The Seven Year Itch (1955)

The Girl's white halter dress over the subway grate, worn by Marilyn Monroe William Travilla made the cocktail dress from rayon-acetate so it would hold sharp pleats, and those pleats are what make the scene. When the air from a passing train lifts the skirt, the fabric flares in a shape the camera can read from across the street, and the image has outlived the film around it. When Debbie Reynolds sold the dress at auction in 2011, it went for $4.6 million.