The little black dress (LBD) has become a staple in women’s closets since its emergence in the 1920s. Coco Chanel is credited with making it ubiquitous. Before Chanel, black was the “mourning” color, but after a sketch of her short, simple black dress appeared in American Vogue, attitudes changed.
The Duchess of Windsor, Wallace Simpson, once said in its praise, “When the little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.”
Vogue Contributing Editor André Leon Talley recently put together a traveling exhibit titled Little Black Dress, which made a stop at the Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art. Style Bistro just posted Halle Berry’s Best Little Black Dress Moments, while Glamour offers a list of 10 ways for you to make your own LBD look brand new.
Printed Vogue in 1926, “For any girl, any woman with little money, it’s marvelous to have the possibility of having one dress for the whole season, for the whole year, and be well dressed.” Still so very, very true.