"In actuality, there were plenty of black dresses before that date, including many by Chanel herself, and black was already a fashionable colour but there's something about this moment and the way it embodies the modernising spirit of the 1920s." That moment is how the new show begins the largest fashion exhibition the National Museum of Scotland has ever staged - a simple crepe de chine dress made by Chanel in 1926, borrowed from the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin
Add it to a mix-and-match bridesmaid look or let your friends make it their own with personalized birthstone jewelry
Beautifully minimalist
Commencing with a widely acclaimed exhibition of ten Black designers at Pratt Manhattan Gallery in 2014, the initiative soon evolved into a decades worth of events, interviews, research, and connection-building, all with the mission of celebrating and elevating Black creators who have shaped the trajectory of fashion history
I have never received so many compliments." What our experts say: Plus-size and curvy women came to the reviews raving about this dress, not only about the quality and fit, but also because it accommodates a wide range of body types
