- Kanye West attended his first Grammys in 10 years alongside his wife, Bianca Censori, on Sunday, Feb. 2.
- The couple caused outrage for planning a stunt that involved Censori posing nearly nude in a sheer dress that revealed her breasts and vagina.
- Viewers are wondering if Censori’s outfit broke the ceremony’s wardrobe protocols, some of which were made public in a 2013 Deadline article.
Kanye West and Bianca Censori’s appearance at the 2025 Grammys has sparked questions about the ceremony’s dress code.
On Feb. 2, the rapper, 47, attended his first Grammys red carpet in 10 years alongside his wife, 30. The shocking moment quickly made headlines when Censori, who arrived in a large fur coat, undressed on the spot and posed for the cameras in a completely sheer dress without a bra or underwear underneath.
Censori’s outfit unveiling appeared to be part of the couple’s plan to recreate the album cover of West’s record Vulture 1, which displays a woman wearing a thong and thigh-high boots with her back to the camera.
West and Censori didn’t attend the show following their NSFW stunt, with West choosing to get in his car and leave after walking the carpet despite reports stating they’d been removed from the event.
However, the couple’s short-lived presence at music’s biggest night outraged some viewers offended by Censori’s display, which they believe may have also affected young viewers watching from home and the carpet. (A photo taken of Censori, and shared by Daily Mail, shows a child peering out from behind the step-and-repeat and watching Censori posing in her outfit).
According to a “Standard and Practice Wardrobe Advisory” shared by Deadline in 2013, Censori’s outfit may have overlooked multiple rules instated by the CBS Program Practices.
The statement advises all on-camera talent, as well as on-camera audience members, adhere to “network policy concerning wardrobe” either exposing or almost exposing certain body parts.
It requires “buttocks and female breasts” be “adequately covered,” sheer or see-through clothing that “could possibly expose female breast nipples” be avoided in addition to “exposing bare fleshy under curves of the buttock and buttock crack.” The statement also advises that the “genital region is adequately covered so that there is no visible ‘puffy’ bare skin exposure.”
Among the garments and body parts deemed “problematic” are thong costumes and “bare sides or under curvature of the breasts.”
The overall message: “Obscenity or partially seen obscenity on wardrobe is unacceptable for broadcast.”
This detailed dress code hasn’t sparked discussion since it was released by Deadline 12 years ago, so it is unclear if it is still a protocol that is in place.
On West and Censori’s appearance, a source tells Daily Mail that “the organizers were informed about her outfit minutes after she got on the red carpet and sent someone to tell his team that they had to go because they could have been hit with massive issues if they pulled a stunt like this on air.”
A page on the Federal Communications Commission’s website last updated and reviewed on Jan. 13, 2021, states that obscene content is not protected by the First Amendment and is “prohibited on cable, satellite and broadcast TV and radio,” meaning CBS and any other network hosting red carpet live shows before the Grammys couldn’t air Censori’s near-nudity.
Censori may also have been in violation of Los Angeles or California’s public indecency laws. In California, indecent exposure is considered an issue when someone “intentionally exposes their genitals or naked body in front of someone who could be offended or annoyed.” (No charges have been filed.)
Neither the Recording Academy (host of the Grammys), CBS nor representatives for West and Censori have addressed the controversy. PEOPLE reached out to a representative for the Grammys in regard to a current dress code but has not heard back.
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