BLACK DRESS_THE. (Valerie Steele)

The Black Dress tells the story of the most popular and enduring item in fashion history. Featuring page after uniquely designed page of compelling designs in fashion history. These include paintings by Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, and John Singer Sargent, illustrations by Georges LePape, Paul Poiret, and Ruben Toledo, and images of cinematic icons Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Rita Hayworth in Gilda .