14 red carpet dresses you couldn’t really eat, drink or sit down in

Maggie Q at the Divergent premiere: You need a killer bod to pull this off. Luckily Maggie Q has one. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

Updated on: Feb 06, 2016 12:05 PM IST

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Maggie Q at the Divergent premiere: You need a killer bod to pull this off. Luckily Maggie Q has one. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Rita Ora at the Vanity Fair Oscars party: Rita braved the world’s cameras in this sheer Donna Karan affair. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Rita Ora at the Atelier Versace show: It’s tiny. It’s bright orange. It has a tangle of tenuously knotted ropes holding it all together. Few women posess the minerals to step out in something like this. But then of course this is not Rita’s first rodeo. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Beyonce at the Met Gala: The success of this look is 5% sheer fabric, 5% strategically placed embellishments and 90% double-sided tape and hope. Being Beyonce, she’s gone death or glory and worked this one from every possible angle. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Rihanna at the CFDA Awards: The #FreeTheNipple campaigner makes her case pretty solidly here. We love the glittery 1920s headgear. (Pinterest)

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Irina Shayk at the Oscars after-party: This almost-doesn’t-qualify-as-a-dress dress appears to come with built in tights? (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Kendall Jenner at the VMAs: And speaking of thigh splits, Kendall went for one of the highest on record in this Nicolas Jebran frock. Again, we have a lot of questions about underwear/dress strategics here. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Jennifer Lopez at the Billboard Music Awards: How is this lady 46? (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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J-Lo is queen of the sheer, in this barely there dress she wore at the Met Gala. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Miley Cyrus at the amFAR Inspiration Gala: All credit to Miley for managing to make this look elegant. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Jaimie Alexander at the Thor premiere: The actor braved a near-vertical sheer panel for the Thor premiere. Double-sided tape (we presume) was applied liberally. (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Iggy Azalea at the MTV Video Music Awards: We feel like this dress did originally have an underslip, but Iggy thought ‘to hell with that, I’m going sheer.’ (Instagram/ Pinterest)

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Here are a few pictures from the archive: All cutaway dresses owe their allegiance to Liz Hurley’s safety pin dress. The Versace LBD she wore to the Four Weddings premiere in 1994 made her a household name overnight. (Pinterest)

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Jennifer Lopez at the Grammys: The hip-grazing Verace dress JLo wore to the 2001 Grammys set a new red carpet precedent. Fun fact: it’s also the reason why Google images exists. (Pinterest)