Perennial pop icon Cher is no stranger to causing controversy withher daring wardrobe.

“They thought I wasn’t serious,” Cher said (viaPeople).

“I didn’t dress like a serious actress, and I had … my boyfriends were strange.”

Don Ameche holding his Oscar and standing next to Cher

But this gave Cher an idea.

… She was playing kind of down and dirty characters.

They hadn’t seen her get all dressed up."

Cher arms outstretched holding her Oscar

However, just two years after her spiteful wardrobe moment, Cher would finally win the big one.

“When I was little my mother said, ‘I want you to be something.’

“I’m really, really happy.