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Kim Kardashian channels Carmen Electra in backless cutout dress

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Kim Kardashian dazzled in a backless cutout dress identical to one Carmen Electra wore in 1998.Kim Kardashian/Instagram

Kim Kardashian’s latest Instagram look is Electra-fying.

The star of Hulu’s “The Kardashians” posed on social media Thursday in a white backless gown strikingly similar to a Stephen Spouse design worn by Carmen Electra at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards.

“It had a clear strap holding [it] on. It was a mystery as to how this dress stayed on. My boobs were kind of pouring out of the dress and I literally was on every ‘Worst Dressed’ list in that dress,” Electra, 49 told Vogue of the nearly-naked cutout creation in 2017.

“But I was looking at it [recently] and I was like, ‘It’s so covered today.’ In the ’90s, it was really hard [if] you wanted to wear sexy clothes.”

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Kardashian’s look — like Electra’s — was held up by a single clear plastic strap.Kim Kardashian/Instagram
Kim Kardashian white backless dress
Electra called the recreation “cool” and “flattering.”Kim Kardashian/Instagram
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Electra’s version of the look landed her on worst-dressed lists back in 1998.Kim Kardashian/Instagram
Kim Kardashian white backless dress
But today, the backless number feels totally modern.Kim Kardashian/Instagram
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After spotting Kardashian, 41, in her spot-on recreation of the sexy look, the “Baywatch” beauty did a little reminiscing on Instagram — and revealed that her Sprouse original is still hanging in her closet.

“I still have this dress I wore to the mtv movie awards in the 90’s [sic],” she wrote. “@kimkardashian remade this designer dress and I think it’s flattering not a completion [sic]! I think it’s cool 🤘🏼 shouting out love to the ladies always have !!!!!!!!”

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Electra showed skin in Stephen Sprouse at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards. Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Kardashian and Electra aren’t the only superstars to stun in the skin-baring style; the dress was originally modeled on Sprouse’s runway by supermodel (and Skims face) Kate Moss.

Carmen Electra white backless dress
“It was a mystery as to how this dress stayed on,” Electra told Vogue. Ron Galella Collection via Getty