Well its the party season and ladies we all have them in our wardrobes. Yes the little black dress. Frankly, they are for every occasion and that's why I love mine. I looked through my wardrobe tonight and never realised I have quite a few. I'd never part with them they are timeless. Every girl has to have a LBD, its a rule of fashion dating back to the 1920's. Coco Chanel is the founder of what every woman has hanging in their wardrobe today. No wardrobe is complete without it. In 1926 Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in Vogue. It was calf-length, straight, and decorated only by a few diagonal lines. Vogue called it “Chanel’s Ford.” Like the Model T, the little black dress was simple and accessible for women of all social classes. Vogue also said that the LBD would become “a sort of uniform for all women of taste.”
Famous little black dresses
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s epitomized the Chanel ideal for wearing little black dresses, accessorized with pearls, as was frequently seen throughout the early 1960s. Betty Boop, a cartoon character based in part on the 1920s' "It Girl" Clara Bow, was drawn wearing a little black dress in her early films, though with Technicolor, Betty's dress became red.[citation needed]
Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was known to own several little black dresses and said much in praise of the garments. One quote of the Duchess: “When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” Edith Piaf, the French folk icon, performed in a black sheath dress throughout her career: for this habit she was nicknamed “little black sparrow.” It was thought that the dress helped audiences focus more on Piaf's singing and less on her appearance.
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s epitomized the Chanel ideal for wearing little black dresses, accessorized with pearls, as was frequently seen throughout the early 1960s. Betty Boop, a cartoon character based in part on the 1920s' "It Girl" Clara Bow, was drawn wearing a little black dress in her early films, though with Technicolor, Betty's dress became red.[citation needed]
Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was known to own several little black dresses and said much in praise of the garments. One quote of the Duchess: “When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” Edith Piaf, the French folk icon, performed in a black sheath dress throughout her career: for this habit she was nicknamed “little black sparrow.” It was thought that the dress helped audiences focus more on Piaf's singing and less on her appearance.
So I'm going for a couple of cocktails after work tomorrow and a lovely fitted well tailored black dress just the recipe for me. I thought I'd be forever tying to decide what the hell to wear. So I'm jazzing it up with a few accessories. Eat your heart out Trinny and Susannah.
To be perfectly honest...I'm a girl who loves shopping but the thought of buying something new tomorrow at short notice. Not much time to browse, listening to yet another damn Xmas song in each shop makes me sigh. I will off course be dragged along with the maddening crowd soon enough as I hit Edinburgh High Street this weekend. So Nooooo the decisions made. I'm so pleased with myself.
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