All trussed up in their naked dresses at this week’s Met Ball, celebrities were dressing for work, not for sexual attraction. Their bodies are their tools on such occasions.
But I’d wager that many feel just as apprehensive stripping off for the first time in front of a new lover as most of the rest of us do.
The most photographed outfits on the red carpet were those exposing as much of the body as is possible without it actually being unclothed – Emily Ratajkowksi in nipple and breast-exposing Versace lace, Rita Ora wearing what might just about be described as a modesty beaded tabard floating down the centre of her body, Jennifer Lopez in a completely sheer Schiaparelli gown.