Since yesterday (July 4th), Paris is living at the pace of its Autumn-Winter 2011-2012 shows, following Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani Privé, Givenchy, Chanel, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier down the catwalks… and I’ve picked out a few little black dresses.

So we’ve just seen the origins of the little black dress, as well as some of its iconic representatives… but all of that goes back quite a while ! So here is my selection of black dress fashionistas; actresses, models, politicians… The LBD as we see it today ( as we’ve covered quite a few this year I’ve gone back a bit ! )

As a part 2 to the previous article on John Galliano, let’s take a look at the question that’s got the fashion realm begging for an answer since the arrival of the vacancy as artistic director for Dior : who will be next ? Who will embody the Dior essence while providing their own completing touch, with majestic and emotionally rich black dresses ?