Sunday, October 7, 2012

The Little Black Dress Gets Its Own Show, Thanks to Andre Leon Talley

In the 1920s, after Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel introduced her version of the little black dress, American Vogue predicted that it would become "a sort of uniform for all modern women of taste."American Vogue's prediction was spot on. Now the numbers of women who rely on the little black dress for a bit of je ne sais quoi have Chanel to thank. Nine decades after the legendary designer catapulted it into mass popularity, the LBD remains a staple in every woman's wardrobe, and has even become the subject of a new museum exhibition at SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. The show opened last week and runs through January 27, 2013.If you're looking for inspiration, this list of popular fancy dress wholesale Body Stockings 2012 should give you some ideas. There are lots of characters to choose from, which means there is something for everyone.

When Vogue contributing editor Andr Leon Talley originally received approval in fall 2011 from the Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace for "Little Black Dress" ¨C which is housed in Talley's eponymous gallery space at the school's newly expanded museum ¨C he planned to present 30 dresses. The exhibition was going to launch in spring 2012, but the curating process proved to be more challenging than he had originally anticipated. "Every time I went to another collection or pre-resort collection of Lanvin or Balenciaga,The wholesale Pirate Costumes 2012 require a fundamental bodysuit. Playboy bunnies wore a stretched fitting, cinched in suit, much like a strapless swimming suit. I kept on adding dresses," Talley told ARTINFO.

Eventually, the fashion guru found himself with 150 little black dresses from his circle of friends and fashion connections, including a 2006 wool Chanel dress donated to SCAD MOA by Vogue editor Anna Wintour and a neoprene number by 2012 SCAD graduate Alexis Asplundh.The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sex and the City. Just pick your favorite movie and you have a group wholesale Bodystockings 2012 idea. "I had to edit it down," said Talley. "I had to reject! The delay was the process of elimination and editing."

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