- Flapper Dress, 1920s: It marked the death of corsets. Straight and loose, the dresses left the arms bare.
- Bias-cut dresses, 1930s: After the flapper's boyish charm, women donned the elegant figure-hugging bias-cut.
- Little Black Dress, 1930s-40s: Chanel's enduring style statement, its hem reached just above the knees.
- Empire line dress, '50s: With a prominent waistline right below the bust. For the glamour-starved fashionistas post-ww-ii, it provided relief.
- Baby Doll dress, late '60s: A fashion spin-off of the baby boomer generation. It flared out into tent shapes often with a halter neck.