Owning the right little black
dress this season saves both time and money. Choose from this year’s updated
classics at Jigsaw, and you’ll always have the best look for the office,
cocktail and holiday parties, or an evening on the town. Today’s little black
dress features exquisite fabrications—from ponte knit, lace, jersey, wool and
silk--and all design details you must have.
Whether this is a first LBD or an
addition to a robust collection, you'll reach for this dress again and again.
The little black dress is truly one of the staples of a woman's wardrobe: the
LBD is investment dressing that pays dividends in compliments and sheer wear
ability!
HISTORY OF THE LBD
According to author Valerie
Steele in "Little Black Dress," (2007) wearing black is the historic
hallmark of royalty and the elite. Designers continue to feature black dresses
because "they're the most becoming dress that can be worn on any
occasion." The black dress telegraphs its wearer's worldly allure and
elegance. Depending on how and when a woman wears a LBD remarks upon her
seemingly artless perfection.
Designers like Chanel, bold and
rebellious in her time, used bands of black lace to decorate dresses and
separates. Biographer Karen Karbo ("The Gospel According to Coco
Chanel" 2011) says that the Chanel LBD always stole the show--even when it
was designed by an upcoming designer, Hubert de Givenchy.
BLACK LACE DRESSES: DANCE & DRAMA
Oscar Wilde quipped "One
should either be a work or art, or wear a work of art." The LBD married
with black lace yields a perfect LBD for today's Jigsaw client. Rather than
focusing attention on an overly dramatic statement dress, today's black lace dresses focus all attention upon the wearer.
The deft use of ultra-fine black
lace meshed with exquisite design and fabrications creates the unforgettable
LBD. Designers like Isabel Toledo brought examples of this genre of black lace
dressesto the attention of no-nonsense chic women like Michelle Obama.
Black lace and sequins on
gossamer silks resonate with period fashions, like the dance-crazed roaring
1920s. Our near-black indigo flapper dress provides a stunning example!
THE LONG BLACK DRESS
Today's long black dress offers
its owner the potential of many different looks. Paired with a cropped jacket
or shrug sweater, chunky costume jewelry and flats, your dress assumes a demure
and almost casual appearance for Sunday brunch or a relaxed dinner engagement.
Conversely, the addition of fine jewelry, elegant shoes and accessories makes
the same frock white-tie worthy.
In fact, the long black dress
lends a chameleon-like quality to the wardrobe of any fashionista. Consider the
addition of a perfect narrow belt, shawl or dress clips to the neckline of your
already perfectly fitted long dress. A trendy fitted or swing jacket reinvents
the long black dress you buy this holiday season at New Year, Valentine's Day,
and well beyond.
LASTING LOVE: THE BLACK WRAP DRESS
Diane von Furstenberg introduced
us to the office-appropriate wrap in the 1970s, and we still love the look.
Today's updated wrap dress flatters almost every shape as it goes from the work
day to play. Transition from 9-to-5 matters in an easy-to-wear updated jersey
wrap dress to an evening out without a second thought. Add bold accessories--by
design and color--to a lady-like crepe black wrap dress for a dramatic entrance
any time of day or night.
Like other LBDs, your black wrap
dress shifts from highly credible professional (when worn with a suit jacket to
urban trendsetter (when worn with a luscious belted cardigan). Add a pair of
casually elegant riding boots or dressed-up Mary Jasen to suit the occasion.
TRAVEL WITH THE LBD
Taking a holiday needn't involve
multiple suitcases. You'll love the easy-care, instantly packable LBD. Wear the
black wrap dress on the plane, car, or train, and arrive freshly fashionable at
your destination. Tuck accessories and separates in a carry-on, and you're
always fantastic.
STAY CLASSIC & SOPHISTICATED
Jigsaw London scours the marketplace to bring you the best LBDs and
accessories of the season. There's absolutely no limit to the number of ways
you can wear a perfect dress. With free shipping of any order of $200 or more,
seize the excitement of the season--along with dresses and accessories you'll
love--right now!
