Nicole Kidman's Completely Backless Golden Globes Dress Is So Babygirl

When Zendaya asked Nicole Kidman why she wanted to work on her latest project, Babygirl, during their Variety Actors on Actors interview, Kidman's answer was simple and very easy to turn into a meme: "As soon as I heard it was called Babygirl, I'm like, 'Yeah, I want to be the babygirl,'" she said. Just in case she didn't become the babygirl enough in the film, she sure did on the red carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes, where her completely backless and rhinestone-covered gown fit the nickname.

For the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, Kidman and her stylist Jason Bolden worked with Balenciaga to create a custom one-shoulder gown made of crystal- and rhinestone-embroidered mesh, according to the French fashion house. The dress was based on look 55 from Balenciaga's fall 2023 haute couture collection, which was purple, as opposed to Kidman's iridescent silver look. With it, she wore a pair of cream satin pumps also by Balenciaga and a bevy of jewelry items by Boucheron, including diamond-and-tanzanite drop earrings and a 4.10-carat diamond ring.

Nicole Kidman attends the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

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WHO: Nicole Kidman

WHAT: Golden Globes 2025

WEAR: custom Balenciaga dress and shoes; Boucheron Lierre de Paris earrings and Vendôme Liserè ring

STYLED BY: Jason Bolden

Balenciaga Haute Couture Fall 2023 look showing a model wearing a purple, rhinestone-mesh, one-shoulder gown.

Look 55 from Balenciaga's fall 2023 haute couture collection

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Though the front of Kidman's gown is stunning, it's the back that really shines—not just because of the retro hairstyle her hairstylist Adir Abergel created for the evening's festivities. The dress dips low in the back, adding the perfect touch of boldness to Kidman's Babygirl-era Golden Globes look. Scroll down to see it from every angle.

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Nicole Kidman attends the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Nicole Kidman attends the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Australian-US actress Nicole Kidman arrives for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025.

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Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.