List of individual dresses

Apricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedy, designed by Oleg Cassini and worn by U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy on her 1962 goodwill tour of India
Bacton Altar Cloth, the only surviving dress of Queen Elizabeth I; so-named because it had been used as an altar cloth for centuries before being rediscovered
Cream Dior dress of Princess Margaret, worn for her 21st birthday commemorations in 1951
Cyclone, a 1939 evening dress by grand couturier Jeanne Lanvin
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
Lobster dress, a dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli featuring a lobster painted by Salvador Dalí
Monica Lewinsky's dress, a key piece of evidence during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
Oyster dress, designed by Alexander McQueen
Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, worn during the 1963 assassination of her husband
Revenge dress, a black dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales following the revelation that her husband had been unfaithful
Tarkhan dress, a 5000-year old linen dress considered the known oldest woven garment
Travolta dress, a midnight blue gown worn by Diana and named for John Travolta, with whom she danced while wearing it

Other notable dresses

Alice in Wonderland dress, as illustrated by John Tenniel in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel
Belle's ball gown, golden dress originally worn by the heroine of Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The dress, a photograph of a dress that became a viral phenomenon due to dispute over the color of the garment
TechHaus Volantis, American electric-powered hover vehicle promoted by Lady Gaga as a "flying dress"

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Historical dresses