Cher: I've always pushed the envelope
Cher was the most famous stage icon of the 80’s and she inspired a whole world with her outfits.
"They'll probably even dress me in it when I'm dead," joked the legendary singer.
The 67-year-old singer shocked the world when she wore the undergarment with a thong leotard, heels and a leather jacket in the music video for her 1989 hit "If I Could Turn Back Time".
"People love that I can still wear it on stage. I wore it for my shows in Las Vegas [from 2008 to 2011]," the star said to UK newspaper The Sun.
"A friend said to me that a woman is sexy while she can still put on her stockings," she continued, "I thought, 'I can do better than that, I can still put on my body stocking'.
"They'll probably even dress me in it when I'm dead," she laughed.
The costume was designed by Bob Mackie, and now Cher admits that it was "a little bit cheap", but she was trying to express herself.
"I've always pushed the envelope. I pushed it farther than anybody else was pushing it at a time, where I thought, 'I'm in showbusiness, that's what you do,'" she said, adding, "We all pave the way for the next generation. We all make it a little bit easier for the people coming after. "But I must say no one really made it easier for me as how I chose to display myself. That was me just being me."
