The history of Black little dress No woman's wardrobe is quite complete without the little black dress . We take so for granted that the lifeline that is, we sort of assume it has always existed. In fact, before the 1920s black dresses were reserved for the mourning period for widows. In those days there were different stages of what could be worn for mourning including accessories, detailed design and types of materials.
Today he is considered an essential element of fashion that every woman should own a little black dress can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. When choosing the dress, it is important to deviate from the trend, but to go for something classic. But where does this trend come from?
In 1926 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was a photo in Vogue a simple short black dress. She was right and mid-calf and something that could be worn by a woman. At the same time, shortly after the First World War, there were other radical changes happening in fashion. The bouffant hair style gave way to short bobs, but more radically some women no longer wear corsets and rummaged through cabinets male, and they were actually getting dressed like boys!
At first, the designers do not seem to change so much, but after a while they seized him and cabinets lady had a more androgynous style. Full equipment showed no size, but it is bustless was dressed with flamboyant accessories. Coco Chanel was a fashion icon and she has helped along the sporty look, the little black dress and the use of knitted garments for ladies.
During the Great Depression of the little black dress has retained its popularity because of its elegance and its affordability. Hollywood has helped as much of the dramatic characters have been seen wearing female versions halter that staple of fashion and less dramatic were the normal version. The style has continued to grow during the First World War 2. The 1950s are conservative if the style has become more of a uniform again and also synthetic fibers became popular in the 40s and 50s. But then came the 1960s.
The 1960s brought changes of all kinds and this style was also affected. There was a lot of shorter skirts, with the younger crowd by creating a version miniskirt. Slits were cut and shaped in the waist area and the use of transparent tissue was also part of these changes. In the 1970s there were over lace, female versions of this style, but at this stage other colors are more favored in fashion. In the 1980s they made a comeback today, with details to be popular shoulder.
Perhaps the most famous visual style of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Her character, Holly Golightly, wore Chanel with the perfect black dress accessorized with a simple string of pearls. The great singer Edith Piaf made for his entire career in a black sheath dress, and that got his nickname of "little black sparrow."
Posted on May 21, 2010.