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In [[The Roaring Twenties]], when fashion was in a big upheaval compared to the decades before, Coco Chanel came up with a dress that would work in any evening or formal occasion, and blend in through any decade since. In short, she made the [[Ninja]] of dresses. (Some say that it went all the way back, though, to Lilly Langtry, who when she first came to London had only one evening gown, which was black; she told everyone she was in mourning for her brother.)

This versatility and ability to work with any shot made the dress immensely popular with Hollywood costume designers, which spread the dress's popularity around the world.

 

 

But not every style of this dress is guaranteed to last. Many such dresses from [[The Eighties]] are more likely to be an [[Outdated Outfit]].

 

Not to be confused with [[Womanin Black]] (although they can overlap), [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]] (the shipping trope formerly named this).

 

== Anime and Manga ==

== Film ==

 

* In ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire (Film)|Mrs. Doubtfire]]'', Miranda has a couple dresses to wear for her date. Daniel in disguise tries to convince her to go with the older, and more frumpy, black dress, and it doesn't work.

* In the film version of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', Dominique wears a dress, with [[Pretty in Mink|an ermine trimmed neckline]], to the opening party of Roark's first major building.

* [[http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/sex<!-- 20and20the%20city.jpg Several]] [[http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/main/images/2007/05/26/sex_and_the_city.jpg publicity]] [[http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/Sex%20and%20the%20City.jpg photos]] of the girls of ''SexAndTheCity'', in addition to the numerous times they wore some in the show. -->

* The Little Black Dress is listed as one of the ten must-have fashion items in ''Tim Gunn's Guide to Style''.

** Delenn does the exact same thing [[They Do|much more successfully]]. Twice.

* In the premiere of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy is shown holding up dresses in front of her to decide what to wear to the Bronze. Her comment on the black dress is "Hi, I'm an enormous slut!" Sure enough Buffy wears a little black dress while doing her notorious [[Mating Dance]] with Xander the following year.

 

* Rayne in ''[[Blood Rayne]] 2'' begins the game in a black evening gown. Floor length with long slits up the sides and [[Absolute Cleavage]]; the little fabric remaining is thin enough to cling skin-tight.

* Carmelita Fox from ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' has one that she wears when not suffering from [[Limited Wardrobe]] syndrome, most noticably in the second game when attending a lavish party, and during the ending cutscene of the third game.

* Either inverted or subverted in ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'', where Luste Teuber actually wears little black underwear, fingerless elbow gloves, and [[Zettai Ryouiki]].

** [[Naughty Nuns|Lecht and Rink]] wear literal [[Little Black Dress|Little Black Dresses]] in the form of black nun attire.

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