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The bright gold buttons throughout the dress add class, but also lighten the otherwise completely black dress up a bit

This one-lace-sleeve wonder boasts a high slit with scalloped lace trimming, creating a stunning silhouette

Editors Notes

"This auction will remind the world why Marilyn Monroe remains an icon." Darren Julien, the president of Julien's Auctions, added: "That rendition has lived on for decades as one of the most remarkable events in her career and certainly one of the most storied tales in popular culture history a moment in time squarely at the centre of the 1960s, Hollywood and Camelot." The Hollywood star was found dead less than three months later Hundreds of Miss Monroe's items are going up for auction over three days including the beaded cocktail dress worn by the actress in Some Like It Hot , which sold for 302,000 ($375,000)

This isn't just a homecoming dress