Little black dress

Sunday 24 August 2008



I went to the Fashion Museum to see the little black dress exhibition that is on there currently. It has black dresses from the 1920s up to current day. It was interesting but not wildly inspiring, and I think it would have been better if they had had more photos of iconic black dresses, and perhaps examples of different ways to accessorise a black dress. Still, it was nice to see different designers' takes on a theme.


Our So Audrey card above celebrates one of the most iconic black dresses. Below is a Givenchy dress made for Audrey Hepburn for her role in Breakfast at Tiffanys. This dress is a version of the one she wore in the opening scene. It was sold at Christies for £467,200 in 2006.


For me, this is another iconic black dress film moment - Rita Hayworth in Gilda. If you haven't seen it, it is worth seeing just for this moment and the witty one liners.


The little black dress exhibition finishes tomorrow at the Fashion museum so hurry now if you would like to see it ( www.ftmlondon.org ), or alternatively get this book on the little black dress from Assouline publishers.

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