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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.)

 

 

The exact style can vary, working with many types of necklines and skirts, although since [[The Sixties]], shorter skirts are more common.

 

* [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Lust]] from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.

* Nami and Robin wore Little Black Dresses in ''[[One Piece Strong World]]''.

** Which is funny, seeing as in the fandom she's a "[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|little black dress]]"...

* One-time villainess Eris from ''[[Slayers]]'' had a Stripperific variation of this trope.

* Anna Kyoyama from ''[[Shaman King]]''

 

== Comic Books ==

 

* Meta: [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Characters commonly paired with ''any'' other character]] are called "the little black dress". They go with everything.

 

== Film ==

 

* 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.

** In the [[Doris Day]] film, ''It's A Great Feeling'', Patricia plays herself in the film wearing that dress.

* [[Double Subversion]] in ''[[True Lies]]''. When told to "dress sexy", Helen puts on one...with huge frills that seriously date it. Then she looks really hard in a mirror and rips the frills off as part of her impromptu self-makeover. ''Now'' we're talkin'.

* Angela in ''Angel-A'' wore one, looked ridiculously good in it

* Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in ''[[Sabrina]]''. It was actually designed by Hubert de Givenchy, but in a power grab, Paramount costume designer Edith Head took credit for all of the clothes worn in the film.

== Live Action TV ==

 

* 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.

 

== Video Games ==

* Aya wears one when [[At the Opera Tonight]] in the first ''[[Parasite Eve]]''.

* One of Dizzy's pre-fight animation in ''[[Guilty Gear]] X''.

* A female Commander Shepard can wear two over the course of the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series:

* 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.

 

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Out There]]'', The little black dress is a favorite of both [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100828.html Miriam] and [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20081225.html Sherry].

 

 

== Web Original ==

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' wore one of these in "Emotion Sickness", to show that she's feeling a bit saucy towards Ron. It has since become a cornerstone in the show's fandom, eventually earning the [[Fan Nickname]] "The LBD".

* Also worn by Drew Saturday in ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' episode "Guess Who's Going To Be Dinner" when she and Doc go on an anniversary date.

* As of the website's first update in over a year and a half, ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'''s heavily-expanded wardrobe (which originally consisted of a medium-sized black dress, which actually seems to have been pushed out of the picture entirely) includes such a dress.

* In one episode of ''[[Justice League]]'', in order to get acquainted with society, [[Wonder Woman]] decides to attend a formal ball, wearing a new, nice, black dress.

* Jez on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' wears one at all times as part of her [[Limited Wardrobe]].