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The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, 19:5

EDIKTED Ellorie Sequin Open Back Halter Top This sequined halter gives off music festival vibes: Wear it to a weekend in Music City or anywhere in Texas

L:Length:117 cm, ShoulderWide:60 cm,Bust:126 cm,Waist:120 cm, Sleeve Length:50 cm, Cuff:24 cm,Sleeve width:40 cm,Lower hem:218 cm

"It was a democratisation and modernisation of womens clothing," says Georgina Ripley, the principal curator of a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland that explores the evolution of the little black dress

Black was, of course, the colour of mourning and familiar as day-wear for the many widows of France following the slaughter of the First World War and the recent Spanish flu pandemic. While other designers were turning to fancy, colorful clothes as an antidote to all this gloom, Chanel steered into it, he wrote, producing little black dresses whose somewhat severe and simple lines were off-set by her signature accessoriesa rope of large fake pearls, a fabric camellia or a plain cloche hat. Like Fords motorcars, the LBD has had many iconic incarnations since

Ballgowns and Layered Skirts A black ballgown brings grandeur appropriate for the most formal events