You can get a backless dress anywhere, but it takes a skilled designer to create one that looks stunning, elegant and sexy all at once. After all, you wouldn't want to look like a tart on the red carpet, right?
Here are 20 of the most gorgeous backless dresses of all time, worn on the red carpet:
1. Olivia Wilde in Marchesa, 2009
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/Olivia_Wilde_Marchesa_2009.JPG)
2. Anne Hathaway in Armani Prive, 2011
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/anne_hathaway_armani_prive_2011.jpg)
3. Emma Stone in Calvin Klein, 2011
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/emma_stone_calvin_klein_2011.jpg)
4. Naomi Watts in Zac Posen, 2013
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/Naomi_Watts_Zac_Posen_2013.jpg)
5. Eva Longoria in Zac Posen, 2011
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/eva_longoria_zac_posen_2011.jpg)
6. Charlize Theron in Gucci, 2004
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/Charlize_Theron_gucci_2004.jpg)
7. Kate Hudson in Emilio Pucci, 2004
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/Kate_Hudson_Emilio_Pucci_2010.jpg)
8. Hilary Swank in Guy Laroche, 2005
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/hilary_swank_guy_laroche_2005.jpg)
9. Rooney Mara in Givenchy Haute Couture, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/rooney_mara_givenchy_haute_couture_2012.jpg)
10. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Burberry, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/rosie_huntington_whiteley_burberry_2012.jpg)
11. Kate Bosworth in Stella McCartney, 2014
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/kate_bosworth_stella_mccartney_2014.jpg)
12. Emma Watson in Chanel Couture, 2013
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/emma_watson_chanel_couture_2013.jpg)
13. Sienna Miller in Emanuel Ungaro, 2007
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/sienna_miller_emanuel_ungaro_2007.jpg)
14. Claire Danes in Calvin Klein, 2011
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/claire_danes_calvin_klein_2011.jpg)
15. Emily Blunt in Alexander McQueen, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/emily_blunt_alexander_mcqueen_2012.jpg)
16. Eva Longoria in Marchesa, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/eva_longoria_marchesa_2012.jpg)
17. Heidi Klum in Michael Kors, 2013
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/heidi_klum_michael_kors_2013.jpg)
18. Emily Blunt in Calvin Klein, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/emily_blunt_calvin_klein_2012.jpg)
19. Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney, 2012
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/cameron_diaz_stella_mccartney_2012.jpg)
20. Evan Rachel Wood in Gucci, 2012![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/108/065/014/evan_rachel_wood_gucci_2012.jpg)