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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.)