miss b loves.........dresses

Fashion has always interested me. I even used to create outfits for my Sindy dolls and in my late teens created quite a few designs for myself! (If only I'd taken photos!)

I'm also fascinated by the history of Fashion and I knew that I would enjoy the Design Museum's book 'Fifty Dresses That Changed The World' which describes iconic dresses which have had an impact on the Fashion World ...... going right back to the 1915 Delphos Pleated Dress by Mariano Fortuny which allowed a revolutionary freedom of movement ........

There's Marilyn Monroe's halter neck dress from 'The Seven Year Itch'.......
  

...... and probably the most famous little black dress, the Givenchy design, worn by Audrey Hepburn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'...

Of course to say that a dress can change the world is a dramatic statement but there is no doubt that many of the dresses in the book changed or influenced the way we dress.......
The book discusses the use of new materials, technical innovation and breaking with tradition in the way women dressed or were expected to dress ...... The 1965 minidress reflected social change and attitudes in the sixties and caused a sensation .....

How could we forget Princess Diana's wedding dress which prompted so much discussion.....

There have been many imitations of these iconic dresses particularly the Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress and of course the Roland Mouret Galaxy.........

The Chanel Suit is included too (as the book points out, technically not a dress but worth its place!)

The book is full of beautiful dresses and the celebrities who first wore them. I wonder if you can guess the rest? There are a few obscure ones too and perhaps a few missing that shoud be there - surprisingly Grace Kelly's lace wedding dress was absent. 


I wonder which dresses of today will make it into a future book of iconic dresses ....... The Duchess of Cambridge's wedding gown designed by Sarah Burton? .........

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....... or perhaps her royal blue Issa engagement dress? (which is said to have been chosen to match her sapphire engagement ring which belonged to the late Princess Diana.) It instantly sold out and has inspired many similar designs on the high street.

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.... or Gwyneth Paltrow's minimalist Tom Ford gown with the matching cape which she wore at the 2012 Oscars ....

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..... and maybe Jennifer Lawrence's Dior couture gown worn at the 2013 Oscars ......

Which recent dresses deserve to be included in a book of iconic dresses?....... I look forward to your suggestions!

If you too love fashion then you will enjoy 'Fifty Dresses That Changed the World' and I would also recommend the Fashion Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum which I recently visited. You can read about it in my London post here

You may also like:

'Fifty Shoes That Changed The World' which I reviewed here 
'Fifty Bags That Changed The World' reviewed here
  

....and finally a few words from Yves Saint Laurent...

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and Karl Lagerfeld.........

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