Bootleg Betty
Bette Midler Wore Cher In Beaches
By Boodles BonBon
July 12, 2026
Yes — it’s true, and it’s deliciously true. Bette Midler really did wear Cher’s old clothes in Beaches.
The receipts:
- In a D23 interview, Bette herself said she “rented some of Cher’s old clothes” for Beaches.
- In Vogue’s Life in Looks, she doubled down, saying some of her Beaches costumes came straight from a Santa Monica thrift shop that carried Cher’s old wardrobe.
So yes — C.C. Bloom was serving hand-me-down Cher, which honestly feels like the most spiritually correct fashion lineage imaginable.
