Black a dark blue tuxedo looked blacker than black itself. For women's fashion, the defining moment was the invention of the simple black dress by Coco Chanel in 1926. (See history.) Thereafter, a long black gown was used for formal occasions, while the simple black dress could be used for everything else. The designer Karl Lagerfeld, explaining why black was so popular, said: "Black is the color that goes with everything. If you're wearing black, you're on sure ground." Skirts have gone up and down and fashions have changed, but the black dress has not lost its position as the essential
Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley Hurley was put on sale for the first time – with a price tag of £10,690 – at Harrods, as part of an exhibition dedicated to "the little black dress" at the London store. The exhibition included the famous black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1963 movie "Charade", as part of the Harrods Timeless Luxury promotion. In 2012, pop singer Lady Gaga wore the dress to meet Donatella Versace in Milan. Gaga promoted Versace by wearing archive pieces in her music video for the song "The Edge of Glory". Hurley said of the dress, "That dress was a