who came up with the little black dress
Little black dress In 1926 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in American 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".[5] This, as well as other designs by the house of Chanel helped disassociate black with the uniform of mourning, and reinvent it as the uniform of the high-class, wealthy, and chic. As Coco herself proclaimed, "I imposed black; it's still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around."[6] Chanel is accredited with the creation and popularization of the Little Black Dress, and rightfully so. This was in part due to the timing of her release of the dress, as it was affordable yet stylish in the Great Depression era.