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The little black dress by Coco Chanel

Do you know the little black dress… story ?
The little black dress is a short, light dress with simple lines and a dark colour.
According to Coco Chanel, it was created by Gabrielle Chanel in the 1920s.

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Fely Campo and My little black dress

Fely CAMPO is a Spanish designer with a great deal of experience in the fashion world. She sewed her first wedding dress when she was just 15.

1994: The birth of the Fely CAMPO brand for her first ready-to-wear line.
Fely Campo’s Philosophy
Fely CAMPO does not take herself seriously; she creates for women who love a happy, cheerful, or even mutinous life.

Her collections are a combination of the simplicity and austerity of the Spanish Sierra where she grew up, blended with modern Spain.

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My Little Black Dress isn’t on holiday!

Our my-little-black-dress.com project is progressing despite the summer holidays and we should be online during October.

For both impatient women and men (yes, of course there are…) here is a glimpse of what the online store home page might look like…

Don’t hesitate to give us your opinion.

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Didier Ludot and My Little Black Dress

« The little black dress is a precious treasure, an item that is much loved by a great number of women. What’s more, the little black dress concerns all age groups and all social classes… It has the quintessence of Parisian chic!»…. Didier Ludot

After a 30-year career, Didier Ludot, designer and buyer, is a real expert of vintage high fashion. My Little Black Dress loves his black dresses because they evoke so much poetry. This is surely because Didier has always bathed in this atmosphere.

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Thierry Mugler and My little black dress

My Little Black dress is looking ahead to next year and presents the Thierry Mugler dresses of the Spring/Summer 2011 collection. These black dresses are worn close to the body and fit perfectly over every curve. There’s a perfect black dress for every woman. Give in to temptation for an elegant black dress by Thierry Mugler.


Biography: Thierry Mugler
Thierry Mugler, the great fashion designer born in Strasbourg in 1948.

Thierry Mugler was passionate about dance and joined the ballet corps of the Rhin National Opera at the age of 14.

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Alexis Mabille and My Little Black Dress

My Little Black Dress offers black dress designs by Alexis Mabille. This great designer has worked with some of the biggest names in fashion design such as Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Lancôme. He creates black dresses that are both refined and modern.


Biography: Alexis Mabille
Alexis Mabille is 31 years old this year (2010). His first collections date back to 2005:

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He spent about 10 years at Dior, alongside John Galliano, creating lines of jewellery and haute couture dresses. He inspired the men’s jewellery collection by Heidi Slimane.

Originally from Lyon, he discovered fashion very early. He would go through the family attic, finding lace petticoats to cut up and remake.

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Alberta Ferretti, philosophy and My Little Black Dress

Alberta Ferretti is an Italian designer born in Cattolica in 1950.  Albertta Ferretti takes us into a romantic, delicate world filled with tenderness. For My Little Black Dress, her laces and transparent fabrics evoke a lightness of being.


Biography: Alberta Ferretti
Alberta Ferretti’s destiny looked all set out for her, as her mother was a dressmaker.

Alberta Ferritti opened her 1st boutique at the age of 18. In 1974, she launched into the creation of her own label.

1980: She creates AEFFE with her brother Massimo

1981:  1st show room in Milan

1983:  1st fashion show in Milan

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Vivienne Westwood and My little black dress

My little black dress loves dresses by Vivienne Westwood, the English designer renowned for her daring clothes and her provocative style.

Self-taught in fashion design, the great lady of the “Punk” movement has never lost her strong taste for antiestablishment.


Biography of Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood was born in Tintwistle, UK, on 16th April 1941. She was the eldest of three children. She had a puritan, Calvinist upbringing and went on to study at the Harrow School of Art, which later became the University of Westminster.

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Franco Moschino and My little black dress

The Moschino fashion house came to us because they were interested in the innovative concept of “Ma petite Robe Noire”. As great designers of dresses, Moschino offers us a vast choice. Always a little playful, a touch of fancy, such is the universe of this designer. The choice of fabrics is always of great importance revealing a search for comfort; a feminine feel and there we are looking great at daytime and in the evening.

For the 2010 winter season, Moschino dresses us in Marabout feathers and other noble materials. With our bodies wrapped up beautifully, we’ll be ready to face winter. Come and let yourself be seduced!

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Anne Valérie Hash and My little black dress

Anne Valérie Hash (AVH) is a French designer, born in Paris in 1971. With Anne Valérie Hash, My little black dress discover fluid fabrics and layered dress designs. A woman wearing an AVH black dress has total freedom of movement.


Biography of Anne Valérie Hash
Here are the major life events of one of the greatest creators of high fashion dresses in France.

1971: Birth of AVH in Paris

1991-92: Ecole des Arts Appliquées (School of applied Arts) in Dupérée

1992-95: Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture in Paris

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