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For women, the outfit choices remain the same: a floor-length gown, a fancy cocktail dress, or a dressy pantsuit

Marilyn Monroe's dress has sold for more than 3m The sheer, flesh-coloured design, which features more than 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, had a pre-sale estimate of 2.42m ($3m) before it went under the hammer at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles

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