Meaning
The dress appears as a classic garment with a fitted bodice and flowing skirt, typically rendered in elegant solid colors like red or blue with simple but feminine silhouette. It's the kind of dress that works for many occasionsโcasual enough for everyday but polished enough to feel intentional.
People use this for fashion posts, outfit planning, shopping hauls, or describing what they're wearing to events. You'll see it constantly in style discussions, selfies, or when someone's sharing a good find. It's essential vocabulary for anyone talking about getting dressed up or trying on new looks.
The dress carries versatilityโit can signal casual comfort or fancy occasion depending on context. In texting, it often accompanies excitement about a night out, a special event, or just feeling cute and put-together. It works in fashion advice, date night planning, or expressing confidence in your style.
Design stays consistent across most platforms, maintaining that classic silhouette that reads as "dress" universally. One of the original emoji from Unicode Emoji 0.6 approved in 2010, the dress has been helping people describe their fashion choices since the very beginning of emoji culture.
Common Uses
- • Sharing outfit photos or style posts
- • Planning what to wear
- • Talking about special occasions
- • Discussing fashion or shopping finds
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The dress emoji has remained virtually identical since 2010, making it one of the most consistent fashion items in the entire emoji library.
Keywords
Related Emoji
Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:dress: :dress: :dress: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👗 |
| HTML (hex) | 👗 |
| CSS | \1F457 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC57 |
| Python | \U0001F457 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC57 |
| Perl | \x{1F457} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F457} |
| Punycode | xn--2qtz |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%97 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x97 |
๐ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | เฆซเงเฆฐเฆ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ่ฟ่กฃ่ฃ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ๆด่ฃ |
| Danish | kjole |
| Dutch | jurk |
| English | dress |
| English (UK) | dress |
| Estonian | kleit |
| Finnish | mekko |
| French | robe |
| German | Kleid |
| Hindi | เคชเฅเคทเคพเค |
| Hungarian | ruha |
| Italian | vestito |
| Japanese | ใฏใณใใผใน |
| Korean | ์ํผ์ค |
| Lithuanian | suknelฤ |
| Malay | gaun |
| Norwegian | kjole |
| Polish | sukienka |
| Portuguese | vestido |
| Russian | ะฟะปะฐััะต |
| Spanish | vestido |
| Spanish (Mexico) | vestido |
| Swedish | klรคnning |
| Thai | เธเธธเธเธเธฃเธฐเนเธเธฃเธ |
| Ukrainian | ััะบะฝั |
| Vietnamese | vรกy |