The Open-Back Fashion Trend Has Hollywood in a Chokehold

Backless dresses have become something of a signature style for Bieber this year. At Saint Laurent’s Paris Fashion Week show in September, the model wore a black long-sleeved dress with a large oval cutout exposing most of her back.

Harvey walked the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in May wearing a green velvet Peter Dundas gown that plunged way low in the front and back.

Shakira dazzled in a backless gold Versace gown at the 2023 VMAs, where she was honored with the Video Vanguard Award. She made sure to show off every angle of the sequined design on the pink carpet.

Ballerini also hopped aboard the backless bandwagon for the VMAs, arriving in a red Mônot dress that also featured a trendy boob-window cutout in the front.

The Vogue World event in London gave stars a chance to bust out their most extravagant looks. Harlow hit up an afterparty in a fringe Cult Naked minidress with an open back held together by thin straps.

Bad Bunny was ahead of the curve with his backless Jacquemus suit at the Met Gala in May. The outfit came with a 26-foot-long rosette cape that trailed down the museum’s stairs.

The social media star dressed to the nines for a Lancôme event at the Louvre during Paris Fashion Week, wearing a red gown with racerback straps and a large cutout that wrapped around her sides.

All eyes were on Pugh when she arrived to the “Oppenheimer” premiere in July wearing this gorgeous orange gown from Valentino’s fall 2023 couture collection. It featured a voluminous skirt with a plunging, halter neckline, and open back accented with a single strap.

Cameron served up another backless stunner at the VMAs in September, strutting the pink carpet in a sequin Coach gown that flashed some side boob. We love the delicate straps trailing down the back.

During Milan Fashion Week, Chastain stopped by the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards in a fresh-off-the-runway look from Gucci’s spring 2024 collection. The backless top was lined with flashy embellishments.

Anderson stunned in a sheer 16Arlington gown while attending an award show in London in September. She wore her hair in a bouncy updo to fully show off the open back.

Delevingne sat front row at Fendi’s Milan Fashion Week show wearing an asymmetrical backless top and skirt. She finished the look with a white handbag and gold-heeled booties.

Cabello made a glam appearance at Paris Fashion Week in July to check out Alexandre Vauthier’s fall couture collection. Her long-sleeved dress featured an open back accented with a bow.

We told you backless dresses were everywhere during Fashion Month! Here, Ratajkowski wears a strappy sideboob-baring iteration outside the Viktor & Rolf show in Paris.

Furtado owned the VMAs pink carpet in this Dundas gown that plunged all the way down to her butt. The open back was held together by a few dainty straps.