20 of Cher's best style moments from her decades-spanning career
Frank Olito
- Cher turns 75 on May 20.
- Throughout her decades-spanning career, she has worn some dramatic looks.
- She worked closely with designer Bob Mackie to create some of her most memorable fashion moments.
Coming off the success of "I Got You, Babe," Sonny and Cher performed at the Hollywood Bowl in 1966, and she wore a memorable yellow outfit.
This tank top with pants foreshadowed Cher's future fashion risks.
In 1968, Cher wore striped pants, a yellow shirt, and fur in a portrait with Sonny.
The striped bell-bottom pants were all the rage back in the '60s and '70s.
"The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" debuted in 1971, and Cher wore this dazzling look in a promo the following year.
This see-through gown with a feathered headpiece hinted at the fashion Cher would wear in the coming decades.
In 1972, Cher wore a two-piece outfit that was covered in a floral design.
Cher wore this look during a performance in 1972.
Cher wore another two-piece gown to the 1973 Academy Awards.
The iconic gold gown was designed by Bob Mackie, who Cher collaborated with for the majority of her career and helped her become a fashion icon.
That same year, Cher showed up to the Golden Globes in yet another two-piece look.
"Others, like Cher, have used the event to pull boundary-pushing fashion moves, like when she wore a massive fur coat with a bikini top on the arm of Sonny Bono in 1973," Rachel Hahn at Vogue wrote in 2019.
Cher made fashion history in 1974 when she showed up to the Met Gala in what became known as the "naked dress."
"Cher wore what is possibly one of the most famous dresses of all time at the 1974 Met Gala," Jessica Booth at Redbook wrote in 2019. "Designed by Bob Mackie, it was one of the first 'naked dresses' ever worn and featured a sheer beaded gown with white feathered sleeves and a white feathered skirt — no pasties included."
At the 1974 Academy Awards, Cher wore another Bob Mackie design.
Vogue described this Mackie look as "a floral sarong-style dress skirt with a scant wrap-tie bralette and matching floral corsages around the neck and pinned up into the hair."
Around the time Cher wore this floral gown in 1974, she divorced Sonny and embarked on her solo career.
During this performance in 1974, Cher also wore a small green corset to break up the floral print.
In 1975, Cher began her own variety show and wore this stellar look in an episode.
Cher's beige gown with a crisscrossing top was perfectly complemented by her blunt bob.
Cher wore another white gown on a different episode of her variety show.
This wrap dress with a slit up the leg proved that the musician could even pull off a more simple look.
In the '80s, Cher jumped into acting and attended the 1983 Oscars with a long-sleeve gown.
Bob Mackie designed this dress, which Vogue said "pleased the magpies with its light-catching iridescence and wholly sheer appearance."
To the Met Gala in 1985, Cher wore yet another Bob Mackie gown that went down in fashion history.
In 1985, the Met Gala was themed "Costumes of Royal India." Harper's Bazaar recently called this dress one of the "most iconic Met Gala dresses of all time."
In 1986, Cher made headlines in this showgirl-inspired ensemble at the Academy Awards.
"Remember when actor Don Ameche won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Cocoon?'" CNN wrote in 2020. "Of course not; we were too enchanted by the woman presenting him with a statuette: Cher, in a bat-crazy mash-up of witchy showgirl and Halloween Big Bird."
Cher accepted her Academy Award in 1988 while wearing another Bob Mackie dress.
In 1988, Cher took home the Oscar for best actress for her role in "Moonstruck." On the red carpet, she showed off her award and her embellished Bob Mackie dress, which she wore with large earrings and a stole.
Cher leaned into her movie-star status in 1991 when she wore this red gown.
Cher was spotted in this red sequin dress and tassel earrings, marking a new era in her fashion.
In 1992, Cher embarked on her "Love Hurts Tour" where she wore some iconic looks.
Cher wore this cutout jumpsuit during a performance at the Wembley Arena in London.
She wowed in a completely different ensemble during the same tour.
Cher wore pants, a long blazer, and huge hair to this performance at Wembley Arena in London.
At the 2017 Golden Globes, she wore an all-black dress with horizontal straps.
The front of the dress resembled a lace-up corset.
Cher revived her cutout jumpsuit during the Billboard Music Awards in 2017.
That year, Cher accepted the Icon Award and proved she could still pull off some of her most daring fashion looks even at 71.
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