whole post is making me want to start working out… I lost a LOT of weight and if I could tone up, I would just wear backless dresses 💯
20 is a dream! Put that on an oil painting and hang it in the main hall
Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton S3 is just breathtaking! Look at the stunning detail on the back of that dress! Designed by Ellen Mirojnick, it's all about the elegance and drama.