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In 1926, Chanel introduced the Little Black Dress in Vogue magazine. The dress was a simple, calf-length design made from ...
Known for her nontraditional approach to design, Chanel set trends using unconventional fabrics, colors and textures; many of which took root in menswear. Today, she is often credited as the ...
‘Chanel had actually designed little black dresses before then,’ she notes. ‘But it became famous when American Vogue published a Chanel sketch in 1926, proclaiming it the “Ford dress”.
A little black dress designed by Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel in 1926 will open ‘Beyond The Little Black Dress’, an exhibition in Scotland about the success of the garment over almost a century ...
Almost a century ago, Coco Chanel unveiled the original little black dress. The 1926 garment would go on to become a fashion staple, so well-known that it is often referred to simply by the ...
Chanel’s focus on comfort and freedom of movement in fashion was pioneering and instantly popular. In 1926, American Vogue described her little black crepe de Chine day dress as “the Chanel ...
Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and Cristóbal Balenciaga each had takes on the little black dress in the 50s – fast-forward to today and Miu Miu presented modern iterations at the most recent Paris ...
Textile Conservator Yufei Xiang at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, makes final adjustments to Coco Chanel's original 'Little Black Dress' (1926) prior to it going on show in the ...
The famous Chanel fashion house, renowned for its timeless elegance, recently pledged to finance a major part of the restoration of this historic 12th-century monument.
We found eight fab little black dresses that suit a variety of ... more shift-like shape. (Picture Coco Chanel’s original, circa-1926 ... bras, and now, the famous little black dress.