Bob Mackie reveals the iconic Cher outfit he’s embarrassed to have designed
more razzle-dazzle, less fabric” for the star.However, it turns out that he cringes when he thinks about one particular outfit — and it’s one of Cher’s most famous.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.It’s the revealing body stocking she wore in the “If I Could Turn Back Time” video.
It features a V-shaped strip of fabric to hide her crotch and breasts. The lower half consists of sheer cycling pants and stockings.“Please don’t tell anyone that I designed this.
Don’t let anyone know this. I’m embarrassed,’” he said, recalling their conversation for the new documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion. “And she was fine about it.
Now she admits that, no, it wasn’t so good.”Mackie refers to it as the “seat belt” outfit and deems it “vulgar”.“We put a lot of wild, sexy clothes on her at different times,” Mackie told Yahoo Entertainment. “Sometimes I’d say, ‘Well, you can’t wear that for this’ … an award show or whatever, and she would [disappointedly reply], OK.’ But she wanted to wear that.
