{"id":2019374,"date":"2025-09-13T14:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2019374"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:58:53","slug":"id-tell-my-daughter-that-margot-robbies-naked-dressing-look-is-risky-not-empowering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/id-tell-my-daughter-that-margot-robbies-naked-dressing-look-is-risky-not-empowering\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019d tell my daughter that Margot Robbie\u2019s \u2018naked dressing\u2019 look is risky, not empowering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, what\u2019s a red carpet appearance without a polarising gown or two, eh? This time, it was Australian star Margot Robbie who raised eyebrows<\/a> (and, let\u2019s be honest, probably had several people zooming in for a better look) when she stepped out at the premiere of her latest film,\u00a0A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/em>, in London this week.<\/p>\n

Her full-length dress, from Armani Priv\u00e9\u2019s SS25 collection, was cut low at the back and, although sparkling with a design of crystals, completely sheer<\/a>, leaving little to the imagination about the efficacy of her glute exercises \u2013 which is to say, her buttocks were completely visible, and she\u2019s definitely in great shape.<\/p>\n

Do I think she looked breathtaking? Without question \u2013 and her figure is even more impressive given she had a baby a year ago. Did I look like that when I had my daughter at 35, the same age as Margot Robbie? Absolutely not.<\/p>\n

But now that my daughter is 19 years old, do I have reservations about the trend for \u201csheer dressing\u201d<\/a> (what my mother might have called \u201cletting everyone see what you\u2019ve had for breakfast\u201d)? Well, obviously.<\/p>\n

Not that I was running around in high-necked blouses as a teenager \u2013 Madonna<\/a>, for instance, had us wantonly yanking fishnet vests over bra tops, and wearing silky slips as dresses in the eighties. My mother probably cried whenever I left the house \u2013 now I\u2019m the one crying.<\/p>\n

I do get it; I understand that fashion is often there to be provocative, and that it\u2019s a form of self-expression. I also understand that, as gender roles evolve, dress codes do too. Gen Z women believe it\u2019s absolutely their right to dress the way they want and regard our middle-aged aversion to the (literal) stripping back of fashion with both anger and amusement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not my job to look a certain way; it\u2019s\u00a0their\u00a0<\/em>job to\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>look at me a certain way,\u201d is their commonly held, defiant belief. Yes, there\u2019s a lot of truth in that, but it\u2019s a belief that\u2019s not necessarily realistic or one that people like me \u2013 mothers, teachers, relatives \u2013 are entirely at ease with. Because when girls feel angry about\u00a0their\u00a0<\/em>rights over\u00a0their\u00a0<\/em>bodies, common sense often goes out the window.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s here that the lines between feeling empowered and remaining appropriate become tricky to navigate. When near-nudity is seen as self-ownership, and as two fingers in the face of societal norms, the element of context can all too easily be overlooked. After all, it\u2019s one thing for Robbie to appear in a controlled environment with security and paparazzi in a sheer outfit, but quite another to wear one to a bar, or to walk down the street from the train station after a night out.<\/p>\n

Being a teenage girl is, of course, also very different from being a celebrity who, by the very nature of the profession, is there to be noticed, photographed and talked about when performing their public roles; Robbie undoubtedly was pursuing headlines as well as fashion-forwardness when she opted to wear the barely-there gown \u2013 as Lily Allen presumably was when she stepped out in a bralette and mini shorts (aka pants) in New York on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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