The Little Black Dress. by Isabel Sanchez Hernandez: Isabel Snchez Hernndez: 9781408129890: Amazon.com: Books LIFE OF CHANEL The little black dress (LBD) was popularizedand effectively invented as a modern fashion stapleby French designer Coco Chanel in 1926. At a time when black was largely associated with mourning, Chanel introduced Chanels Ford as written in Vogue in 1926, the little black dress is part of history , And it was called a Ford because it was referencing its affordability and universal appeal. , At a time when Gabrielle Chanel couture black silk beaded flapper dress, c. 1924 1926 at 1stDibs chanel flapper dress, chanel dress 1920s, coco chanel flapper dress