Penny's Wonderfully Swishy Red Dress

Fashion essayist Mallory McInnis writes in her blog Look At These Gems that one of her favorite red dresses worn in a movie is the "wonderfully swishy dress" worn by Penny Johnson.

Penny Johnson working her "wonderfully swishy red dress"

This is one of the best red dresses in cinema history.

McInnis praises Dirty Dancing for featuring one of cinema's best red dresses.

The red-dress movies competing against Dirty Dancing in McInnis's list include the following (click on a photo to enlarge it):

Annie

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Death Becomes Her

Funny Face

Gone With the Wind

Mad Men (television)

Marry Poppins

Beginners

Notebook

Pretty Woman

Grease

Moulin Rouge

She's All That

Inglorious Basterds

Taxi (television)

Ten Things I Hate About You

Titanic

Twin Peaks (television)

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Tootsie

 McInnis provides more photos and comments on her webpage.