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    23 TV And Movie Dresses That All Bridesmaids Should Wear At Every Wedding Forever

    Obviously, Andie's yellow gown from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

    1. This purple dress Princess Diana wears on The Crown.

    Princess Diana wearing a strapless dress

    Netflix, I am willing to spend way too much money on this, so please let me know if it's available for purchase when you get a sec.

    Princess Diana wearing a strapless dress

    2. The dress that Prince — Prince — styles Jess in on New Girl.

    Jess wearing a long dress

    I would be committing an act of treason if I didn't include Prince's styling, albeit fictional.

    Jess wearing a long dress

    3. Andie's legendary yellow dress from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

    Andie wearing an essentially backless gown with straps

    Andie says you can't lose something you never had, but I feel like I lost this dress. I miss it. Its ghost lives in my closet.

    Andie wearing an essentially backless gown with straps

    4. This dress Tahani from The Good Place walks around in.

    Tahani wearing a fit and flare dress with small straps

    Don't get me wrong, I know Tahani (Jameela Jamil) could look good in a tub of freaking baked beans, but she looks excellent in this dress.

    Tahani wearing a fit and flare dress with small straps

    5. Tinkerbell's classic dress in Peter Pan.

    Tinker Bell's mini dress

    Few outfits remain in the cultural lexicon for more than 50 years, so the fame of Tinkerbell's dress must be for a reason. The reason is it's so cute.

    Tinker Bell's mini dress

    6. This blue dress worn by the great Hilary Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

    Hilary wearing a midi dress with a slit and halter straps

    Why did Hilary not get her own show? She is arguably a protagonist stuck in a supporting role, and that potential comes out through her sensational clothes.

    Hilary wearing a midi dress with a slit and halter straps

    7. The dress Judy from White Christmas wears in "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing," a marvelous scene.

    Judy wearing a long sleeve fit and flare dress that stops mid calf

    Somewhere in some alternate universe, there's a version of me who's a thief. She has done her research to find out where this dress is being kept, she has broken into the warehouse or studio or wherever, and she has stolen it in the dead of night.

    Judy wearing a long sleeve fit and flare dress that stops mid calf

    8. Paige's dress at the Love Island Series 6 prom.

    Paige wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with a middle slit

    I'm 99% sure I gasped when Paige walked out in this. She looks ridiculous. She looks like a villain in an action movie, and that's a gigantic compliment.

    Paige wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with a middle slit

    9. This simple dress worn by Allison from The Umbrella Academy.

    Allison wearing a midi dress

    Sunny dresses like this are sooooo goooood. Why don't I wear this kind of thing more? Why have I relegated myself to athletic shorts? Get your head in the game, me.

    Allison wearing a midi dress

    10. This dress Marianne sports in Allied.

    Marianne wearing a long sleeve dress

    Speaking as someone who has never seen the movie and essentially discovered this dress when I was looking around for stuff to add to a previous post, this look is the best part of Allied.

    Marianne wearing a long sleeve dress

    11. The dress Lorraine wears to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Back to the Future.

    Lorainne wearing a strapless fit and flare dress

    If I knew my mother wore this to a high school dance and I had a DeLorean time machine, making me able to take this outfit from my mom after she was done with it, I would speed up to 88 mph ASAP — not that it matters how soon I'd do it, because it's time travel and all. Anyway.

    Lorainne wearing a strapless fit and flare dress

    12. This dress Jasmine dons in Aladdin.

    Jasmine wearing a gown

    Jasmine's signature blue ensemble is rightfully adored, but we have let this fall by the wayside as a consequence. I'm doing God's work by including it here. You're welcome.

    Jasmine wearing a gown

    13. This dress on Emily from that show Emily in Paris.

    Emily wearing a formal dresss

    I have not watched this television program, and I have no plans to, but if I needed to watch every episode 25 times in exchange for this dress, I'd debate doing it.

    Emily wearing a formal dresss

    14. Vivian's opera dress from the rom-com staple Pretty Woman.

    Vivian wearing an off the shoulder gown

    Now, does Pretty Woman have a plethora of think-piece-worthy gender and social class dynamics? Yes. But is this dress think-piece-worthy because it's so flawless? Yes.

    Vivian wearing an off the shoulder gown

    15. This dress Monica from Friends puts on for Rachel's birthday party (technically, sort of, Rachel's birthday parties, but that belongs in another article).

    Monica wearing a short dress

    I would wear this all the time in a non-pandemic world if I went to fancier places.

    Monica wearing a short dress

    16. This dress Princess Margaret rocks times a billion on The Crown.

    Princess Margaret wearing an off-the-shoulder knee length fit-and-flare dress

    Embarrassing confession time: I had the image above saved as a tab on my computer for months because I wanted to find this dress. I never did (but in all fairness, I don't think I really looked that hard, lol).

    Princess Margaret wearing an off-the-shoulder knee length fit-and-flare dress

    17. Cece's gold dress for Prince's party on New Girl.

    Cece wearing an off-the-shoulder dress

    Here we have another one that has lived in my brain for a very long time. Only in this case, the dress has lived in my brain for nearly eight years.

    Cece wearing an off-the-shoulder dress

    18. Eve's pink dress from the 2000 Best Picture winner, Life-Size.

    Eve wearing a strapless pink dress

    If you learn anything from this post, let it be the following: shine bright, shine far, be a star.

    Eve wearing a strapless pink dress

    19. The blue version of Aurora's famous dress in Sleeping Beauty.

    Aurora wearing a long-sleeve gown

    Aurora 100% should have been told about the curse put on her, but if she needed to be ignorant for us to get this gown, then fine.

    Aurora wearing a long-sleeve gown

    20. Also, the pink version of Aurora's famous dress in Sleeping Beauty.

    Aurora wearing a long-sleeve gown

    Hey, if something works, I'll buy it in a bunch of different colors.

    Aurora wearing a long-sleeve gown

    21. And the blue-and-pink version of Aurora's famous dress in Sleeping Beauty. I don't have a second image for it because it has a tragically brief life.

    Aurora's dress as a mix of colors

    22. Rosa's dress for a Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thanksgiving.

    Rosa wearing a knee length long sleeve dress

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn't known for its fashion, but perhaps someone should do a viewing expedition in search of adorable outfits. I'm not volunteering, only because I don't have the time.

    Rosa wearing a knee length long sleeve dress

    23. And finally, this purple dress Tahani wears on The Good Place.

    Tahani wearing a strapless gown

    I could write a long song to this dress.

    Tahani wearing a strapless gown