alexis dress black Velvet Animal Print Fur Boatneck Maxi The model is 510.5 and is wearing a size S Alexis Dress - Black

Black was, of course, the colour of mourning and familiar as day-wear for the many widows of France following the slaughter of the First World War and the recent Spanish flu pandemic. While other designers were turning to fancy, colorful clothes as an antidote to all this gloom, Chanel steered into it, he wrote, producing little black dresses whose somewhat severe and simple lines were off-set by her signature accessoriesa rope of large fake pearls, a fabric camellia or a plain cloche hat. Like Fords motorcars, the LBD has had many iconic incarnations since

Don't forget matching accessories to really accent the look

They're perfect when your dress dips really low or goes completely backless

Style our cut out dress with low heels and gold hoops for a show-stopping look