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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEAC02

Women's dresses

Prices for women's dresses fell 1.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 4.9% in the month.

12 months−1.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+4.9%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+8.7%seasonally adjusted
Index111.01982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-20%0%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

801001201402017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026111.0+4.9%−1.0%
July 2026101.2−2.7%−4.9%
June 2026108.3+0.0%+0.3%
May 2026109.5−3.2%+2.6%
April 2026114.2−3.3%+6.7%
March 2026120.1+1.0%+10.2%
February 2026112.5+4.2%+8.7%
January 202698.43+4.7%+4.3%
December 202599.33−2.2%−0.9%
November 2025107.8—+5.6%
September 2025116.5−2.4%+3.7%
August 2025112.1+0.8%+6.2%
July 2025106.4+2.6%+3.4%
June 2025108.0+2.4%+0.4%
May 2025106.7+0.7%−3.8%
April 2025107.0−0.2%−5.1%
March 2025109.1−0.3%−2.7%
February 2025103.4−0.1%−1.5%
January 202594.36−0.4%−0.8%
December 2024100.3+4.2%−0.5%
November 2024102.1−3.3%−4.0%
October 2024109.1−0.3%−0.7%
September 2024112.3−0.3%−0.5%
August 2024105.5−1.6%−4.3%
July 2024102.9−0.5%+1.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEAC02 and CUSR0000SEAC02). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.