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6[[quoteright:215:[[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/holly_black_dress.jpg]]]]
7[[caption-width-right:215:Some accessories might be outdated, but not the dress.]]
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9->''Ever since I was a little boy\
10Dressing up has always been my greatest joy\
11But when it's time to be discreet\
12There's one thing you just can't beat\
13And that's a strapless backless classical little black dress.''
14-->-- '''Dr. Cosmo [=McKinley=]''', "Little Black Dress", ''Film/ShockTreatment''
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16The Little Black Dress (or LBD for short) is a simple, (usually) short black dress, with little to no trimming or decoration. Expect very few frills, ruffles, or sequins. It's also most often sleeveless, strapless, has spaghetti straps, cap sleeves, or a halter-style top. The effect is to make an impression of a grand, yet simple style, that could fit the fashion in any decade since the early 20th century.
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18This dress was created during TheRoaringTwenties when fashion was in a big upheaval compared with the decades before. UsefulNotes/CocoChanel came up with a dress that would work in an evening or formal occasion, and blend in through any decade since.
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20An anecdote on where Chanel found inspiration on the dress is that while she was looking at [[FrenchMaid her maid]], she observed upon the [[{{Minimalism}} simplicity of the uniform and tweaked it by removing the apron and the lace trimmings, leaving only the black part of the dress]]. In reality, Mme. Chanel, and fellow couturier Jean Patou[[note]]Credited for shortening the hemlines at knee length[[/note]], after seeing women wearing black mourning dresses during and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, transformed them into livelier and classier outfits that could be worn for multiple occasions.
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22This versatility and ability to work with any shot made the dress immensely popular with Hollywood costume designers, which spread the dress's popularity around the world.
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24Despite how it seems, this isn't really the opposite of a PimpedOutDress (and may rarely even overlap with each HappyHolidaysDress). It's just the pimping out is rare, to a lesser degree, and still done in a way that makes the dress last.
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26But not every style of this dress is guaranteed to last. Many such dresses (stereotypically from TheEighties) are more likely to be an OutdatedOutfit.
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28Also, while it's true that the first thing that comes in mind for the dress is the one worn by Creator/AudreyHepburn in ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' (as the page image above), [[FandomEnragingMisconception do]] '''[[FandomEnragingMisconception NOT]]''' mention it as a Chanel creation made in 1926, like most fashion articles do. Though the concept of the Little Black Dress is Chanel's, the specific one Hepburn wore was created by Hubert de Givenchy in 1961.
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30Compare LadyInRed, EtherealWhiteDress, PrincessesPreferPink, GracefulLadiesLikePurple, TrueBlueFemininity, FairytaleWeddingDress, SimpleYetOpulent, HighClassGloves, FashionsNeverChange.
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32Contrast FashionDissonance, IWasQuiteAFashionVictim.
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34!!Examples:
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38[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
39%%* Chane Laforet from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''.
40%%* Eve from ''Manga/BlackCat''.
41%%* Clare's outfit in the second volume of the ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' manga probably fits this trope.
42%%* [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Lust]] from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
43%%* Yuno Gasai wears one of these in episode 19 of ''Manga/FutureDiary''.
44%%* Shizuki and Yuzuki from ''Manga/HekikaiNoAion''. Shizuki wears a long one and Yuzuki wears a black MinidressOfPower.
45%%* Mio from ''Manga/KOn''. Which is funny, seeing as in the fandom, she's a "[[LauncherOfAThousandShips little black dress]]"...
46* Akari from ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'' wears black dresses with a full-lengthed skirt as part of her "uniform" while working at Mikako's Ginza bar.
47%%* Nami and Robin wore Little Black Dresses in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld''.
48%%* Kuugen Tenko in ''Literature/OurHomesFoxDeity'' 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!
49%%* Blue/Green (the girl) from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' wore one, combined with white gloves, until the ''[=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]'' arcs, when she was given a new outfit to match her game counterpart. She was based on an unused female protagonist for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', who ended up being revamped for the remake games. Blue is a bit flirty but is a toned-down variant due to her young age.
