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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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  • Wrapper Dress
  • Dress worn by Celia Cruz
  • Woman's dress
  • Costume worn by Beyoncé as Deena Jones in the film Dreamgirls
  • dress
  • dress
  • Dress, worn by Ella Fitzgerald
  • dress
  • Dress
  • costume, dress
  • Dress
  • Cocktail dress
  • Bonita dress
  • Engagement Dress
  • Twareg dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Maxi dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's dress
  • Woman's Dress, 1799
  • dress, 1-piece
  • Woman's Dress, 1911
  • Martha Washington's dress
  • Woman's Dress, 1862–68
  • dress, 1-piece
  • Woman's Dress, 1842–50
  • Traditional Korean Child's Dress
  • dress, 2-piece
  • Dashiki
  • Bat Mitzvah Dress
  • Woman's Dress, 1855–65
  • Woman's Dress, Wedding, 1956
  • dress, 1-piece
  • dress, 3-piece
  • dress, 1-piece
  • dress, 1-piece
  • dress, 1-piece
  • dress, 1-piece
  • dress, 1-piece
  • Girl's Pink Crocheted Dress
  • Lou Hoover's Silver Dress
  • Dress worn by Phyllis Diller
  • Duchess of Exquisite Porcelain Dress
  • Betty Ford's Green Silk Dress
  • Mexican-Style Dress, about 1960
  • Grace Coolidge's Brown Lace "Flapper" Dress
  • Edith Wilson's Black Satin and Crepe Dress

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