If there is one person who the word “icon” should be reserved for, it’sMadonna.

So just how has the “Queen of Pop” stayed confidently perched atop the pinnacle of pop culture?

It depends on who you ask.

Madonna at event

Some would say that her timeless music is the reason.

The answer you may get the most, though?

Madonna has consistently shocked and often offended audiences with her overtly sexual and revealing clothing choices.

Madonna during the Blond Ambition tour

Keep reading to see some of the most inappropriate outfits worn by the pop icon throughout the years.

Just the two words “cone bra” summon up images of the pop star no photo necessary.

This bra made its most iconic appearance on her Blond Ambition Tour in 1990 (viaCNN).

Madonna MDNA tour

Case in point: the sheer bra she sported onstage which left very little to the imagination.

She didn’t stop there, however, as she also revived the infamous cone bra of decades past.

When it comes to Women’s rights we are still in the dark ages.

Madonna at the 2016 Met Gala

My dress at the Met Ball was a political statement as well as a fashion statement.

I have never thought in a limited way and I’m not going to start."