This year's Met Gala red carpet was much more bare than usual—literally—with celebrities fully embracing the naked dress trend. Following Rihanna's now-iconic CFDA Awards red carpet appearance in a see-through dress by Adam Selman, barely there-gowns have been on the rise and worn by almost all of Hollywood's A-listers, from Kim Kardashian to Beyoncé. Not everyone is on board with the daring trend, however; Carolina Herrera is speaking out against fashion's latest obsession with with exposure.
In an interview with The Washington Post,
the 76-year-old designer opened up about her distaste for the naked
dress, posing the question, "how can you be a fashion icon if you're not
wearing clothes?" Commenting on the naked dress's dominance at this
year's Met Gala, Herrera said:
"[Some
designers think] it's so modern to be naked or almost naked. They think
it's going to attract younger people if they do those dresses. No! The
almost naked! Oh God! They're trying to get people to pay attention to
them. In life, there should be a little mystery."
Herrera
is not against showing some skin—she loves a plunging neckline—but says
one of her major issues with the trend is in the disproportion: "If
it's open so much, the [breasts] look like fried eggs."
The
designer's aversion to the skin-baring look isn't all that surprising;
Herrera is known for her classic and ladylike design aesthetic, which
falls on the opposite end of the naked dress spectrum—all while making
just as bold of a red carpet statement.
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