Snobette Ten: LBD Version 2.0 AKA The Thursday Night Date Dress

The little black dress, famously referred to as LBD, has always implied a garment designed with opposite-sex appeal. The ultimate dinner date or party outfit, it’s usually worn with a teetering pair of high heels and shiny accessories. We’re proposing a different black dress packing a different sort of personality, one that’s a bit more nuanced and layered but every bit as powerful.

Less form fitting, more textured, and styled with low heels or sneakers, the LBD 2.0 is great for everyday but is also the perfect “Thursday Night Date” dress aka the early-on get together whether for dinner or drinks when you’re still not sure which way things are going to go and you are in JUDGEMENT mode (literally in your black “robe”), sitting back observing, not putting too much of your awesome self on the table. And the stylish yet comfy shoes on your feet? They’re there to remind that if things go south, you are read to walk with a quickness! (All the better if they’re a contrasting color to drive home that point.)

All told, whether worn on a discerning date or otherwise, LBD 2.0 is about feeling comfortable with and for yourself, making use of a black dress as a way to stand comfortably and powerfully in the glory of your power femmy uniqueness.

Check out below, our Snobette Ten for the perfectly embodied LBD 2.o:

Andy Heart

A photo posted by Ann Kim (@andyheart) on Sep 20, 2015 at 4:01pm PDT

Natalie Liao

A photo posted by NATALIE LIAO 廖风敏 (@natalieliao_) on Dec 17, 2015 at 10:44pm PST

Aleali

A photo posted by Aleali (uh•lay•lee) (@alealimay) on Nov 20, 2015 at 12:43pm PST

Karen Brit Chick

A photo posted by www.wheredidugetthat.com (@karenbritchick) on Dec 9, 2015 at 9:54am PST

  Venus X

A photo posted by VENUS X (@venusxgg) on Nov 30, 2015 at 11:39am PST

The Line By K

 

A photo posted by Karla Deras (@thelinebyk) on Sep 18, 2015 at 2:06pm PDT

    Coco & Breezy

A photo posted by COCO AND BREEZY EYEWEAR (@cocoandbreezy) on Jan 9, 2016 at 4:29pm PST

Jane H Bishop via Le21Eme

A photo posted by Adam Katz Sinding (@le21eme) on Jan 3, 2016 at 10:50am PST

  Dylan Lex

A photo posted by Erin Kleinberg (@erinkleinberg) on Dec 15, 2015 at 10:35am PST

KYE

A photo posted by KYE (@kye_official) on Sep 12, 2015 at 10:09pm PDT

      Michel Klein

Michel Klein #LBD #prefall 2016/17 collection #capsule #blackisback #fashion #PF16 #newproject #followthebuyers till January 15th @cdnetworkny / Christophe Desmaison Showroom New York @cd_af1 A photo posted by michelklein (@mimi_michelklein) on Jan 12, 2016 at 4:05am PST

Daniel Broadie

A photo posted by Danielle Brodie (@stylemehappyofficial) on Jan 1, 2016 at 8:11pm PST