The mother of the little black dress - Coco Chanel had predicted a century back that this piece of clothing will become some sort of uniform and her prediction, nothing short of Nostradamus, has come true today. So, we pay our tributes to this creative genius who gave the world the gift of LBD by looking at it in all its different avatars!
A DAY DRESS
Black means business! A little black dress can spell professionalism in the day and can be touted as the sexiest outfit by the night, a whole new word should be established for the versatility that a black dress brings in, from work rendezvous in the daytime to intimate dates at night.
A DANCE DRESS
Twinkle-toes and erstwhile dancing damsels took no time to slip into one of these dresses that, like a magic cloak, transformed them into natural movers and shakers by adding oodles of feminity and grace to their flow of movements. Top pick in this category is Diana who gave it away with John Travolta in a black dress.
A MOURNING DRESS
The other extreme in a continuum of emotions is grief. The black dress registers itself as the top pick for events like mourning as well. Black absorbs the grief around and does more than one thing to the way you look. Top pick in this category has to be Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the funeral of her brother-in-law.
A GOTHIC DRESS
Grotesque, mysterious and desolate. Black spells them all with its raven gowns and plunging necklines. The Goths look over such events with pride and choose black as their chosen one. Our top pick for this set is Angelina Jolie who wore clingy black jersey dress and dyed her tresses ebony to complete the gothic look.
A RED CARPET DRESS
Oh! The Valentino that Julia Roberts wore or Catherine Zeta-Jones in Versace or better still, Sophia Copolla in a black Marc Jacobs, black is chic, glamorous and foolproof which makes it the best bet for academy awards every year! Our pick in this one has got to be Venessa Paradis in Chanel’s vintage black dress!
A KATE MOSS DRESS
It’s only fair that this lady has her own category for no one has shown their allegiance to the black dress brigade like she has! Add to this the fact that the Council of Fashion Designers of America gave her an award for stupendous influence on fashion! She wore this versatile uniform while she was pregnant, in love or out of it, on award nights and red carpets and on and off the stage!
So pick up the LBD Girls, and tell me, what are you going to be today? A dancer, celeb, mystique, morose or simply stated, yourself?
Via: Style
