The Little Black Dress

Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 12/01/05
Summary: Velvet and lace, large earrings and luscous evening attire. The holidays are still about glitter, shimmer, and glitz but the tip this season is "Express Yourself!"Link: Top 6 Little Black Dresses
Summary: Winter '06 guide to the top selections from about.com Fashion Editor Cynthia Wells.
Since 1926, the basic 'little black dress' is the ideal blank canvas, providing a minimalist undertone for a wide range of fashion statements:
- Coco Chanel designs the first little black dress in 1926
- Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany's) ingites a craze for little black dresses.
- Jackie Kennedy elevates it to haute couture status with her Givenchy designs
- Karl Langerfeld's 1987 collection features a black vinyl/polyester jersey version.
- fetishistic black vinyl and black polyester jersey combination




