This blog post explores how Coco Chanel invented the Little Black Dress and the lasting impact it has had on fashion. Before ...

1925-1926: Chanel Introduces the Tweed Skirt Suit and Little Black Dress Capel wasn’t the only ... a reference to Coco herself, who never married. Its chain strap also differs from modern ...

Curators in Scotland are “delighted” to have secured a little black dress ... It opens with a long-sleeved black day dress designed by Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel in 1926, which was hailed ...

At the height of corseted dresses, iconic fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel popularized the shift dress in 1926 when her little ... art. Laurent’s use of bright colors and black ...

The little black dress may have been introduced by Coco Chanel, but it was Audrey Hepburn who made the garment famous in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. From Hepburn's Givenchy sheath to Queen ...

While the little black dress first became popular in the 1920s when Coco Chanel made a modern-day adaptation, it first appeared in the Victorian era, when women used the garment to signify mourning.

This isn’t only because of its rich history of Parisian elegance—demonstrated in Gabrielle Chanel’s now-classic boxy tweed jackets and little black dresses—but because of the way it has ...

open image in gallery 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 ...

Duncan McGlynn / National Museum of Scotland 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 ...

This isn’t only because of its rich history of Parisian elegance, demonstrated in Gabrielle Chanel’s now-classic boxy tweed jackets and little black dresses; it’s also because of the way it ...