History Main / SexyBacklessOutfit

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'': Shanoa wears a backless halter-top dress with a deep slit up the side, with a BreastPlate over it [[OfCorsetsSexy which is designed along the lines of a corset]]. The backlessness is [[JustifiedTrope necessary]] because she absorbs [[InstantRunes Glyphs]] through a large and intricate tattoo on her back.

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* In an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George is excited to be showing up to a fancy party with a date wearing one of these.

* [[FemaleGaze For whatever reason]], Dio Brando (one of main villains of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'') has taken so much of a liking to backless tops upon reawakening that literally [[http://imageshack.us/a/img694/9501/diotop5.png every]] [[http://imageshack.us/a/img341/7757/diotop4.png damn]] [[http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7446/diotop3.png thing]] [[http://imageshack.us/a/img41/6170/diotop2.png he]] [[http://imageshack.us/a/img213/2756/diotop1.png wears]] from then on is some form of halter or another, often teetering on the edge of {{Stripperiffic}}.

* ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': The dress Padmé wears at the lake house combines a halter top, backless to the waist, with detached sleeves and filmy drapery for an elegantly sexy look.

* Several [[Film/JamesBond Bond girls]] have rocked backless dresses, including Creator/CareyLowell as Pam Bouvier in ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Creator/FamkeJanssen as [[PunnyName Xenia Onatopp]] in ''Film/GoldenEye'', Creator/EvaGreen as Vesper Lynd in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' and Creator/AnaDeArmas as Paloma in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. This overexposure to backless dress women may explain Bond's error in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' where he attempts to compliment Severine on her outfit.

* ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'' (1973): A FemmeFatale spy meets her intended conquest at her door in a black dress that conceals everything from her neck to her wrists to her feet. Then she turns around, and her back is completely bare, down to butt-cleavage.
** Likewise done in the 1985 American remake, ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe''.
* ''[[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974):

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}:'' After getting dumped by her newly outed husband, Lilith shows up at Frasier's apartment in a black dress with no back. Frasier, who's trying to be supportive but not get back together with Lilith, is appreciative.

* ''Series/GetSmart''. In "The Groovy Guru", the Chief brags about how KAOS would never suspect their top CONTROL chemist is a cabaret dancer. "It's the perfect front." On getting a look at the scantily-clad scientist, Max says her back isn't bad either.
* {{Inverted}} in an episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' when Joy wears a backless outfit backwards resulting in a NavelDeepNeckline.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Anna Williams wears a strapless, backless [[AnimeChineseGirl cheongsam]] with a CleavageWindow and a deep slit up the side. In case you couldn't identify her as the resident MsFanservice.

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Adrian Andrews has a backless halter-topped blouse. Her glasses and notebook give her a SexySecretary vibe, although she's actually an "entertainment manager".
** Shih-na of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' wears a deeply-slit backless evening gown she wears in her role of FemmeFatale [[TheMole mole]].
* Beatrice from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' wears a full-skirted gown which shows off a large amount of her back.
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* Katella and Breezie from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.

* ''Theatre/TouMyu'' has quite a few of these for their ([[CastFullOfPrettyBoys male]]) cast.

-->-- '''Toshimichi Mori''' on [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Noel Vermillion]]'s design

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':
** Noel's standard outfit in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is backless with a halter top, detached sleeves and a tiny skirt. The top also opens down the front for an alternate look with bonus extensive cleavage.
** In ''Central Fiction'', [[Manga/BlazblueRemixHeart Mai Natsume]] is a playable character, and her outfit takes cues from Noel's, only even more {{Stripperiffic}}.

* [[EvilIsSexy Katella and Breezie]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.

* ''Film/{{Atonement}}'': Being set in the 1930s, Creator/KeiraKnightley's wears an emerald green dress, with the spaghetti straps so thin, her back is almost naked, as she and her leading man "make whoopie" at the library.

* Creator/KeiraKnightley's emerald green dress in ''Film/{{Atonement}}''.

* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Kraehe's dress combines this with NavelDeepNeckline. Compare with Princess Tutu's costume, [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains which is much more conservative]], fitting their DarkFeminineLightFeminine roles.

-->-- '''Director Mori Toshimichi''' on [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Noel Vermillion]]'s design

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' incarnation of [[http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/cd/Link_and_Zelda_TP.jpg Zelda]] wears a dress that exposes her upper back paired with OperaGloves, making her the "elegant evening dress" version of this trope.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** In the "Large Marge" episode (which involved her getting GagBoobs and becoming a [[SexSells BoothBabe]]), Marge Simpson wears a sexy backless red dress that emphasizes her new "attributes" for a public appearance.

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* ''Art/NueCouchee'': The RecliningVenus pose that it emulates is interpreted as being from the back of the model not unlike the ''Art/GrandeOdalisque''.
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Backless outfits used for {{Fanservice}}. Ever since the [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] and much of the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]] popularized the backless dress or top, whether bias-cut, halter, spaghetti-strapped or strapless, it has been a nice way of showing a little skin (fair, olive, dark or tanned) without getting too raunchy; a deeply cut dress can show the entire back and maybe a bit more, and makes it clear that the lady [[VaporWear is not wearing a bra]]. At the same time, it can be more elegant and mature than MidriffBaringOutfit or some of the other FanserviceCostumes. [[{{Stripperiffic}} Or not]].

* ''Film/{{Lolita}}'': Along with various {{Midriff Baring Outfit}}s, [[FilleFatale Dolores]] wears several essentially backless outfits, [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn attracting the attention]] of pedophile Humbert.

* ''VideoGame/{{Primal}}'': ThirdPersonSeductress Jen features a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] backless red halter top which shows off her PowerTattoo. It's [[SexSells prominently featured on the cover]].

** The back of Pink Diamond's outfit has an open top, which is oddly combined with GiantPoofySleeves and [[BareYourMidriff an opening on the bottom of the front]]. Her Pearl wore a similar outfit, minus the bare midriff.

* All of [[TheVamp Poison Ivy's]] costumes from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries.''

* ''LightNovel/DanMachi: Anime/ArrowOfTheOrion'': Artemis wears a backless dress as her battle attire.
* In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Ruler's usual civilian outfit, which is supposed to be a school uniform, exposes her entire back when not covered by her jacket. This also reveals the Command Spells (think magical tattoos) on her back.