10 Best Oscar dresses ever!

By MELISSA WHITWORTH

Grace Kelly

Edith Head, 1955

The soon-to-be Princess of Monaco wore this aquamarine dress to collect her Oscar for her role in “The Country Girl.” At the time, it was the most expensive Oscar dress in history; the silk alone cost $4,000. Perhaps that’s why she wore it three times: first to “The Country Girl” premiere, next to a cover shoot for Life magazine and finally, with slight alterations, to the Academy Awards. “Kelly was a very practical person who kept all of her clothes in pristine condition,” says Bronwyn Cosgrave, author of “Made for Each Other: Fashion and the Academy Awards.”