By 1926, when the little black dress first appeared on the scene, fashion has abolished the locks, pins and hairpieces. Bust out of fashion, but it came hairstyle a la Rudolph Valentino: short hair with brilliantine. And this boyish appearance demanded a new frame that will offer life itself. At the World Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925, the audience loudly admired clear proportions and strong lines in architecture, painting, interior. Commercial success, legalized lack of embellishment, required to connect the vanguard with elegance. In this fashion, and began Chanel.
Fashion - it is something that exists not only in clothing. Fashion is in the air. It is connected with our thoughts, our way of life, with what is happening around us, claimed Coco Chanel.
It was at this time an American Vogue suggested that soon will dress stunning simplicity, which will be uniform, but despite this, everyone would wear it - because it is modern, elegant and comfortable.
And it finally appeared: a dress of black crepe de chine without a collar, with long tight sleeves without cuffs, with an overlap of tightly-covered thighs and skirt decorated with only a string of pearls. Harmony silhouette attached diagonally from decorative embroidery, cross model from top to bottom. New dress featured cut and adjusted revolutionary length: in the classic version of the little black dress length forever stopped at mid-knee.
The fear that women will refuse to wear the same model was in vain - then compared it to Vogue Ford cars, which would have everything, because he represented the quality, originality, dynamic lifestyle.
Little black dress was appropriate in any situation - on a business cocktail party, a secular party, grand rout. It was easy to move, to dance the Charleston fashion, equally convenient to get into the limo and jumps on the bandwagon tram. Small black Ford was so perfect that remained on track throughout the century and easily entered the XXI-st.
Dress by Chanel appeared little thing with a double bottom. It could be so subtle that the beauty of the female body acted on its neutral background brighter than usual. It does not detract from the personality, and it was a completely new philosophy in tune with the changing ideals instantly century. Afford this outfit could any woman, even with very modest incomes, it and the maid, and the Duchess looked equally impressive. To feel well dressed, it was enough to have a wardrobe of just one dress it and a couple of accessories.
Elegant, but not defiant, little black dress really was uniform, never go out of fashion. Rather, existing outside it.
However, little black dress insidiously, it requires to be in the form: form-fitting line flaunt any negative and your feet should generally need to be close to perfection, because the length to mid-knee - most dangerous. Black color, which is slim, requires flawless skin. There is nothing worse than a lady with gray face and curvaceous in a short black dress.
What is best to wear it? In the classic version - with a string of pearls or a white camellia, as does Catherine Deneuve. Slightly fitted jacket, better contrast color, underline the elegance of the model. Bright scarf or pashmina, effectively wrapping the shoulders, give appearance of carelessness, strict jacket and shoes with a low heel will make any lady of a business woman and bag with sequins, feather boas, patent leather pumps heels stiletto - individuals that expect a lot of adventures . If we add to the little black dress and moccasins safari jacket or form-fitting leather jacket, you can safely go on a picnic.
After the death of Gabrielle Chanel, the ladies are not poor, extravagant, capable of unexpected things in her wardrobe attire found only three - one of them was a little black dress.