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It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration

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The zipper detail gives the dress a cleaner fit, and the midi length makes it easy to wear with sandals, flats, or low heels

A curiosity: the inspiration for Ekberg's dress was the model signed by Jean Louis for Rita Hayworth in Gilda, which in turn was an homage to the one in John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Madam X

Though Chanel certainly deserves credit for drawing a historic line in the sand with the "Ford," it seems that the Little Black Dress would not have been accepted so widely and with such speed if Banton had not included it in his costumes for Clara