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2 Lauren Bacall, December 1944 Getty Images Lauren Bacall dresses up her v-neck LBD with a four-strand pearl chokerand, of course, her killer stare

Sure, the wispy, girly millennial shade of the family has gotten plenty of attention the past few seasons, but when Balenciaga heavily featured fuchsia in its Spring 2017 collection, it sounded the death knell for pastels

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It also beat the previous record for a Monroe-worn dress, the iconic halter dress from The Seven Year Itch , which sold in 2011 at Profiles in History, as part of the renowned Debbie Reynolds Collection, for $4.6 million