50* ''Manga/ShamanKing'': Anna Kyoyama's iconic outfit is a black mini dress.
51%%* One-time villainess Eris from ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' had a Stripperific variation of this trope.
52* 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 OldMaid ex-girlfriend. She shows up to the interrogation in a slinky little black dress, which has about the desired effect.
53-->'''BJ:''' Do... do you ''[[HotTeacher teach]]'' wearing that?
54%%* Golden Darkness and her sister, Mea Kurosaki, from ''Manga/ToLoveRu''.
55* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', a short sleeveless one, with a white necktrim and hem, forms one half a major part of Misato Katsuragi's IconicOutfit, the other major part being her red officer's jacket.
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58[[folder:Comic Books]]
59%%* ComicBook/JeanGrey has worn a few:
60%%** Early into Chris Claremont's run on ''X-Men'', she wears one on a date with Cyclops. Since the date is ruined by Sentinels abducting her, she spends the rest of the storyline in it (forcing the dress to suffer an ActionDressRip from Wolverine), right up until she becomes/is empowered by/replaced by the Phoenix.
61%%** One in ''Comicbook/XFactor'' #1 in a scene where she meets Scott again, and then declares she won't stand by with mutant hatred growing.
62%%** Another was worn in #51-53. The dress is obviously not meant to keep warm in winter weather, so [[PrettyInMink she buys a fur coat]], a white one, to complement the dress.
63* In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', Queen wears a beautiful seductive black dress in her debut issue and wears similar ones in the issues after it. She's both beautiful and [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery deadly]] wearing it, easily able to defeat Spidey several times.
64* Gwen Stacy wears a jaw-dropping version in ''ComicBook/SpiderManBlue''.
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67[[folder:Fan Works]]
68* Tsuruya in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has one, and she wears it to a movie. With Kyon, his sister and Miyoko.
69%%* [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/ Silverwingfox]] has drawn some pictures of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon heroines in these dresses. [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Black-Yet-Again-213366755 Here]], [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Black-for-the-Last-Time-215300222?q=gallery%3Asilverwingfox%2F8638920&qo=9 here]], [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-The-Black-Again-210047911?q=gallery%3Asilverwingfox%2F8638920&qo=14 here]], and [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-The-Black-209479645?q=gallery%3Asilverwingfox%2F8638920&qo=15 here]].
70* Twilight in ''Fanfic/{{Hard Reset|Eakin}}'' 'borrows' one, after stealing the perfect earrings.
71-->''Ew, I got changeling splattered all over my new dress!''
72%%* The pro wrestling story, ''A Ring Of Their Own'' has a scene where Wrestling/MichelleMcCool dons one and tries to seduce Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield in an effort to find out who her opponent will be in the opening round of the FWF's title tournament to crown their first champion. JBL doesn't bite.
73* Chloe of the Vermilion in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'' wears a black dress with fireball decals on the side. This is to highlight that she's an alternate version of the Chloe Cerise from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' as that Chloe wears a white dress with blue sealife decorating the collar and waist.
74* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, thirteen-year-old tomboy and TykeBomb Famke Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons is co-opted into the Assassins' Guild School's orchestra to be part of the percussion section in a prestige performance. Her music teacher and her mother have to explain that for the perfomance, she will, whether she likes it or not, meet the Dress Code for female orchestral musicians, which is a long black evening dress and a more graceful, feminine, hairstyle.
75* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': A (non-canon) omake has Naruto bringing Tsunade wearing one of these, showing off her ample rack to Killer B in order to convince him to help Naruto train in the use of his tailed beast. Tsunade is not amused.
76* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': Misty wears one for a nightclub date with Ash during the Indigo League. Ash himself and many others at the club are enticed by it.
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79[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
80* ''Film/TwentyFirstCenturySerialKiller'': Erin wears a black dress on her date night out with [[TheProtagonist Aaron]].
