History Main / LittleBlackDress

%%* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' is iconic for her little black dress, though the Technicolor cartoons dyed it red.

%%** Several in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', given that Bruce hangs out around affluent people. Even Barbara Gordon has a mini one.

%%** Max from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' sports one while posing as a date for Terry during a stakeout. It's fetching enough that he even comments on it.
%%-->'''Terry:''' (''after a long pan up of her in the dress'') Never seen you in a dress before. (''grins'') You look good.
%%* Frankie from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' wore one in three episodes for separate occasions: a dinner date ("Frankie My Dear"), a red-carpet movie premiere alongside Mac ("Ticket to Rod", although neither of them actually end up going) and a fund-raising party ("Fools and Regulations").

%%* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' wore one of these in "Emotion Sickness", to show that she's feeling a bit saucy towards Ron. It has since become a cornerstone in the show's fandom, eventually earning the FanNickname "The LBD".

%%* Drew Saturday in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' episode "Guess Who's Going To Be Dinner" when she and Doc go on an anniversary date.
%%* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Lard of the Dance", Lisa dons one to get a date for the dance.

* Twilight in ''FanFic/EakinsHardReset Hard Reset'' 'borrows' one, after stealing the perfect earrings.

* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' toyline, the Pinkie Pie's Boutique [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/07/pinkie-pies-fashion-botique-finalized.html Fashion Style]] toy has a black minidress and headband.

* Nicci of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' wears one of these all the time. [[spoiler: It's symbolic of her unfeelingness and becomes associated with her being "Death's Mistress".]] In fact, when she's worried she might be recognized when she doesn't want to be, she wears a red dress and relies on her... [[MaleGaze assets]] to distract.

* Green/Leaf from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. She never got to wear it outside of official art though due to her not appearing until FRLG due to space shortages. When Green came back in VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee, she finally gets to wear it after a two-decade-long wait, albeit now with a ModestyShorts added beneath that dangerously short dress in her original design.

%%* ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' has probably the most iconic example with Holly Golightly's dress, designed, like all of Creator/AudreyHepburn's costumes for the film, by Hubert de Givenchy.
%%* In the first film adaptation, ''Literature/BridgetJones'' wears two such dresses in the film, each having to do with [[BettyAndVeronica Daniel and Mark]].

* Green/Leaf from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. She never got to wear it outside of an official art though due to her not appearing until FRLG due to space shortages. When Green came back in VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee, she finally gets to wear it after a two-decade-long wait, albeit now with a ModestyShorts added beneath that dangerously short dress in her original design.

[[quoteright:220:[[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/holly_black_dress.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Some accessories might be outdated, but not the dress.]]

* ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Iris West is [[ShipperOnDeck trying to encourage]] Barry Allen to hook up with [[Series/{{Arrow}} Felicity Smoak]], and regards it as encouraging when she turns up for their trivia night wearing a sexy black dress. On seeing Felicity, Iris's boyfriend immediately tells her she's welcome to buy that dress herself.

* ''Series/TheFlash2016''. Iris West is [[ShipperOnDeck trying to encourage]] Barry Allen to hook up with [[Series/{{Arrow}} Felicity Smoak]], and regards it as encouraging when she turns up for the trivia night wearing a sexy black dress. On seeing Felicity, Iris's boyfriend tells her she's welcome to buy that dress herself.

* Akari from ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'' wears black dresses with a full-lengthed skirt as part of her "uniform" while working at Mikako's Ginza bar.

%%* Kuugen Tenko in ''LightNovel/WagayaNoOinarisama'' dons one of these in episode 22. Bonus points in that she fights a [[WolfMan wolf woman]] while wearing it and doesn't even get it dirty!

-->-- Cosmo, "Little Black Dress", ''Film/ShockTreatment''

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': One of Rachel's attempts to seduce [[GirlOfTheWeek Joshua]] involves inviting him to a fake party and putting on a slinky black number she calls her "lucky dress". Unfortunately for her the dress can't make up for her clumsy attempts at flirting with him.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Sameen Shaw prefers casual wear, but wears a [[BuxomIsBetter cleavage-revealing]] black dress whenever she's required to ShowSomeLeg.

* Wrestling/BlackRose has wrestled in a little black dress on a few occasions. Besides fashion or {{fan service}}, it also doesn't stain much when her(or preferably, someone else's) blood gets on it. (the same reason Lady Demonique, Disiple, Monster Pain, etc wear black)

** [=DiDi=] [[http://www.ma3comic.com/d/20110312.html wears one]] for her date with Sandra [[GagBoobs (and she has plenty to flaunt)]].
** Wannabe FemmeFatale Sonya carefully chooses her dress for a contest of sex appeal with the more girlish Yuki. [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/the_real_woman The effect is pretty much weapons-grade.]]
** Porn star Chanelle [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/i_am_not_picky wears one for a night out on the town.]]

* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', Ruby, who is something of an [[TheIngenue ingenue]], is attempting to hint to her seemingly obtuse boyfriend Andy that she'd be interested in sex with him. The last stage in this process before she despairs involves [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/gotta-keep-fit an LBD that really ought to have done the job.]] This was, it turns out, borrowed from her ex-porn star sister Amber's wardrobe, and Ruby comments to Amber that it sent out a signal that could have blinded someone. (Ruby, having a respectable figure and [[ShesGotLegs killer legs]], does indeed make a short-skirted LBD look very good.)
%%* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', putting one on [[GagBoobs Monica]] [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/09242001/ results in]] DistractedByTheSexy.

%%* In the manga of ''Manga/SoulEater'', BJ comes to Death City to find the spy or mole (rather than the anime version, where he came to [[spoiler:help build a Magic Tool]]). One of the people he needs to investigate is Marie Mjolnir, his ChristmasCake ex-girlfriend. She shows up to the interrogation in a slinky little black dress, which has about the desired effect.
-->'''BJ:''' Do...do you ''[[HotTeacher teach]]'' wearing that?

* One episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' had a trio of female crooks who robbed a jewellery store while dressed as Creator/AudreyHepburn in ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys''.

%%* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' often features versions, the best example during the "Rumour Has it/Someone Like You" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2tssJv5HY mashup]] in Season 3.

%%* "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)" by Chris Young makes use of this trope.

* In the music video of Selena Gomez's "Round and Round", she wears a black dress under her trenchcoat.

%%* Sarah Walker on ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' wore more than her fair share both in the show, on the DVD covers, and in promotional material. Being played by Yvonne Strahovski, she wore them [[HelloNurse quite well]].

%%* Most of the female cast of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' are good-looking, and several of them can and do carry off [=LBDs=] with aplomb:
%%** [[HelloNurse [=DiDi=]]] [[http://www.ma3comic.com/d/20110312.html wears one]] for her date with Sandra.
%%** Wannabe FemmeFatale Sonya's use of the trope [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/the_real_woman is pretty much weapons-grade.]]
%%** Porn star Chanelle [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/i_am_not_picky knows how to wear one, too.]]

%%* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'': [[TheIngenue Ruby]]'s attempts to drop (by her standards quite brazen) hints to Andy culminate in [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/gotta-keep-fit an LBD that really ought to have done the job.]]

Compare LadyInRed, WomanInWhite, PrincessesPreferPink, GracefulLadiesLikePurple, TrueBlueFemininity, FairytaleWeddingDress, SimpleYetOpulent, HighClassGloves, FashionsNeverChange.