Look at Asos today and you’ll find a plethora of sheer dresses, however thirty years ago when a 19-year-old Kate Moss wore this sheer dress she created a moment that’s impossible to imitate. Cool as ever she decided to dip into a Radiohead gig on her way to the Elite Model look of the year awards (oh, and this was before the band got big). Even though her dress appears obviously see through here Kate says she had no idea how revealing it was until the pictures where everywhere the next day in the newspaper. Styled with nothing but a little black thong and a cigarette, it was definitely a vibe, you might even call it Brat. Designed by American designer Liza Bruce, It had been borrowed from an editorial shoot and was due to be returned the next day. Little did they know that the best photograph of the dress would be taken that evening.
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00:00Sheer clothes are a Gen Z staple, and underwear as outerwear is everywhere these days.
00:04But there was a time when it wasn't.
00:06Let's wind back to 1993.
00:08Kate Moss was at her friend's flat in Brewer Street,
00:10getting ready for the Elite Model's Look of the Year Awards.
00:12But as they got ready, they could hear Radiohead doing a live gig playing Creep
00:16at a little Camden pub before the band got big.
00:19Naturally, they wanted to hear what was going on, so they charmed their way in.
00:22Here's what Kate was wearing, so definitely not blending into the crowd.
00:25And the public went wild over it,
00:27even though her dress appears obviously see-through here.
00:29Kate says,
00:39Styled with nothing but a little black thong and a cigarette,
00:41it was definitely a vibe.
00:43You might even call it brat.
00:44She certainly solidified her reputation as a model with a rockstar edge,
00:48setting her apart from the pristine supers that came before her.
00:51Designed by American designer Eliza Bruce for her Spring 1994 collection,
00:55it had been borrowed for an editorial shoot and was due to be returned the next day.
00:59Little did they know that the best photograph of the dress would be taken that evening.
01:03Bruce reportedly only designed a few of these metallic slip dresses,
01:06one of which is now part of a collection at the Victorian Albert Museum in London.
01:10Since then, Kate seems to have made sheer dresses a signature look of hers.
01:14At only 19 years old,
01:15we hope the model was okay with her nipples being across the front pages back then.
01:19However, she does seem to remember the mishap fondly.
01:22In a Vogue interview, she says,