Cher has recalled how Jane Fonda instantly adored the iconic "loin cloth" dress she wore to the 1986 Academy Awards.
During an interview for the new documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, the superstar reflected on the stunning black sequin gown with revealing cutouts and dramatic feathered headpiece that the iconic designer made her for the Oscars ceremony.
While Cher knew viewers would be surprised by the look, she recounted how show co-host Jane demanded she actually wait a moment before entering the stage to present the award for Best Supporting Actor.
"I was coming around and Jane Fonda was coming around, and she looked at me and said, 'Cher, please wait until I get back to my seat, O.K., before you come out. Please, I can't wait. I want to see everybody's reaction,'" she remembered, according to People. "And I walked out and I said, 'As you can see, I did receive my Academy booklet on how to dress like a serious actress.' And it was kind of my, you know, my you-know-what moment... My 'f**k you' moment to the Academy because, you know, all you have to judge me on is my work, not my life."
And legendary costume designer Bob admitted onlookers were "horrified" by Cher's dress.
"When she first appeared at the Oscars with her big mohawk and her bare midriff, giving an award to (Cocoon star) Don Ameche, people were horrified. Like, 'That's not fashion.' They were just horrified," he sighed.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Cher described how she asked Bob to create her a look with a loin cloth and feathers as she was "p**sed off" that she didn't receive a nomination for the 1985 movie Mask.
"Because I didn't get nominated for a movie that everyone thought I would actually win (Mask), but I didn't get nominated, and they thought I wasn't serious," the Believe hitmaker added. "I didn't dress like a serious actress, and I had... my boyfriends were strange. So I decided, I had this idea in my mind."
Cher later won the Academy Award for the 1987 film Moonstruck.
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion is now showing in select cinemas.