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
Natalie Liao
Aleali
Karen Brit Chick
Venus X
The Line By K
Coco & Breezy
Jane H Bishop via Le21Eme
Dylan Lex
KYE
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
Daniel Broadie
