Marilyn Monroe wearing her famous red dress in 1953's "Niagara" (Twentieth Century Fox) Marilyn Monroe Red Dress 8x10 Picture Celebrity Print In 1951, the press criticized Marilyn Monroe's red dress, calling it cheap and vulgar. A journalist even suggested she would have looked better in a potato sack. In response, Monroe arranged a Marilyn Monroe, Red Dress cutout *316 Marilyn Monroe Super Pink Dress with Oversized Bow