Jennifer Lopez celebrated her 46th birthday at the weekend, wearing a daring little black dress with cut-out and see-through panels.

Certainly no wallflower, J-Lo has always been proud of her enviable curves, and done her best to flaunt them at any given opportunity.

And the diva certainly showed no signs of changing, as she snuggled up to her 28-year-old on/off toyboy boyfriend Casper Smart and cavorted on the dancefloor at the New York club in the fitted dress that appeared to show off more than it covered up.

Jennifer Lopez shows off her curves in a fitted black dress with cut-outs and see-through panels
J-Lo wore this sexy dress to celebrate turning 46 (Rex)

So, as she enters her late 40s, should J-Lo be thinking about opting for outfits with a little more material and a slightly more demure style?

Looking back through her wardrobe, she seems to be wearing less and less.

Perhaps J-Lo’s most memorable dare-to-bare outfit was this sheer green slashed-to-the-navel Versace number which she wore to the Grammys 15 years ago. As everyone marvelled at her confidence and how she managed to avoid a wardrobe malfunction, J-Lo became responsible for the creation of the Google Image search, and made “tit-tape” a mainstream fashion accessory.

Jennifer Lopez in her famous slashed-to-the-navel green dress at the Grammys back in 2000
Jennifer Lopez was possibly the most talked-about celeb of the evening at the Grammy Awards in 2000 thanks to this slashed-to-the-navel dress (Kevork Djansezian/AP)

This sheer lace frock the singer and actress wore to the Met Gala back in 2004 is positively conservative compared with the red dress she wore to the fashion event this year.

Jennifer Lopez in a black sheer lace frock at the Met Gala in 2004
J-Lo at the Met Gala in 2004 (Rich Lee/PA)

At this year’s Met Gala Jen fell on to many worst-dressed lists for this barely-there red jewel-encrusted number.

J-Lo flaunts her famous curves at the 2015 Met Gala in a sheer red dress (Charles Sykes/AP)
J-Lo flaunts her famous curves at the Met Gala in sheer red dress (Charles Sykes/AP)

And this white jumpsuit didn’t go down too well either.

J-Lo in a sheer white jumpsuit at the 2015 Latin Billboard awards
J-Lo in a sheer white jumpsuit at the 2015 Latin Billboard awards (Alan Diaz/AP)

The American Idol audience can be quite conservative, so for the final J-Lo appeared in this elegant black lace gown, but on closer inspection it revealed a lot more.

Jennifer Lopez in a sheer lace gown at the 2015 American Idol final
Jennifer Lopez in a sheer lace gown at the 2015 American Idol final (Chris Pizzello/AP)

They say never wear white underwear under a black outfit. But J-Lo threw away the fashion rulebook a long time ago, as this black sheer lace top proves.

Jennifer Lopez shows off her white underwear under a black sheer lace top at an event in Morocco in May 2015
Jennifer Lopez breaks fashion rules (Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP)

Earlier this year at the Billboard Awards J-Lo again left little to the imagination in this sheer dress.

Jennifer Lopez arrives at the Billboard Music Awards 2015 in a sheer white dress
J-Lo wears a sheer white dress with strategically placed embroidery to the Billboard Awards (Eric Jamison/Invision)

And at the MTV VMAs last year she flashed almost as much flesh in this cut-out gown.

Jennifer Lopez in a cut-out silver dress at the MTV Video Music Awards 2014
Less is always more for J-Lo (PA)

Jenny From The Block stands up to style advice that it is best not to combine a plunging neckline with a soaring hemline.

J-Lo shows off cleavage and leg at the same time in a black cut-out gown with a slit in the skirt at Fashion Rocks 2014
J-Lo shows off cleavage and leg at the same time at Fashion Rocks 2014 (Charles Sykes/Invision)

At last year’s American Music Awards J-Lo showed female empowerment in this floaty pink satin frock, with cut-outs to reveal her muscly torso.

J-Lo shows off her rock hard abs in this pink cut-out frock at the American Music Awards 2014
J-Lo shows off her rock-hard abs in this pink cut-out frock (Jordan Strauss/Invision)

And then on stage she wore even less.

Jennifer Lopez performs at the 2014 American Music Awards in a leotard with a plunging neckline
J-Lo’s curves can really turn your head (Matt Sayles/AP)

And you know what – if J-Lo wants to show off her damn fine figure, why shouldn’t she? You go girl!