Thanks to Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and even Ke$ha, we've grown accostumed to seeing people without pants in public. But let's be honest: Madonna may have started it all. In honor of Madonna's 55th birthday, here’s a look back at the one-named wonder’s most bottomless outfits. After all, it is Madonna’s pants-free world—and we’re just living in it.
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Madonna performs onstage during her first world tour, Who’s That Girl, in 1987 wearing her signature cone bra and fishnet stockings.
It’s hard to wear pants when you’re sporting knee pads. Madonna performed in 1990 in an all black get-up—clad with fingerless gloves and a top hat—in Osaka, Japan.
Madonna performs in a green-and-white bedazzled bustier with beaded fringe designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier on her highly controversial Blond Ambition Tour in 1990.
Madonna shows-off her pixie cut and slim midriff in tiny sequined hot pants in the ’90s. She uses elbow-length gloves and fishnets to cover up a bit of skin.
At the opening night of her Re-Invention World Tour in 2004, Madonna performed in a cream, one-sleeved embellished bustier. Her black thigh-high lace-up leather boots served as the closest thing to pants.
She's got stripes, fringes, and a headband—but certainly not pants. Madonna wore a form-fitting red-and-white tank top with an attached black fringe bottom created by Costume Designer Arianne Phillips during a rehearsal for the Re-Invention World Tour 2004.
Madonna goes pantsless while performing "Hung Up" in a purple onesie and coordinating boots and leather jacket at the 12th-annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005.
While Madonna may be covering up her top half with a collared bustier, its beaded fringe doesn't do much concealing for her bottom half.
The singer wore this sheer black-and-white dress to her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Who needs pants, or pockets even, when you can just stick your microphone in your underwear? Madonna wears a lingerie-style ensemble with knee-high boots at the premiere performance of her aptly-named Sticky and Sweet stage show in 2008.
Madonna arrived at the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party wearing a lace dress with a feather vest. Although the singer perfected evening wear in the black gown, she was able to maintain her pantsless preference by wearing a onesie under the lace overlay.
Madonna kicked it up a notch in a plaid, studded, and chained custom Givenchy blazer to the 2013 MET gala, celebrating the Costume Institute’s exhibit PUNK: Chaos to Couture.
At the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, Madonna proved that she, and her fashion, is timeless. The singer wore a garter, platform pumps, and a fur-collared jacket and leaving—as always—her pants at home.
