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But the fundamental principle is sound

Black was, of course, the colour of mourning and familiar as day-wear for the many widows of France following the slaughter of the First World War and the recent Spanish flu pandemic. While other designers were turning to fancy, colorful clothes as an antidote to all this gloom, Chanel steered into it, he wrote, producing little black dresses whose somewhat severe and simple lines were off-set by her signature accessoriesa rope of large fake pearls, a fabric camellia or a plain cloche hat. Like Fords motorcars, the LBD has had many iconic incarnations since

An invitation arrives in your mailbox, you open and instantly read the dress code: It's black tie

A little black dress is always good to have in the closet