81%%* Angela in ''Angel-A'' wore one, looked ridiculously good in it.
82%%* Creator/NicoleKidman in ''Film/BatmanForever''.
83* ''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. Notably, although she changes her accessories constantly, she never appears in any dress ''but'' the black dress, implying she's trying desperately to look richer than she actually is.
84* In the first film adaptation, ''Literature/BridgetJones'' wears two such dresses in the film, each having to do with [[BettyAndVeronica Daniel and Mark]].
85* ''Film/ClownKill'': [[TheProtagonist Jenny]] wears a black sleeveless dress on her first day back to work.
86* ''Film/DearDiary'': Annie uses this exact phrase when seeing a black dress in a fashion store. At the end when her husband gets a look at it, it helps revive their stagnant sex life.
87* Subverted in ''Film/TheDuff''. Bianca dressed in one to the party with intention to get the guy but exposed her to the concept of "DUFF" and get pissed off instead, and she (and her friends) fired up the sewing machine to mix and match the LBD with her black/red plaid T-shirt and created the dress she really shines in.
88* In the film version of ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', Dominique wears a dress, with [[PrettyInMink an ermine-trimmed neckline]], to the opening party of Roark's first major building.
89* While it's true that Chanel launched the LBD in 1926 in Paris, the film ''Film/It1927'', starring Creator/ClaraBow in her modified work clothes, that [[http://glamourdaze.com/2016/03/screen-debut-of-the-little-black-dress-1927.html kickstarted the dress trend in Hollywood]].
90%%* In the Creator/DorisDay film, ''It's A Great Feeling'', Patricia plays herself in the film wearing that dress.
91* ''Film/{{Lucy}}'': By accessing more than 10% of her brain's power, Creator/ScarlettJohansson turns into a superhuman computer. So naturally, she wears a little black dress.
92* In ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', Miranda has a couple of dresses to wear for her date. Daniel in disguise tries to convince her to go with the older, and more frumpy, black dress, and it doesn't work.
93* Creator/AudreyHepburn's little black dress in ''Film/Sabrina1954''. It was actually designed by Hubert de Givenchy, but in a power grab, Paramount costume designer Edith Head took credit for all of the clothes worn in the film.
94* In ''Film/ShockTreatment'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', there's a whole song called ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Little Black Dress]]''.
95* ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'': When the Devil turns up to buy Jabez Stone's soul--a deal that is sealed by the two of them having sex--she is wearing a little back dress with NavelDeepNeckline, which she reveals to him via SexyCoatFlashing.
96%%* [[http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2004_spiderman_2_003.html Kirsten]] [[http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/1/m/1mukyp9b9u2j9b2y.jpgin Dunst]] in ''Film/SpiderMan2''. [[http://heavyarmor.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mj.png And 3]]
97* DoubleSubverted in ''Film/TrueLies''. When told to "dress sexy", Helen puts on one with huge frills that seriously date it. Then she looks really hard in a mirror and [[RipTailoring rips the frills off as part of her impromptu self-makeover]], and the dress fit a more timeless style.
98* ''Film/RisingSun'': The DisposableSexWorker wears one when she's murdered, serving to make her corpse DropDeadGorgeous.
99* ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartment14F'': Red, the call girl living one floor below Bradly, is introduced wearing one while she's with a customer.
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102[[folder:Literature]]
103* There's an actual publishing company, specialising in ChickLit, called Little Black Dress Books. Including this trope in some form is probably a contractual obligation.
104* Used as a metaphor in Creator/AlFranken's ''The Truth (with jokes)''. Al quotes a blogger who referred to the 9/11 attacks as "[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush's]] LittleBlackDress" -- just as the dress can be slipped on for any social occasion, the 9/11 attacks could be used as the justification for any policy he wanted to pursue.
105* 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 men.
106* ''Literature/JustJuliet'': Lena describes the dress she puts on to her first date with Juliet as this, even using the term exactly. Juliet later also wears one.
