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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.
Despite how it seems, this isn't really the opposite of a [[Pimped-Out Dress]] (and may rarely even overlap with [["Happy Holidays" Dress]]). It's just the pimping out is rare, to a lesser degree, and still done in a way that makes the dress last.
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 Many such dresses from [[The Eighties]] are more likely to be an [[Outdated Outfit]].
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Contrast [[Fashion Dissonance]], [[I Was Quite a Fashion Victim]].
Not to be confused with [[
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* Anna Kyoyama from ''[[Shaman King]]''
* Yuno Gasai wears one of these in episode 19 of ''[[Mirai Nikki (Manga)|Mirai Nikki]]''.
* Shizuki and Yuzuki from ''[[Hekikai no Aion]]''. Shizuki wear a long one and Yuzuki wear a black [[Mini
== Comic Books ==
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* Meta: [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Characters commonly paired with ''any'' other character]] are called "the little black dress". They go with everything.
* Tsuruya in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'' has one, and she wears it to a movie. With Kyon, his sister and Miyoko.
== Film ==
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* There's an actual publishing company, specialising in [[Chick Lit]], called Little Black Dress Books. Including this trope in some form is probably a contractual obligation.
* Used as a metaphor in [[Al Franken]]'s ''The Truth (with jokes)''. Al quotes a blogger who referred to the 9/11 attacks as "[[George W. Bush|Bush's]] [[Little Black Dress]]" -- just as the dress can be slipped on for any social occasion, the 9/11 attacks could be used as the justification for any policy he wanted to pursue.
* Nicci of the [[Sword of Truth]] wears one of these all the time. {{spoiler|It's symbolic of her unfeelingness and becomes associated with her being "Death's Mistress".}} In fact, when she's worried she might be recognized when she doesn't want to be, she wears a red dress and relies on her ... [[Male Gaze|assets]] to distract.
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[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
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