House of Chanel Dress French The Metropolitan Museum of Art Marcella Stella Bolero Top in Black Mesh Women's Size Medium European Mesh Spring and Summer Clothing A Coco Chanel Little Black Dress, released in 1926. Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. Gift of Mrs. Georges Gudefin Black Shrug for Evening Gown Etsy In 1926 Coco Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in American Vogue. It was calf length, straight and decorated only by a few diagonal lines. Vogue called it "Chanel's Elegant Black Lace Bolero Shrug for Evening Wear