Chanel Dress .

Chanel Little Black Dress Section:

No less a Chanel trademark is the "little black dress" which she was advocating as the new uniform for afternoon and evening as far back as 1915. Deceptively simple, these dresses were wizardry's of cut and proportion. She used traditional elegant materials lace, tulle, embroideries, soft weightless silks - in a newly tailored way. Worn with a cardigan of the same fabric as the suit on the next hanger, the little black dress made women wearing anything else seem overdressed . Chanel was determined to "rid women of their frills from head to toe" and said "each frill discarded makes one look younger" It was Chanel who attended the races at Deauville where other women appeared in silks and laces, wearing a Shetland sweater and pearls. She "cropped and edited" and her lean chic triumphed. She claimed that during the intermission at an opera gala, she saw masses of women in the brilliant clashing colours of Poiret's new dawn. Chanel, the champion of beige and neutrals was repelled. "This can't go on, I'm going to stick them all into little black dresses. Chanel was accused in invading haute couture with the style of the working girl of creating "deluxe poor look".

She may have been the first couturier to understand one of the most profound changes of the century, the fact that it was not longer fitting or desirable for a woman, in the clothes she wore daily, to create the impression of great wealth. Women now wanted elegance in line, cut and detail in clothes that did not (at first) appear expensive. Chanel was the first to sense this and the first to respond with the neat chic of her sweaters, trimmed with crisp white collars, her 'little' knitted suits and here 'little' black dresses. She believed strongly that women should never overdress during the day and a trim tailored suit was fitting for drinks before dinner.

 

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