7 Year Itch Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe wore this white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder. The dress was created by costume designer William Travilla and was worn in one of the best-known scenes in the movie. The dress is regarded as an icon of film history and the image of Monroe in the white dress standing above a subway grating blowing the dress up has been described as one of the iconic images of the 20th century.

In 2011 at auction, it was estimated that the dress would sell for a price between $1 and 2 million, however the dress actually sold for more than $5.6 million ($4.6 million plus a $1 million commission).