Fashion
Actors have been sporting sheer, barely-there dresses on screen for nearly a century.
Today’s iterations pull from those sartorial legacies.
On the more conservative side, celebrities likeJennifer Lopezhave donned skin-tone slips and crystal-encrusted gowns.
But it wasMarilyn Monroe in 1962who resurfaced the look in the latter part of the century.
Ahead, a look at the complete history of the naked dress, from the 20s to now.
The actor, who often played the coquette on screen, would become a stand-infor flapper fashion.
(Teaser: The dress will make an appearance again in 2022.)
She re-wore the shimmery ensemble on the covers ofVogueandTimemagazines that same year.
She was also one of the first to rock a divisive Y2K-erawhale tail.
She wore the revealing look to the 2000 Grammy Awards.
She paired it with matching G-string undies.
She wore the same one Monroe slipped on in 1962.
