"Dresses" redirects here. For the song by Betty Blowtorch, see Betty Blowtorch#Discography.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres depicts the Comtesse d'Haussonville, wearing a dress.
A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment.
In Western culture, dresses are usually considered women's and little girls' clothing. The hemline of dresses can be as high as the upper thigh or as low as the ground, depending on the whims of fashion and the modesty or personal taste of the wearer.
Chanel's little black dress (1920s and on)
Kitty Foyle, a dark-colored dress with contrasting (usually white) collar and cuffs (1940s, after a dress worn by Ginger Rogers in the movie of the same name)
Granny gown, an ankle-length, often ruffled, day dress of printed calico, cut like a Victorian nightgown, popularized by designer Laura Ashley (late 1960s–1970s)
Hoodie dress, this dress type became popular in 2006 and continues through 2009. This is a dress with a hoodie. This can look like the style of a regular hoodie top or it can look like a hoodie without sleeves and a long sleeved shirt underneath. Like a layered t-shirt. The hoodie dress is popular worn with jeans, leggings, or opaque tights footed or footless, and sneakers like Chuck Taylor All-Stars and Keds, and Uggs, Sperry Top-Siders and flats.
Princess cut dress, a gown made of fitted sections of material, worn over a crinoline and flared out at the hem.
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