# Where are all the naked dresses?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** fashion-clothing
**Created:** [April 20, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426 "2026-04-20T13:42:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/1 "2026-04-20T13:42:46Z")
On various news sites I keep seeing stories about the latest actress or influencer wearing a naked dress or outfit to some gala or other. The stories usually have a blurred image or one covered with a a black bar. Where are these images actually found?
I’m **NOT INTERESTED IN PORN SITES** , just wondering where these “celebrity” photos appear in the raw, so to speak
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/2 "2026-04-20T13:46:53Z")
Two click, because some nipples:
> **Summary**
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> [The Rise of the Naked Dress Trend](https://coveteur.com/naked-dress-trend-history)
> **Summary**
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> [https://www.aol.com/50-nakedest-red-carpet-dresses-123000466.html](https://www.aol.com/50-nakedest-red-carpet-dresses-123000466.html)
> **Summary**
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> [The 15 Best Naked Dresses From the Met Gala Over the Years — Cher, Beyoncé, Doja Cat](https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/naked-dresses-looks-met-gala-red-carpet-doja-cat-cher-beyonce)
Try searching with safe search on, or in incognito mode, so your previous history doesn’t affect the results.
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### Author:  [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/3 "2026-04-20T18:29:42Z")
Thanks. Don’t think I’ll be seeing any of them on the back roads here in Maine. We all wear way too many layers.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/4 "2026-04-20T18:32:21Z")
I think Mainers are too sensible to spend that much on a wear-once dress.
I think I always assumed you were in Ireland – your handle looks Irish to me.
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### Author:  [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/5 "2026-04-20T19:29:18Z")
Good observation! My paternal ancestors came from there 150 years ago and while doing some genealogy research found the phrase Fir Na Tine, which means Men of Fire. And I was a volunteer FF here in Maine for 30 years, so I adopted it for a user ID.
And you’re right about our thrifty ways - I am currently wearing my favorite flannel shirt circa 1980.
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### Author:  [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/6 "2026-04-20T19:38:28Z")
But is it a _naked_ flannel shirt?
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/7 "2026-04-20T19:41:44Z")
Oh, cool! And, thanks for volunteering!
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/8 "2026-04-21T04:14:22Z")
The real question is, does anybody wear this stuff in public in real life? The elite levels of fashion seems like a whole other world.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/9 "2026-04-21T04:18:34Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> The real question is, does anybody wear this stuff in public in real life?
Absolutely, celebrities do, to public events like red-carpet premieres, award shows, the Met Gala, etc.; that’s where all the photos in @RitterSport 's links are taken. Possibly to fancy invitation-only events, as well.
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> The elite levels of fashion seems like a whole other world.
Well, yes, it is, and for most of us plebeians, we aren’t ever going to see someone in person, walking around in a $50,000 “naked dress.”
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/10 "2026-04-21T04:40:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> The real question is, does anybody wear this stuff in public in real life?
Absolutely - I’ve seen plenty of Goth girls in mesh/fishnet/lace dresses exactly like cheap versions of those - usually in black of course.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/11 "2026-04-21T05:34:57Z")
That’s good. Sometimes I suspect that the fashion industry is some closed off elitism, other times I am reassured that all the trends in fashion do stem from real designers making real, if arbitrary, decisions, and not just random zeitgeists carried by a breeze.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/12 "2026-04-21T05:38:18Z")
Not sure how much is high end designers-\>streetwear and how much is streewear-\>designers. Goths have been wearing “naked”-style lace and mesh dresses for as long as I’ve been one. One of the kick-offs for the last round of the trend was Rose mcGowan wearing something from Marylin Manson’s fashion line, and I’m pretty sure that fuck was just ripping off lesser-known Goth clothiers.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/13 "2026-04-21T11:50:55Z")
Oh, I see, I post a link with naked dresses and suddenly I earn “Popular Link”. You all disgust me!
🙂
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/14 "2026-04-21T12:11:04Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> Oh, I see, I post a link with naked dresses and suddenly I earn “Popular Link”. You all disgust me! -
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> 🙂
You’d understand if you could see what I’m wearing right now.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/15 "2026-04-21T12:22:18Z")
Hey, post a link, maybe you’ll get a badge.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/16 "2026-04-21T12:23:26Z")
I checked. There’s no “Eyes Gouged Out” badge.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/17 "2026-04-21T12:56:21Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> I think Mainers are too sensible to spend that much on a wear-once dress.
I was under the impression that many of these red carpet style dresses were on loan from the designer for the publicity. “Starlet Hollywood was seen on the red carpet wearing this scandalous nude dress by…”
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/18 "2026-04-21T13:05:13Z")
This is getting beyond my knowledge of high fashion.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/19 "2026-04-21T16:09:50Z")
I asked my personal “fashionista” the Lil’wrekker, about these so-called ‘naked’ dresses.
She says: “Oxy-MORON-ic”!
What a paradox.
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426/20 "2026-04-21T16:49:17Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> Two click, because some nipples:
I am Mixdenny and I approve this trend.
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