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10 Moments from Fashion History That Led Up to Amal Clooney's Cannes Dress

It was a long time in the making.

By Chelsea Peng

May 16, 2016

Clothing, Dress, Formal wear, Flooring, Style, Gown, Fashion accessory, One-piece garment, Fashion, Day dress,

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When Amal Clooney stepped onto the red carpet in Cannes on Thursday wearing a one-shoulder Atelier Versace dress, there was no doubt a Fashion Event had occurred. But these don't just spontaneously generate—here, a miniature, completely biased history lesson on all the other, equally memorable moments that culminated with this one.

<p>The one that started it all. Not this statue of Athena, specifically, but the classical drapery depicted here. </p>

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2nd Century

The one that started it all. Not this statue of Athena, specifically, but the classical drapery depicted here.

<p>Meet Madame Grès, the French couturier known for her intricately wrapped and pleated dresses. </p>

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1952

Meet Madame Grès, the French couturier known for her intricately wrapped and pleated dresses.

<p> Grace Kelly in <em>High Society</em>. See the resemblance? </p>

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1956

Grace Kelly in High Society. See the resemblance?

<p>Jackie Kennedy in Oleg Cassini... </p>

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1962

Jackie Kennedy in Oleg Cassini...

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1962

Seen in detail here.

<p>Yeah, you can rag on this movie all you want, but Liz Taylor's Cleopatra costumes—all 65 of them—were *flawless.*</p>

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1963

Yeah, you can rag on this movie all you want, but Liz Taylor's Cleopatra costumes—all 65 of them—were *flawless.*

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1963

This one too.

<p>Amal's dress = definitely a direct descendant from this vintage number Kate Moss wore to a birthday party, then replicated for her Topshop collaboration later on. </p>

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2003

Amal's dress = definitely a direct descendant from this vintage number Kate Moss wore to a birthday party, then replicated for her Topshop collaboration later on.