Never has a dress reinvented itself as often as the maxi. We chart its most memorable moments...

1961
Audrey
Hepburn

The iconic column dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

1968
Oscar
de la Renta

It was Oscar de la Renta who made waves when he introduced hemlines that hovered above the ankle (see picture left). It was a fashion coup, one quickly followed by designers including YSL and Dior.

1990
Princess
Diana

Sizzling in hot red with lips to match. Wow.

1994
Elizabeth
Hurley

"It was a favour from Versace because I couldn't afford to buy one," says Elizabeth Hurley. The safety pin frock she wore to the premier of Four Weddings And A Funeral is now affectionately known as “THAT dress”.

2000
Jennifer
Lopez

La Lopez debuted this green Versace dress with its eye-popping plunge at the Grammy's. It has its own Wikipedia page and is still talked about 15 years later.

2002
Kate
Winslet

For the 74th Academy Awards chose a gown by little known designer Ben de Lisi. Her dress is consistently voted among the best Oscars frocks of all time.

2011
Kate
Moss

For Kate Moss's wedding to Jamie Hince she singlehandedly resurrected John Galliano’s career in this sequin embellished dress inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, the beautiful wife of The Great Gatsby's author F Scott Fitzgerald.

2012
Angelina
Jolie

Another Versace showstopper. But this time it was @Angie'sRightLeg that was dubbed the "breakout star" of the Academy Awards.

2014
Rihanna

The dress that left nothing to the imagination. For the CFDA Fashion Awards Rihanna chose a custom Adam Selman fishnet dress embellished with more than 200,000 Swarovski crystals.

2015
Uma
Thurman

For this year’s Met Gala Uma Thurman channelled pure Hollywood siren with its up-to-there split. In a poll on Long Tall Sally’s Facebook page this dress was voted the clear winner.