LBD CHANEL Before the 1920s, wearing the colour black was strictly reserved for times of mourning. It was considered distasteful to wear it otherwise. All of this changed at the will of a woman named Coco Chanel. In 1926, Chanel published a simple, short black dress in Vogue. The magazine called this dress "Chanel's Ford," because like the Model T, it was accessible to women of all social classes. The LBD remained popular throughout the great depression because of its simple