Objects become most powerful when they can be placed in time. This black cocktail dress can be connected to a specific date, grounding it within Marilyn Monroe's life rather than floating loosely Some Like It Hot" Marilyn Monroe Dress, ca. 1959 Antiques Roadshow PBS Antiques Roadshow PBS 162 Marilyn Monroe Black Dress Stock Photos, High Res Pictures, and Images Getty Images Marilyn Monroe in a Black Silk Cocktail Dress for a Costume Test for Some Like It Hot, 1959 ~ Vintage Everyday Marilyn Monroe in a black tulle gown at the 1951 Oscars Well by the start of the 1950s, fashion and styling had well and truly moved on and was heavily influenced by