History Main / SexyBacklessOutfit

* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', Bunnie Rabbot wears a [[http://archive.is/qNLuP gravity-defying leotard]] that [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline somehow stays on despite being both backless and strapless]].

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

** Likewise done in the 1985 American remake, ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe''.
** Creator/JeanHarlow did this all the time. ''Dinner at Eight'', ''[[Film/HellsAngels Hell's Angels]]'', ''Film/LibeledLady''...if Harlow was wearing a fancy dress in a movie, it probably didn't have a back.

** Sally Hardesty also got a small bit of this from ClothingDamage.

** Sally Hardesty also got this from ClothingDamage.

* ''[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)]]'':

* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974'':

* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974'': Pam wore a completely backless tank top with red hotpants and black flip-flops. Due to that, it's made clear that Leatherface hooked her up on a meathook by impaling her back with it.

* ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'': Halle Berry's [[OfCorsetsSexy corsetlike]] second costume was specifically cut so we could see her back move.

** Later on we get [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c255/10.html Asuna in a hospital gown]].
** Later still, we have the backless dresses variant at a fancy ball. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c279/11.html Check out Chisame and Ku Fei here.]] (Warning: Enormous Spoilers)

* Angel from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' favors backless dresses for her wings.

* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': Ilana tries one of these on during a montage, as suggested by Kimmy, but doesn't seem too fond of it. She ends up not going along with it.

* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', Haqua's regular outfit is leaves her back bare, although it's understated due to her long hair often hiding it, and it's not an design you'd expect to be backless. It also serves as a counterpoint to her modest chest and adds a more obvious fanservice element to her character.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Jessica Rabbit wears a slinky strapless, backless, sequined [[LadyInRed red evening gown]] [[ShesGotLegs slit up the thigh to here]]. She's a HeadTurningBeauty (a ShoutOut to Tex Avery's designs), and very much played for sexy.
* ''Film/IronMan1'': Pepper Potts buys herself a backless dress "from Tony" for her birthday. She wears it to a gala event, where Tony shows up and HilarityEnsues when he asks her for a dance. She's rather nervous about it, and this is only exacerbated by the fact that she forgot to wear deodorant and is dancing with her TheCasanova boss in front of all the people she works with.

* ''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/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.
* Creator/KeiraKnightley's emerald green dress in ''Film/{{Atonement}}''.
* Several [[Film/JamesBond Bond girls]] have rocked backless dresses, including Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier in ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Creator/FamkeJanssen as [[PunnyName Xenia Onatopp]] in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and Creator/EvaGreen as Vesper Lynd in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. This overexposure to backless dress women may explain Bond's error in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' where he attempts to compliment Severine on her outfit.
* ''Film/{{Lolita}}''. Along with various BareYourMidriff, [[FilleFatale Dolores]] wears several essentially backless outfits, [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn attracting the attention]] of pedophile Humbert.
* Angel from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' favors backless dresses for her wings.
* Diana in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' spends two scenes wearing dresses that bare her back. Those scenes are high-society parties so she fits right in.

* ''Series/TheWestWing'': [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Ainsley Hayes]] in one episode; this being an Creator/AaronSorkin show when Sam commented on how attractive she looked, that led to a discussion of feminism and sexuality in the workplace.
-->'''Sam Seaborn:''' Whoa, I didn't even see that thing from the back.
* {{Inverted}} in an episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' when Joy wears a backless outfit backwards resulting in AbsoluteCleavage.
-->'''Joy:''' Honestly, what would you rather see, back or boobs? I swear, sometimes I think fashion designers are gay.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George is excited to be showing up to a fancy party with a date wearing one of these.

* Ziva David of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' sports a stunning backless dress when undercover in a nightclub in Last Man Standing.
** Abby spent an entire Halloween episode dressed as Creator/MarilynMonroe. Apart from Abby's tattoos, the costume was fairly authentic.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has Widowmaker as most of her skins shows her with a CleavageWindow and her back.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'', Bunnie Rabbot wears a [[http://archive.is/qNLuP gravity-defying leotard]] that [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline somehow stays on despite being both backless and strapless]].

* Most Erune characters from ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' have backless outfits. Taken to a rather ridiculous level with the Gold Knight, who wears backless '''plate armor''' that even has the hips cut out! Seruel, a {{Bishonen}} Erune prince and one of the few exceptions for backless clothes with his regular attire, was specifically given a sexy butler costume with his back exposed for the game's anniversary.

[[caption-width-right:290:She's bringing sexy back.]]

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Beatrice wears a full-skirted Victorian gown which shows a quite period-inappropriate amount of back.

* Red, of Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'' and other shorts; a HelloNurse character in a skimpy red strapless, backless {{Burlesque}} outfit.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Jessica Rabbit wears a slinky strapless, backless, sequined [[LadyInRed red evening gown]] [[ShesGotLegs slit up the thigh to here]]. She's a HelloNurse character (a ShoutOut to Tex Avery's designs), and very much played for sexy.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': In the original, Yuna's regular outfit is a halter-top, backless variant on traditional Kimono. Her Gunner outfit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is much skimpier, backless, sleeveless, and has AbsoluteCleavage to boot.
* A male example: Wol from ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' had [[http://images.eurogamer.net/2015/usgamer/Mevius-Shot-05.jpg a backless outfit revealing a large tattoo]] in early designs. The outfit was toned down to be less skimpy for the final release, but still leaving the tattoo visible.

* A male example: Mevius from the newest ''Final Fantasy'' game [[http://images.eurogamer.net/2015/usgamer/Mevius-Shot-05.jpg has a backless outfit revealing a large tattoo]].

* While generally not visible ingame, the character artwork for Cherche from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has an outfit that displays her back. FridgeLogic kicks in when you realise that, as a Wyvern Rider (for her default class, at any rate), this likely be rather impractical while flying, if for no other reason than how cold she must get.
** Likewise, Aversa's Dark Flier outfit displays her back, like the front's AbsoluteCleavage. But for Aversa, it makes sense since she's the game's MsFanservice. It generally isn't visible in game either since she's a Dark Flier, but can be seen in a few cutscenes.

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

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':