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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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Voronoi Dress, Biomimicry Collection

Forest Parade

Dress

Dress worn by Celia Cruz

Dress worn by Phyllis Diller

Concert Dress Worn By Phyllis Diller

Dress worn by Phyllis Diller in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway

Dress worn by Phyllis Diller in The Pruitts of Southampton

Woman's dress

Woman's dress depicting Hunkpapa Lakota battles with the Arikara

Hello, Dolly Dress

Dress

Hattie Carnegie Original Two-Piece Dress

dress for a squirrel; dress on cardboard hanger

Dress

Cuban Rumba Dress

Brown and cream striped day dress from the Civil War era

Wedding dress worn by Lollaretta Pemberton with veil and headpiece

Child's dress

Nurse's uniform dress worn by Pauline Brown Payne

"Hippie" Dress or Shirt

Dress

Woman's Dress, 2002

Teal waitress uniform worn by Halle Berry in the film Monster's Ball

Feedsack Dress

1-piece dress

Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Gown, 2009

Dress

Dress, worn by Ruth Fernandez

Black beaded Flapper Dress

Woman's dress

Woman's dress

short sleeved knee length African geometric pattern dress

Costume for Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz on Broadway

light blue dress with sequenced beads at top

Dress worn by Jamie Farr as Maxwell Klinger on television series, M*A*S*H

dress with matching belted raincoat

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