These naked catwalk moments prove that sometimes the boldest choice for a fashion designer is to forgo clothes altogether.

The past few years have been monumental for body liberation, and this past Paris Fashion Week was no different. Along with the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/yumi-interview-2019">body positvity</a> movement that&rsquo;s instilling confidence in women of all sizes, modesty is being redefined as a personal choice rather than a societal requirement for self-respect.
The fashion industry, however, has been practicing this for decades. In the '70s, Gaby Aghion, of Chlo&eacute; fame, sent a model down the runway in a sheer lace top, embracing the free will of the day. In Paris during the Fall/Winter 2024 shows, new Chlo&eacute; designer Chemena Kamali embraced that same idea and re-created it for 2024. Two decades after Aghion, well-known '90s fashion provocateurs like <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/men/john-galliano-s-first-menswear-collection-for-maison-margiela">John Galliano</a> and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/jean-paul-gaultier-winnie-harlow-coco-rocha-documentary-loic-prigent">Jean Paul Gaultier</a> pushed the envelope further by empowering models to walk topless down the runway. Today, French designer <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/practical-uses-for-the-new-impractical-jacquemus-bag-2019">Jacquemus'</a> has shown topless models on the runway. Most recently, in February during Paris Fashion Week the designers behind Vaquera inverted the idea of the traditional French bourgeoisie by showing a topless model on the runway during their Fall/Winter 2024 show. In addition to showing a topless model, their models also walked dressed in dollar bill fabric, against the background of a beautiful Parisian interior&mdash;true fashion provocateurs, they are.
L&rsquo;OFFICIEL gathers the 13 most iconic topless moments in runway history that <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/no-bra-day-braless-celebrities-jennifer-aniston-kendall-jenner">bared it all</a>.

Vaquera's Fall/Winter 2024 show during Paris Fashion Week debuted a shocking topless moment, complemented with a cropped jacket.

Known for his bold fashion choices, John Galliano shows a revealing yet angelic look in his Spring/Summer 1992 namesake collection.

Kate Moss walks for Vivienne Westwood's Fall/Winter 1994 show in a low-cut bustier dress.

At Jean Paul Gaultier’s fashion benefit for amFAR, Madonna removes an oversized jacket to reveal a buckle-adorned harness bra.

Jean Paul Gaultier strikes again, this time in his Spring/Summer 1997 Haute Couture collection with a look that includes only leather gloves and an ornate gold necklace on top.

In John Galliano’s Christian Dior Spring/Summer 1997 collection, a model swaps a bouquet of flowers for a top.

Shalom Harlow wears a jeweled naked dress for Christian Dior’s Fall/Winter 1997 Haute Couture collection.

On the Spring/Summer 1998 runway, Alexander McQueen styles leather pants with a cascading choker.

Lily McMenamy walks for Marc Jacobs in fishnet gloves and belted hot pants in his Fall/Winter 2013 collection.

Gareth Pugh’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection offers a transparent shield in place of a top.

Jacquemus' surrealist Fall/Winter 2015 collection includes several topless looks with unique accessories.

Anthony Vacarello designs a barely-there sheer neckline for the Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2017 show.

For Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Spring/Summer 2019 collection, Slick Woods bares her baby bump and more.

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