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In a post-war society where women were working, socializing, and moving more freely, the Little Black Dress became symbolic of modern independence

The 1926 garment would go on to become a fashion staple, so well-known that it is often referred to simply by the acronym LBD. Its a mythic origin story, Georgina Ripley, a curator of modern and contemporary design at the National Museum of Scotland, tells BBC News Pauline McLean

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