In an interview about the new documentary, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, the iconic designer, 85, told PEOPLE that Cher picked the controversial gown herself. “I said to her, ‘What do you want ...

Cher’s 1989 “If I Could Turn Back Time ... It doesn’t get much more notorious than the evening gown worn by Marilyn Monroe to sing “Happy Birthday” to John F. Kennedy in 1962.

"I pop up mainly in the quintessential 'Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour' time," says Ariale. "Lots of the Bob Mackie gowns." "We have the Tony Award-winning Broadway costumes," says Perez. "Exact ...

The naysayers were apparently wrong, however. As Mackie noted, Cher later appeared in the December 1974 issue of Vogue shot by legendary photographer Richard Avedon wearing the same “naked dress,” and ...