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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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Jacqueline Kennedy's Pink and Cream Satin Evening Gown

Eleanor Roosevelt's 1941 Inaugural Ball Gown

Woman's Dress, 1872

Costume worn by Judith Jamison in The Mooche

Day Dress

Gown worn by Loretta Lynn at her Kennedy Center Honors

Dress worn by Gloria Estefan

Lucretia Garfield's 1881 Inaugural Ball Gown

Gown worn by Zoe Kravitz at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards

Harriet Lane's Wedding Gown

Jane Pierce's 1853 Inaugural Gown

Edith Wilson's "Angel Sleeve" Gown

Florence Harding's White Satin Gown

Frances Cleveland's Rose Gown

Bess Truman's 1949 Inaugural Reception Gown

Pat Nixon's 1969 Inaugural Ball Gown

Helen Taft's 1909 Inaugural Ball Gown

Mamie Eisenhower's 1953 Inaugural Ball Gown

Eleanor Roosevelt's 1933 Inaugural Ball Gown

Harriet Lane Johnston's Blue Velvet Gown

Jacqueline Kennedy's 1961 Inaugural Ball Gown

Mamie Eisenhower's Pink and Gray Evening Gown

Woman's Dress, 1876

Betty Taylor Bliss' Dress

Woman's Dress, 1893–01

Red Rose gown

Elizabeth Monroe's Gown


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