A dress is a type of clothes usually wore exclusively by women in the Western countries. In the Eastern ones, in some African tribes or in China, a dress is a mixed cloth. Many men are still wearing this traditional cloth. In America, many African wear their djellaba daily.

The Western dress is a piece of clothing composed of a skirt and a top that are assembled together as to form a unique piece. Any kind of shape is possible, from the sexiest to the most austere one, short or long, with sleeve or not, the list is long! In the course of centuries, dress has evolved a lot. When some women began to wear dresses falling above their ankle, there has been an outcry. But women stood firm and dresses began soon to become a piece of clothing that outlined very prettily their figure.

Many stylists have created dresses that will never go out of fashion. The “little black dress” for instance, stood the test of time: in one word, the essentials to have in your closet. It's Coco Chanel himself who created this timeless dress in 1926. Since, every stylist tries to reinvent it, the little black dress, also named “Chanel's Ford” by the designer himself, hasn't finished to create fashion column inches.

Still today, dresses remain a sign of femininity and glamor. Women traditionally marry in a white dress, and a few only dream to escape this tradition on that occasion. The glamorous ceremonies like the Oscars are always the occasion to wear haute-couture dresses. The dress that has been sold the most expansively was Marilyn Monroe's. She wore it in 1962 to sing Happy Birthday to J. F. Kennedy. This dress was sold for $ 1.27 M in New York.