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Best Dressed: Fashion Trends and Famous Wearers

While the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is home to the renowned First Ladies' gown collection, dresses can be found throughout the Smithsonian's museums. These dresses reflect fashion trends, pop culture history, and their wearers. 

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Gown worn by Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet

Caroline Harrison's 1889 Inaugural Gown

black knee length dress with gold & light blue beading

Costume gown, petticoat, and jacket for Addaperle in The Wiz on Broadway

Hillary Clinton's 1993 inaugural ball gown

dress worn for "hippie" wedding on the TV show "The Wonder Years."

Dress worn by Olga Guillot

Queen's Ball Attire- Gown

China Poblana Dress

Miss Starlett costume, worn by Carol Burnett on "The Carol Burnett Show"

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

from Wilderness Embodied Couture collection

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

South Bend Blue Sox Baseball Dress, worn by Betsy Jochum

Dress worn by Mary Wilson

Dress

Evening Dress

Dress

Woman's floral print dress

Woman's Calico Dress

Elphaba "Wicked Witch" dress made for original Broadway production of Wicked

Sculpture

Jingle Dress

Woman's dress

Mary Lincoln's Dress

Mary Lincoln's Dress

Quinceanera dress

Woman's dress

Eagle Gala Dress

dress

dress

White dress with lace yoke and sleeves

Dress

Dress

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