The colorful history of the Little Black Dress with Leslie Goddard

Versatile, dependable, and affordable, the Little Black Dress, or “LBD,” has become the fashion equivalent of a Model T Ford.
In this illustrated lecture, historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., explores the history of this fashion icon. Learn how Chanel helped
dissociate black from mourning, how Audrey Hepburn helped establish it around the world, and how it has been reinvented by everyone from Betty Boop to Prada.