Trend of the week: LBDs

“When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” — Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.

INSPIRATION

In 1926 Coco Chanel published a picture of a short black dress in American Vogue and fashion history was made. This straight calflength frock, nicknamed ‘Chanel’s Ford’, soon became the Model T of chic dressing, with its own three letter acronym – the LBD (little black dress). Fast-forward to 2012 and the LBD’s influence remains unchanged bar the hemline. Little or long – take your pick!