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| - The little black dress is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a "rule of fashion" that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion: for example, worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime business wear or with more ornate jewelry and accessories for evening. Because it is meant to be a staple of the wardrobe for a number of years, the style of the little black dress ideally should be as simple as possible: a short black dress that is too clearly part of a trend would not qualify because it would soon appear dated.
- Some fans do not ship a particular pairing, but instead prefer to read/write about a single character. These fans will read anything including their favorite, no matter whom he/she is paired with. This character is often referred to as a little black dress (or LBD) because he/she goes with everything (literally in some cases). The PPC has its own LBD character in the form of Agent Luxury.
- In The Roaring Twenties, when fashion was in a big upheaval compared to the decades before, Coco Chanel came up with a dress that would work in any evening or formal occasion, and blend in through any decade since. In short, she made the Ninja of dresses. (Some say that it went all the way back, though, to Lilly Langtry, who when she first came to London had only one evening gown, which was black; she told everyone she was in mourning for her brother.) The exact style can vary, working with many types of necklines and skirts, although since The Sixties, shorter skirts are more common.
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| - The little black dress is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a "rule of fashion" that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion: for example, worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime business wear or with more ornate jewelry and accessories for evening. Because it is meant to be a staple of the wardrobe for a number of years, the style of the little black dress ideally should be as simple as possible: a short black dress that is too clearly part of a trend would not qualify because it would soon appear dated.
- Some fans do not ship a particular pairing, but instead prefer to read/write about a single character. These fans will read anything including their favorite, no matter whom he/she is paired with. This character is often referred to as a little black dress (or LBD) because he/she goes with everything (literally in some cases). The PPC has its own LBD character in the form of Agent Luxury.
- In The Roaring Twenties, when fashion was in a big upheaval compared to the decades before, Coco Chanel came up with a dress that would work in any evening or formal occasion, and blend in through any decade since. In short, she made the Ninja of dresses. (Some say that it went all the way back, though, to Lilly Langtry, who when she first came to London had only one evening gown, which was black; she told everyone she was in mourning for her brother.) The Little Black Dress is pretty much what the name implies: a dress that is black and is little (although it can have a full length skirt). It usually comes without decorations, but can still have some trimmings as long as they are sparse and don't risk dating the dress. The exact style can vary, working with many types of necklines and skirts, although since The Sixties, shorter skirts are more common. This versatility and ability to work with any shot made the dress immensely popular with Hollywood costume designers, which spread the dress's popularity around the world. Despite how it seems, this isn't really the opposite of a Pimped-Out Dress (and may rarely even overlap with "Happy Holidays" Dress). It's just the pimping out is rare, to a lesser degree, and still done in a way that makes the dress last. But not every style of this dress is guaranteed to last. Many such dresses from The Eighties are more likely to be an Outdated Outfit. Compare Lady in Red, Woman in White, Princesses Prefer Pink, Fairytale Wedding Dress. Contrast Fashion Dissonance, I Was Quite a Fashion Victim. Not to be confused with Woman in Black (although they can overlap), Launcher of a Thousand Ships (the shipping trope formerly named this). Examples of Little Black Dress include:
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