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109[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
110* A character attempting to vamp Captain Sheridan on ''Series/BabylonFive'' wears an exact copy of Creator/AudreyHepburn's ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' classic black dress.
111* In the premiere of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy is shown holding up dresses in front of her to decide what to wear to the Bronze. Her comment on the black dress is "Hi, I'm an enormous slut!" Sure enough, Buffy wears a little black dress while doing her notorious MatingDance with Xander the following year.
112%%* 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 quite well.
113* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
114** One episode had a trio of female crooks who robbed a jewelry store while dressed as Creator/AudreyHepburn in ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys''.
115** Stella wore [=LBDs=] on several dates, including the one she changed into before leaving work in the season 1 finale, "What You See Is What You See." This was one time Mac definitely *didn't* IgnoreTheFanservice.
116** Christine had several [=LBDs=], too. The one she wore on their date in the season 9 Valentine's Day episode prompts Mac to gush, "You're breathtaking."
117* When Series/{{Frasier}} brought Daphne as his date to a very exclusive club in the second season, she did so in a LBD that was clearly invoking Hepburn, right down to the gloves, pearl necklace and even wearing her hair in a bun.
118* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
119** 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.
120** In season eight Rachel shows up at Monica's Halloween party in a black, strapless dress despite specific instructions that everyone was supposed to come in costume. When Monica challenges her on it Rachel claims she's dressed as "woman who spent a lot on a dress and wants to wear it before she's too pregnant to fit into it". Monica lets it go on the proviso she get to borrow the dress once Rachel is too big for it.
121%%* ''Series/FullerHouse'': In the third episode, DJ wears a very tiny one.
122%%* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' often features versions, the best example during the "Rumor Has It/Someone Like You." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2tssJv5HY mashup]] in Season 3.
123* In the first episode of ''Series/TheLoneGunmen'', the heroes run into a bearded fellow in a suit while he's committing a crime. Moments later, before leaving the scene of the crime, the guy strips off "his" suit, beard, and wig, to reveal the show's new female antagonist in an LBD - which fit well under her disguise and didn't stand out in public.
124* Almost all the main female characters on ''Series/MadMen'' have worn a black dress at least one time during the series.
125* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Midge's standard outfit for standup comedy is a simple black cocktail dress.
126* On ''Series/{{Obliterated}}'', Ava wears one to the party following the completion of their mission. Because of the team being called back in after it's discovered the suitcase nuke they seized is a fake and the real one is still in play, she winds up wearing it for the rest of the show.
127* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Sameen Shaw prefers casual wear, but wears a cleavage-revealing black dress whenever she's required to ShowSomeLeg.
128%%* [[http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/sex%20and%20the%20city.jpg Several]] [[http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/main/images/2007/05/26/sex_and_the_city.jpg publicity]] [[http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/Sex%20and%20the%20City.jpg photos]] of the girls of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'', in addition to the numerous times they wore some in the show.
129* [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Dean's Crossroad Demon]] in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' always wears a sexy little black dress.
130* The Little Black Dress is listed as one of the ten must-have fashion items in ''Tim Gunn's Guide to Style''.
131* ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Iris West is [[ShipperOnDeck trying to get]] 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.
132* ''Series/ShesGottaHaveIt'': Nola gets a sexy, very expensive one in an episode to help feel better about herself. It doesn't work out though, as she gets more attention than she'd like.
133* ''Series/{{Impeachment}}'': Resident {{Fashionista}} Monica Lewinsky wears a few classic (and sexy) black dresses that showcase her voluptuous curves to their advantage, one in one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOybwCBwoI4&ab_channel=FXNetworks show's promos]] where she is waiting to hear from President Bill Clinton and another one that shows off her ample cleavage while at Linda Tripp's Christmas party in a soft, flowy fabric that follows her contours.
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136[[folder:Music]]
137%%* ''She was a long cool woman in a black dress...''
138* "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)" by Chris Young makes use of this trope.
139-->Walking' thru the front door / Seein' that black dress hit the floor...
