• Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) sits in shadow against a garden fence, 1954. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) sits in shadow against a garden fence, 1954. 

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

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    Marilyn Monroe inspired fashion from Stephen Stolman’s spring 1989 collection. 

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Models in swimwear designed by Norma Kamali (Photo by Kyle Ericksen/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    OMO Norma Kamali spring 1989 ready to wear fashion show in New York.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    circa 1958:  American film star Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson or Norma Jean Baker, 1926 - 1962).  (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)
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    American film star Marilyn Monroe, 1958.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Model Naomi Campbell (Photo by Fairchild Archive/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Model Naomi Campbell on the runway at the Gianni Versace spring 1991 ready to wear fashion show in Milan.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Backstage at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2024 at the New York Public Library on July 1, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Kelly Taub/WWD via Getty Images)
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    Backstage at the Marc Jacobs fall 2024 at the New York Public Library in New York. 

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Runway at Michael Kors RTW Fall 2022 ​on February 15, 2022 in New York. (Photo by Rodin Banica/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Michael Kors fall 2022 ready to wear runway show, New York.  

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Singer Christina Aguilera attends Roberto Cavalli's Rodeo Drive store opening. (Photo by Chris Weeks/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Singer Christina Aguilera attends Roberto Cavalli’s Rodeo Drive store opening.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Anna Nicole Smith walks down the runway at the Fall 2004 Heatherette show in New York.
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    Anna Nicole Smith on the runway at the fall 2004 Heatherette show in New York.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Madonna attends an event, benefitting the AIDS research clinic at St. Peter's Hospital, at the flagship Barney's retail store in New York City on November 10, 1986. (Photo by Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Madonna attends the AIDS research clinic benefit at Barney’s retail store in New York, 1986. 

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Model Linda Evangelista walks in the Prada Spring 1995 Ready to Wear Runway Show on October 6, 1994, in Milan, Italy.
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    Linda Evangelista on the runway at the Prada spring 1995 show in Milan.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Michelle Williams attends the 83rd annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre. Williams wears Chanel Haute Couture with Harry Winston jewelry and Jimmy Choo shoes. (Photo by Donato Sardella/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Michelle Williams attends the 83rd annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre. 

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Sydney Sweeney at "The Housemaid" New York Special Screening at 787 on Seventh on December 02, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Steve Eichner/Variety via Getty Images)
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    Sydney Sweeney at “The Housemaid” New York Special Screening at 787 on Seventh in New York, 2025.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    LONDON - JUNE 23:  Five Marilyn Monroe look-alikes participate in the Heathrow Express Fifth birthday celebrations at Paddington Station on June 23, 2003 in London. (Photo By Steve Finn/Getty Images)
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    Five Marilyn Monroe look-alikes at the Heathrow Express Fifth birthday celebrations at Paddington Station in London, 2003.

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Iconography of Style Endures at 100

    Kim Kardashian in Marilyn Monroe's Jean Louis designed dress at the 2022 Met Gala celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion. The annual event was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2022. (Photo by Chris Polk/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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    Kim Kardashian in Marilyn Monroe’s Jean Louis designed dress at the 2022 Met Gala celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion. 

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