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 Keystone Dresser with Mirror Home Furniture Furniture of America Castile White Dresser Ornate Home Infinity Inlay Chest of Drawers Black and White Dresser Pearl Inlay 100 years of the Little Black Dress National Museums Scotland