Elizabeth Taylor, 1950

Elizabeth Taylor was 18 and under contract to MGM when she married hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton on May 6, 1950. The studio gave her the dress, designed by its chief costume designer Helen Rose, who would dress Grace Kelly for her wedding six years later. The photo shows the gown itself: cream satin with a sheer, pearl-beaded yoke, a pointed waist and a vast skirt traced with beaded vines. It sold at Christie's in London in 2013 for £121,875, more than double its high estimate.