List of individual dresses

Last updated March 10, 2025

This is a list of individual dresses that are notable for their historical significance, appearances in media, or as art.

Historical 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
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

Amsterdam Rainbow Dress, dress made of more than 70 flags of nations where homosexuality is illegal
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
Red Dress, an international 2009-2022 collaborative embroidery project coordinated by Kirstie Macleod
Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic , created in 1987 by Jana Sterbak from 50 pounds of flank steak sewn together

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"

↑ Carter-Lome, Maxine (27 January 2020). "Oleg Cassini: Defining American Vintage". The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles | the Social Platform for Antiquers, Collectors, and Enthusiasts.
1 2 3 Michael Czerwinski (2009). Fifty Dresses That Changed the World. Design Museum and Conran Octopus Ltd. ISBN 9781840915877.

v t e Wedding dresses worn at British royal weddings
19th century	Princess Charlotte of Wales (1816) Queen Victoria (1840) Victoria, Princess Royal (1858) Princess Alice (1862) Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1863) Princess Helena (1866) Princess Louise (1871) Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1879) Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1882) Princess Beatrice (1885) Princess Louise of Wales (1889) Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1891) Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (1893) Princess Maud of Wales (1896)
20th century	Princess Alice of Albany (1904) Princess Margaret of Connaught (1905) Princess Alexandra (1913) Princess Patricia of Connaught (1919) Princess Mary (1922) Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1923) Princess Maud (1923) Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1934) Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott (1935) Wallis Warfield (1937) Princess Elizabeth (1947) Princess Margaret (1960) Katharine Worsley (1961) Princess Alexandra of Kent (1963) Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen (1972) Princess Anne (1973) Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz (1978) Lady Diana Spencer (1981) Sarah Ferguson (1986) Anne, Princess Royal (1992) Sophie Rhys-Jones (1999)
21st century	Camilla Parker Bowles (2005) Catherine Middleton (2011) Meghan Markle (2018) Princess Eugenie of York (2018) Princess Beatrice of York (2020)