Little Black Dress 5: the 60's - The Golden Era - Dior

The 60's were the golden era of the LBD, I think mostly thanks to Breakfast at Tiffany's and the asounding collection Givenchy designed for Audrey. But the 60's were also the era of the empire waist, so I picked this wonderful dress by Dior.

I love it because is so incredible elegant, the quintessential LBD. And also I wanted something new for Berenice, as soon as I saw this dress I thought it was just the right thing for her to wear!
I used a gabardine fabric and some black ribbon. The shoes are by The Vogue HK (I've ordered some new accessories from them and can't wait to get them!).

I'm pretty proud with the result, I'm seldom truly satisfied but I absolutely adore Berenice in this dress!

As you can see, I couldn't stop photographing her! She's the perfect 60's model, classic but full of spirit!

I even found Poppy's body fun to pose (and at first I nearly hated it) who knows, maybe I should think about adding a new Poppy to my collection!

This issue soundtrack is one of my favourite songs from my all time favourite musical: My fair lady, again a hommage to Audrey and the 60's: "I've grown accostumed to her face" by the great Nat King Cole

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On the next instalment: Contemporary LBD by Karl Lagerfeld

Little Black Dress 3: the 40's Dior and the New Look

After two decades in the 40's the rise of the Little Black Dress came to a halt. In fact during war time there was not much time to think about fashions. Anyway women favoured two pieces suits  or floral dresses. The line that prevailed in the first half of the decade was still the siren of the late 30's. An example is  the dress I made for Costanza: Costanza 40's dress

But in 1947, the war finally over, Christian Dior in his very first collection introduced the "New Look": characterised by a small waist and a full skirt. This style was immediately embraced by the most stylish women of the era. In fact it became extremely popular, influencing fashion well into the 50's.

This is the classic Dior line that we all know and love so well

Dio's New Look: The Bar Jacket

The Little Black Dress, born in the "no waist line" 20's, was back!!! 

This  fashion I choose is  from 1948, and is called "Drag". I think it has a line that Greta Garbo or Katharine Hepburn would have loved:

The most "garboesque" among the girls is definitely Veronica, so she's going to model this one:

I think that these neoclassic columns emphasizes the timeless style of this  Dior design

This issue's sountrack is "la vie en rose" 1946 by Edit Piaf

On the next instalment:  the 50's, Enter Givenchy