black strap dress Penelope Tie 163 cm wearing size S. Audrey Coquette Bow Strap Mini

If it had been a photograph taken a little further back and not overexposed, it would have shownblue or black. Thats because the eye doesnt just see true and pure color

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The little black dress (or LBD, as it is commonly abbreviated) was a uniform designed to keep certain women in their place

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Structure: Built-in bodice structure

At the time, Vogue s editors wrote that Chanels little black dress would become sort of a uniform for all women of taste. That seems like an astute prediction, in hindsight