The Colorful History of the Little Black Dress

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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  • Registration will close on October 29, 2025 @ 1:45pm.

Event Details

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 the LBD; and how it has been reinvented by everyone from Betty Boop to Prada.

 

 

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