Not every fashion revolution starts on a runway sometimes it starts with one black dress. Before the 1920s, black dresses were linked to mourning, funerals, and loss. Then Coco Chanel changed fashion The Little Black Dress from Chanel to Givenchy Glamour Daze The radical power of the little black dress Why Coco Chanel Created the Little Black Dress The Evolution of the Little Black Dress GABRIELLE CHANEL, A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, CIRCA 1926 Christie's