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Global — This year marks the 50th Anniversary of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” starring Audrey Hepburn, who was nominated ‘Best Actress’ for her leading role in the classic film. The fashion icon and award-winning actress, with her lithe figure and penchant for high style, was oh-so-chic as eccentric New York socialite Holly Golightly in Truman Capote’s 1961 film, which was adapted from a book of the same title.
Throughout the film, Hepburn embraces high fashion, wearing an elegant evening gown, extravagant baubles, a trench coat, and oversized sunglasses. But the fashion trend from the film that has become a style phenomenon is the little black dress. Who does not recall the scene where Golightly — adorned in a Hubert de Givenchy designed LBD — stands before the famed jewelry store nibbling on a pastry while ogling beautiful bijoux through the shop window?
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Forty years earlier, in the 1920s, iconic Parisian fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel popularized the little black dress when she introduced the Chanel black dress. In its original incarnation, the Chanel black dress was notable for its simplicity among a sea of ostentatious designs by notable designers of the era such as Paul Poiret, one of Chanel’s rivel.
Today, the little black dress is more versatile, from a simple cap-sleeve chiffon shift to a fanciful ballroom-esque gown with cascading tiers of ruffles. Once heralded as a sartorial tool to emancipate the modern woman, the ebony frock has become a wardrobe staple and fashion favorite. Although there have been many versions — ruffled, flared, A-line and pleated, every chic woman knows the importance of having at least one in her wardrobe.
Chicly Yours,
The Chic Spy
