Vogue Essentials: Little Black Dress

by Chloe Fox

Discover the most covetable Little Black Dresses in fashion history, with this beautiful book from British Vogue .

Ninety years after Vogue dubbed Coco Chanel's simple short black 'Ford' dress 'the frock that all the world will wear', the perfect Little Black Dress continues to be every woman's most sought after fashion essential. At its classic best, the LBD doesn't just make its wearer look beautiful and stylish; it empowers her too. Dress it up, pare it down, wear it forever - the Little Black Dress is a fashion essential.

From the bold, dramatic designs of Zandra Rhodes to the eye-catching LBDs by Vivienne Westwood, from Elizabeth Hurley's iconic safety pin Versace number to the tight off-theshoulder Christina Stambolian dress worn by Princess Diana, Vogue Essentials: Little Black Dress celebrates the very best of the LBD.

"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress" - Karl Lagerfeld

Genres: Fashion, Nonfiction, Coffee Table Books

160 pages, Hardcover

Published April 3, 2018

Reviews

[Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an attractive volume of fashion photos of famous models by well-known fashion photographers. The pictures are creative and elegant. Of course many of the dresses. like much fashion depicted nowadays, have no practical value. The woman wearing them cannot sit down in them, let alone do some useful work like conducting an orchestra, driving a truck, or coaching an NFL football team. Actually you might be able to drive a truck in most of them, but they still have no useful value. No one would wear one to drive a truck. Their value is mostly limited to being displayed in a book like this one where future historians, in a saner and simpler world, can look back and see the ridiculous extremes of the times in which we live.

[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Black was considered as a mourning color, that's why when Chanel first introduced the "Ford dress", it was controversial

- LBD's popularity steams from the fact that it is a very practical dress. In addition, it also is a way for the fashionistas to show off their style within a framework: almost like a jazz standard

- Accessories: very important to complete the LBD look, and is what "make or break an outfit" according to Chanel. Historically pearl necklace has been the staple, but the modern day accessories has since expanded

[Auggie Swanger · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well written look at the little black dress over time. The photos were well selected and the book was extremely well organized and very beautiful to look at.

[Eden Deez · Rating 5 out of 5]

ZANGGGG BRA!!!

[cypher · Rating 1 out of 5]

[comicbook] found this randomly, in the “new-out” hardcover books section…and i need to be honest, this is less a book and more a fashion article, printed high-quality.
these should not be our books, we risk confusing an addiction (clothes and consumerism related to them, and potentially the cult of the ego) with something useful.
the content, the text information felt irrelevant, it’s mainly images of still too-skinny models (another bad standard) promoting shopping a new idem as luxury and some form of success.
…”vogue essentials”…and there’s an entire series.

i guess i’m not a fan of the values, but this book reached me still. DNF, felt like a waste.