One of my favorite things to wear I never get tired of, is a little black dress most people associate with Audrey Hepburn.
freed women from the captivity of heavy, layered fabric.
shoes in her 1941 collection changing footwear forever, every major department store from popular demand, ordering them.
every major military man from Churchill to Eisenhower wore one as part of his uniform. 
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Fashion That Never Sleeps
But the person who deserves the credit is the designer, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, who in 1926, through her groundbreaking fashion sense,
Her creation revolutionized fashion…calve-length, simple and straight, Vogue Magazine calling it, Chanel’s Ford, like the Model T.
Hail Coco!
The clothing designer, Claire McCardell, featured his long-soled ballet
Way before Bogie made it famous in Casablanca,
Nothing is still quite as chic as one tossed over a suit, or tights and a blazer, braying with its sartorial history,
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Hoping for rain?… we have it in southeast Alaska.
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Women love to dress accordingly. I myself, wear my trench when the sun’s out. 🙂
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🌂
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You’re the funniest. I love your mini icons…the popcorn, now the umbrella. I heard in my head Audrey as Sabrina tutoring Bogart as Linus: Never a briefcase in Paris, or an umbrella. Something like that. 🙂
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Trench coats have really made a comeback recently I agree with you, interesting article!
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I see them everywhere, even on little kids. Thanks.
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I, personally, think that it looks better on the women.
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You’re entitled to think so. 😎
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lol
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I could not agree with you more on all three fashion mentions.
Elegance, simplified; never to go out of style. Ever.
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Shows you have taste. The other great thing is, those 3 items are really all you need…a nice dress, great pair’a shoes and a tailored coat, for all seasons. You then ask yourself, why does my closet still bulge. Hmm.
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This is the absolute truth. Mine has been greatly cleared out though there are still items in there that I wonder how thy even made it in…
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It’s called, filling the hole. Shopping, like eating and drinking. How many times do I think, that sweater will solve all my problems, then come to find out, I still have problems, just in another sweater I sure didn’t need. sigh
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Do you know how many pairs of shoes I have? That will tell you how often I have filled the hole – because clothes are not always just right but effing shoes always fit… Sigh.
I love that movie “In Her Shoes” with Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz – Toni makes that very statement…
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I never saw it. How funny. Live and learn, too bad it’s always on the later side.
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Never too late 😉
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Never too late indeed. There are those who alas, never get it.
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This absolutely true.
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I bought my first Burberry in 1977 and I still wear it. I don’t have a little black dress or flats, however. I enjoyed the story, Susannah.
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I’ll bet you’d look cute in flats. 😴
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Hahaha, Size twelve would take it out of the cute and into the barge category. 😀
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I now see your feet in mini canoes, buffed and polished.
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Yes indeed. Ferragamos that float.
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Love the sound of that…not loafers on water, but the Fs in play. Language is so enlightening, even just in passing. 🙂
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😊
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Susannah, I love a simple little dress, black or otherwise. I’ve always been a dress girl. The flattest shoes I own are one pair of sneakers. Otherwise the lowest heels are at least a couple of inches.
My senior students last week were talkng about an interviewing contest. One girl asked, “Do I really HAVE to wear a dress?”
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When did the dress become passe? I own several and still like to slip in one now and then. As for shoes…I love flats. 🙂
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The majority of students here wear yoga pants. There are a few girls who still like dresses, but they are few and far between.
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I understand. Here yoga attire is very chic and expensive. I always look like one of the boat people when I work out, but I’m more downtown in this area. Fashion, if you let it, could break the bank. Nice hearing from you, as always. 🙂
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Unquestionable the head-turning power of simple elegance. Audrey Hepburn is also the classic example. Well done, Susannah!
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I was thinking of you when I successfully made popcorn in the microwave. Well, it DOES need a little fine tuning since the bag opened and there was some popcorn on the outskirts, but NOTHING LIKE THE FRYING PAN CAPER. 🙂
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Great .. Oh yes … Couple of small folds of the bag.
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Any tips? I laid it down flat like you said, after using a neat layer of corn. It’s like a science Frank. They should give courses.
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Seems I forgot to tell you to close the bag with several small folds. Otherwise, work on finding the right cooking time because it varies with each microwave
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Mine actually has a pop button. Such irony I never noticed it before. But then again, I wouldn’t have gotten an essay out of my Lucy episode. 🙂
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The little black dress is a favorite memory of mine. The sisters indigo, navy and red allowed for erstwhile dalliances into the spectrum. But Coco will always prevail for its simplicity, which is seductively intoxicating. It’s cutting to the chase, in sexy.
As for shoes, my ex wife was a shoe collector who could have started up a stateside sister group to Imelda Marcos. I still have this nightmare where unopened shoe boxes are chasing me . . .
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I can’t imagine you married to anyone even shoe wise, that was like Imelda.
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I can’t either! LOL
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I see you more with a young Fanny Ardant or Ingrid Bergman. Jean Seberg in Breathless? Sexy and classic with a continental zip.
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You scare me SB, because Jean Seberg is ballgame in my box score. Yowza!
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Now there’s an alliteration that goes in the file. 🙂
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Done!
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Excellent!
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Timeless fashion is everything
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I think so. 👗🥿👖
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I’m always very flattered when someone reblogs something I’ve written. Thank you. Susannah
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Fashion photography is not something I have ever had an interest in doing, but looking at it is different.implicity is the keynote to true elegance. One of my favorite things to wear I never get tired of, is a little black dress most people associate.The style you wear is a reflection of who you are.Fashion That Never Sleeps ..
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I couldn’t agree more. Not everyone has style. They wear labels to show off their preening finances. Takes so little to have personal style, and if you borrow a little from Audrey, that’s okay too. 🙂
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Love your post
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Thank you so much.
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Welcome
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Are you a LBD gal? Flats, trench tossed over your arm ALA Breakfast at Tiffany? 🙂
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I don’t understand what are you saying
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That’s code for little black dress. You said you liked the piece so I wondered if you dress that way.
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Yes i like that
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Audrey and Coco are nodding from above. 🙂
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Yes
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Excellent. You too have taste. 🙂
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This is indeed fashion that never sleeps for sure! You gave me a lot of information on CoCo Chanel in whom I need to study more.
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There are some great books about her, and she is very interesting. You can also rent the film where Audrey Tautou plays her. What always draws me to CC is not just her fashion genius, but her personally. She was a true survivor suffering a lot in her life. We tend to think successful people are exempt from pain, but it’s so not true. Cheers in your Coco travels.
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Cheers to you as well and I must say that I should get that book!
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You and Coco will become good friends I’ll bet.
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