Sheer looks in fashion from haute couture to ready-to-wear have proliferated the runways for decades, and today is no different. The inclusion of sheer fabrics may have been more risky in past decades, but it has become less so in the last few years. In the ’70s and ’80s Halston and Yves Saint Laurent showed subtle sheer looks, so did Marc Bohan for Dior. By the 1990s that would change with multiple designers, including Tom Ford in his role as creative director at Gucci. Today, head-to-toe sheer looks in a multitude of opacities and fabrications are seasonless.
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Sheer Fashion Looks on the Runway – 1
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Tory Burch Spring 2025 Ready to Wear show, New York
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Image Credit: Rodin Banica LaQuan Smith Spring 2025 Ready to Wear runway show
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni for WWD Christy Turlington on the runway at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2025 ready to wear fashion show in the Hamptons.
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Image Credit: Gioivanni Giannoni Cici Xiang Yejing on the runway at Michael Kors Spring 2025 Ready To Wear show at The Shed in New York.
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Model on the runway at Tom Ford Fall 2024 Ready To Wear fashion show in Milan.
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Image Credit: Rodin Banica for WWD A model on the runway at Jason Wu Spring 2024 ready to wear show at Isamu Noguchi’s Sunkin Garden in New York City.
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Image Credit: Dominique Maitre A model on the runway at Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2024 ready to wear show in Paris, France. Stefano Gallici creative director.
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Model on the runway at Roberto Cavalli Fall 2022 ready to wear show in Milan.
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Giorgio Armani Prive Fall 2019 Couture collection runway show at the Petit Palais in Paris, France.
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Image Credit: Mauricio Miranda Roberto Cavalli Fall 2000 Men’s Ready To Wear Collection Runway Show
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Image Credit: WWD Backstage at Christian Dior Fall 2018 Couture Collection show in Paris, France.
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Image Credit: Dominique Maitre Model on the runway at Pierre Cardin Ready To Wear Spring 2024 held at Espace Niemeyer in Paris, France.
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Model on the runway at Dries Van Noten Ready To Wear Spring 2024 on in Paris, France.
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Richard Malone RTW Spring 2022
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Simone Rocha RTW Spring 2022
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2000 Ready to Wear Runway Show
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Image Credit: David Maestri Gucci Spring 1996 Ready to Wear Runway Show
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Image Credit: WWD Model on the runway at the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2018 Haute Couture show in Paris, France
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Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Model Esther Canadas Ann Demeulemeester Spring 1998 Ready to Wear Runway Show
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Image Credit: Art Streiber Model Christy Turlington on thr runway at Chanel Fall 1993 Couture Runway Show in Paris.
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Image Credit: David Maestri Gucci Spring 1997 Menswear Collection Runway Show
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Image Credit: Fairchild Archive Model Natane Boudreau on the runway at Calvin Klein Collection Spring 1993 Ready To Wear Fashion Show in New York.
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Image Credit: Robert Mitra Model Carmen Kass on the runway at Michael Kors Spring 2000 Ready to Wear Runway Show in New York.
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Image Credit: John Aquino Vivienne Westwood Spring 2000 Ready to Wear Runway Show
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Image Credit: Guy Marineau A model walks in the Chanel Fall 1983 Ready to Wear Runway Show in Paris, France.
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Image Credit: Kyle Erickson Model Dianne DeWitt on the runway at the Halston Spring 1990 Made to Order Fashion Show in New York.
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Image Credit: Fairchild Archive/WWD Oscar de la Renta Resort 1979 Ready to Wear Advance
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Image Credit: Tim Jenkins Designer Marc Bohan poses with a model in his “Gigi” dress for Dior’s Fall 1977 Haute Couture collection advance at Dior’s Avenue Montaigne headquarters in Paris.
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Image Credit: Pierre Schermann Model Karen Bjornson in a sheer striped caftan from Halston’s 1971 made-to-order collection in the designers New York atelier.
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Sheer Fashion Looks on the Runway – 30
Yves Saint Laurent Spring 1978 Haute Couture Runway fashion show, Paris.