The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet The New York Times The dress was a 2015 online viral phenomenon centred on a photograph of a dress. Viewers disagreed on whether the dress was blue and black, or white and gold : r wikipedia TheDress is now available in white and gold and you can bid on it (for a good cause)! FASHION Magazine Viral optical illusion reignites blue and black or white and gold dress debate The Mirror US Eleven years ago today, an image of a dress posted on Tumblr, a social networking platform, ignited a global online debate over whether it was white and gold or blue and black.