The traditional use of dressers is for clothes storage, specifically smaller and more intimate items that don't need to be hung in a closet. Wooden bedroom dressers are probably what come soonest to mind when most people hear the word dresser, but dressers can be located anywhere in a home and used for storing a variety of items besides clothing.
Almost everyone has a bedroom dresser, or two in some cases. A completely versatile piece of furniture, the bedroom dresser not only serves as a place to store your sock and undergarments, but they can also be utilized as part of your bedrooms overall décor.
Just because they hold your socks and other undergarments doesn't mean that's all that dressers are capable of. In fact many of today's modern dresser styles and types add to the overall beautification of you bedroom.