List of individual dresses
Appearance
This is a list of individual dresses which are famous, iconic or otherwise notable. Generic types of dress design are covered elsewhere.
Famous dresses worn by celebrities
- American Express Gold card dress of Lizzy Gardiner
- Black dress of Rita Hayworth
- Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn
- Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley
- Black and white Valentino dress of Julia Roberts
- Crimson Alberta Ferretti dress of Uma Thurman
- Elie Saab net dress of Halle Berry
- Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez
- Lady Gaga's meat dress
- Navy blue Guy Laroche dress of Hilary Swank
- Pink dress of Marilyn Monroe
- Pink feathered Versace dress of Penélope Cruz
- Pink Ralph Lauren dress of Gwyneth Paltrow
- Plum Vera Wang dress of Keira Knightley
- Red Ben de Lisi dress of Kate Winslet
- Red Tarvydas dress of Rebecca Twigley
- Red Versace dress of Cindy Crawford
- Saffron Vera Wang dress of Michelle Williams
- Swan dress of Björk
- Swarovski crystal mesh Armani Privé gown
- Union Jack dress of Geri Halliwell
- White dress of Marilyn Monroe[1]
- White floral Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn
- White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie
- White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton
- Yellow Valentino dress of Cate Blanchett
Coronation, wedding, and engagement dresses
- Coronation gown of Elizabeth II[1]
- Coronation robes of Queen Victoria
- Engagement announcement dress of Catherine Middleton
- Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark
- Wedding dress of Princess Alice
- Wedding dress of Princess Anne
- Wedding dress of Princess Beatrice
- Wedding dress of Birgitte van Deurs
- Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier
- Wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth
- Wedding dress of Princess Eugenie of York
- Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson
- Wedding dress of Princess Helena
- Wedding dress of Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier
- Wedding dress of Grace Kelly
- Wedding dress of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
- Wedding dress of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
- Wedding dress of Princess Margaret
- Wedding dress of Meghan Markle
- Wedding dress of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
- Wedding dress of Princess Mary
- Wedding dress of Princess Mary of Teck
- Wedding dress of Princess Maud of Wales
- Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton
- Wedding dress of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott
- Wedding dress of Camilla Parker Bowles
- Wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones
- Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer[1]
- Wedding dress of Queen Victoria
- Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal
- Wedding dress of Wallis Warfield
Historical dresses
- Bacton Altar Cloth, the only surviving dress of Queen Elizabeth I; so-named because it had been used as an altar cloth for centuries
- Electric Light dress, a masquerade gown designed for Alice Vanderbilt in 1883 featuring a battery-powered electric bulb
- Kimberley Hall Mantua, the earliest complete European women's costume at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Lady Curzon's peacock dress, worn by Baroness Mary Curzon to celebrate the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
- Tarkhan dress, a 5000-year old linen dress considered the known oldest woven garment
Other notable dresses
- Berry Dress, a 1994 mixed-media sculpture by Alice Maher
- Climate Dress, embedded with LEDs that change color in reaction to carbon dioxide in the air
- The dress, a photograph of a dress that became a viral phenomenon due to dispute over the color of the garment
- Mayon gown, a red, high-slit dress worn by Catriona Gray during the evening gown competition in Miss Universe 2018
- TechHaus Volantis, American electric-powered hover vehicle promoted by pop star Lady Gaga as a "flying dress"
- Travolta dress, black gown worn by Princess Diana and named for John Travolta, with whom she danced while wearing it
- Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic, created in 1987 by Jana Sterbak from 50 pounds of flank steak sewn together
See also
- List of hats
- Alice blue, a color name that originally referred to a dress worn by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of the US President
References
- ^ a b c Michael Czerwinski (2009). Fifty Dresses That Changed the World. Design Museum and Conran Octopus Ltd. ISBN 9781840915877.
Further reading
- "100 Most Iconic Red Carpet Dresses of All Time", Marie Claire
- Sarah Karmali (23 October 2012), "Most Iconic Dresses", Vogue, archived from the original on 3 December 2012, retrieved 3 March 2013