When Audrey Hepburn accepted the lead role in
Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961, you can bet she did know she would be
setting a fashion trend that would play a major influence forty years
later. She may have rejuvenated its fame but let us not forget who the
true credit goes to.
Fashion Designer, Coco Chanel, created the
alluring, chic style in 1926. It was originally named the "Ford" dress
by American Vogue because it mimicked Henry Ford's Model T ... it was
an instant craze, widely available and, only available in black.
During
the twenties, black was synonymous with mourning. As the new Jazz age
took center stage, Chanel's black dress with its seductive sleekness
took on a different role for women ... that of liberation and
independence.
To this very day women have an unexplainable
adoration for the simple design which magically flatters body types of
every variation. It does not matter if you pay thirty dollars or, three
hundred for it because the little black dress has a way of making you
look and feel like a million dollar baby. All you have to do is add a
simple pair of faux or, real pearls, custom jewelry and let us not
forget, the perfect black pump or, stiletto heels ... whichever you
prefer.
The little black dress is simplicity and elegance all
rolled into one. It survived the restrictions of war in the 40's and
50's, the madness of the disco era, punk movement of the early 90's and
experienced a rebirth with tremendous popularity when four very "fav"
stylish ladies introduced it this millennium during the popular
television series Sex and the City.
Body shape does not matter.
How much you can afford does not matter. Fashion sense does not matter.
And why, you ask? Because the little black dress is magical enough to
suit any need.
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