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The dress by Marilyn Monroe in one of the most famous photos of her has been for $4.6 million. The image of Ms. Monroe’s white dress being well above her knees by air coming from the subway her is one of Hollywood’s most memorable. She wore the dress in the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch. As the gust of wind lifted it, she said: "Oh, do you the breeze from the subway? Isn't it ?" The dress was sold by Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, who all of Monroe's wardrobe in 1971. Ms. Reynold’s decided to sell it, along with hundreds more of Hollywood memorabilia, because it became too expensive to keep. She had failed to find a museum that would look the entire collection.

The auction set two records. It beat the $1.26 million paid for the dress Monroe wore when she "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy, and it became the most expensive film ever sold. The legendary dress was created by designer William Travilla. He said: “I what I could do with this most beautiful girl that Marilyn was to play to make her look , talcum-powdered, and adorable.” In , the wind-blown image further elevated Monroe as one of the biggest sex ever. Bare flesh in movies was a rare commodity in the 1950s. The photo of Monroe trying to keep her modesty intact stopping the wind from revealing more of her legs made the movie a smash .