House of Chanel Dress French The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Little Black Dress SPECTRUM The Chanel Little Black Dress 30 something Urban Girl Chanel Framed Art Karl Lagerfeld Metropolitan Museum 2005 Little Black Dress Little black dress: Eternal symbol of elegance and style The little black dress (LBD) was popularizedand effectively invented as a modern fashion stapleby French designer Coco Chanel in 1926. At a time when black was largely associated with mourning, Chanel introduced