Little Black Dress

A secret weapon guaranteed to get me out the door is a great Little Black Dress, which is why I was so keen to design one for my Very. co.uk collection.

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Shown here as worn by Hepburn, Dietrich, Bardot and even Jackie Kennedy, like a great artwork, the Little Black Dress accrues the air of an almost all-inclusive icon.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

Brown-Forman had said in late December it was looking at alternatives for the California wine assets, which include the Fetzer name and vineyards, as well as Little Black Dress and Bonterra, and a facility in Paso Robles, Calif.

Profit Jumps at Brown-Forman, Maker of Jack Daniel's Melissa Korn 2011

Little Black Dress charts eight decades of adaptations, parodies and pastiches from the femme fatales of 1940s film noir, through the miniskirted precociousness of the 60s Chelsea sex kitten, to the goths and power dressers of more recent decades.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

In 2009, I pledged to wear the same Little Black Dress for 365 days as an exercise in ethical fashion.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Angie Johnson Sheena Matheiken 2010

This month, designer and founder of Norwegian Wood, Angie Johnson, takes the iconic Little Black Dress to the floor - floor length, that is - proving just how cool Canadian style can be.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Angie Johnson Sheena Matheiken 2010

The Little Black Dress – mainstay of the modern woman's wardrobe since it was introduced by Coco Chanel in 1926 – could finally be falling out of fashion.

Has the Little Black Dress finally fallen out of fashion? Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris 2010

In 2009, I pledged to wear the same Little Black Dress for 365 days as an exercise in ethical fashion.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Angie Johnson Sheena Matheiken 2010

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen recently came out in paperback, and is a classic laugh out loud memoir that is impossible to put down, and reads like a great chit chat with your best friend in a coffee joint.

Kari Henley: Mother's Day Reads: Featuring a Mennonite, a Mother and a Goddess 2010

We've all been heartbroken, cheated on, cried in a dressing room when the lights hit our thighs, stuffed ourselves with muffins to buy another pair of Manolos, wonder if the girl who works with our husband dresses a little too provocatively around him, and most of us know that you can always use one more perfect Little Black Dress.

Ambria Miscia: Consigning the Upper East Side Ambria Miscia 2010