Black business suits. Women's fashion was revolutionized and simplified in 1926 by the French designer Coco Chanel, who published a drawing of a simple black dress in "Vogue" magazine. She famously said, "A woman needs just three things; a black dress, a black sweater, and, on her arm, a man she loves." Other designers contributed to the trend of the little black dress. The Italian designer Gianni Versace said, "Black is the quintessence of simplicity and elegance," and French designer Yves Saint Laurent said, "black is the liaison which connects art and fashion. One of the most famous black dresses of
Yellow Valentino dress of Cate Blanchett the dress as among the best Oscar dresses of all time, fashion critics were divided on the dress. Lesley Kennedy of the "Rocky Mountain News " considered the 2005 Oscars to be a "giant fashion runway". She noted that many actresses attending the ceremony opted for strapless gowns, and said that unlike Beyoncé, Scarlett Johansson, Kirsten Dunst, Drew Barrymore and Annette Bening who wore black, the "usually spot-on Cate Blanchett (in Valentino) looked a little bit like a bruised banana in her yellow and burgundy-brown dress." Kennedy believed that Blanchett was outshone by Rene Zellweger wearing Carolina Herrera. Blanchett later