140%%* Music/EdithPiaf always wore one on stage.
141%%* Lena Meyer-Landrut won the Series/EurovisionSongContest in 2010 wearing one.
142* The second verse of "Since You Brought It Up" by James Otto:
143-->You been lookin' for that little black dress\
144You found the perfect one today\
145Yeah, it's just hangin' in the closet\
146You wanna wear it in the worst of ways
147* In the music video of Selena Gomez's "Round and Round," she wears a black dress under her trenchcoat.
148* In the chalga song, "Moqt nomer" by Teodora & DJ Jerry:
149-->Little black dress next the skin / and hot body underneath
150* "Tiffany Blews" by Fall Out Boy:
151-->Oh, baby, you're a classic, like a little black dress...
152* In the music video of Cinderella's "Shake Me", the Cinderella character has a poster of the band, which comes to life and transports her to one of their shows, where's she's wearing an 80s version of a little black dress.
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155[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
156* GLORY posted a picture of [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] in a black dress to prove she ''[[SheCleansUpNicely could]]'' be [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak chic and feminine]] away from the ring.
157* 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) [[BringMyRedJacket blood]] gets on it. (It's the same reason Lady Demonique, Disiple, Monster Pain, etc wear black)
158* Rayna Von Tosh (first graduate of the Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} academy seen in Wrestling/{{WSU}}, Wrestling/{{Chikara}} and surrounding promotions) has worn a little black dress with red decorations, presumably to go with her pinup girl gimmick.
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161%%[[folder:Theatre]]
162%%* The title character of ''Theatre/SweetCharity'' wears one of these. Exactly how long she wears it depends on the production, but in the original production, she had it on for the whole show.
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165[[folder:Toys]]
166* The first collection of the Franchise/{{Barbie}} Basics was focused entirely on little black dresses, all the twelve dolls wearing some interpretation of the little black dress, with fashion packs consisting only on accessories, in order to adapt the dresses to different situations.
167* In the ''WesternAnimation/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.
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170[[folder:Video Games]]
171* In ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'', to get by [[CoolestClubEver Nocturne Maze]]'s DressCode to search for an informant, Ann puts on a black dress called the Twilight Veil for easy access.
172* In ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine,'' one of the cartoons - Alice [[SpeciesSurname Angel]] - wears a short, strapless black dress adorned with only a white bow on the chest.
173* In ''VideoGame/BendyInNightmareRun'', Alice keeps her dress from ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' as her default outfit. Her [[UnlockableContent flamenco]] dress also has a short, strapless black dress as its base.
174* Rayne in ''VideoGame/BloodRayne 2'' begins the game in a black evening gown. Floor-length with [[SexySlitDress long slits up the sides]] and a NavelDeepNeckline; the little fabric remaining is thin enough to cling skin-tight.
175* ''VideoGame/TheConvenienceStore'': One night, a woman wearing a short black dress and shoes walks into the store. She gives the PlayerCharacter a protection talisman.
176* Ms. Walsh from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' wears one of these to go clubbing. The protagonist and Lauren, who are on a date at the time, run into her, and are shocked to find her ShakingTheRump, not least because she told them that the was going to a meeting with the school board after class.
177* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Blackberry sports one during the cruise ship segment, when everyone puts on some drip to blend in with the high class passengers. Zophy fits himself into a sharp white suit, so they get some extra light and dark out of the encounter.
178* An item in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is pre-war singer Vera Keyes's black dress. A female Courier can wear it (and it gives very slight armour, too). Male Couriers end up with it transforming into a tuxedo. Somehow.
179%%* One of Dizzy's pre-fight animation in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear X''.
180%%* Several dresses in ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' qualify, such as Enchanting Muse and Thrill. The flavor text for Enchanting Muse claims it "makes you become the Enchanting Muse on the dancing floor."
181* A female Commander Shepard can wear two over the course of the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series:
182** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' offers a spaghetti strap little black dress as part of her casual wardrobe. This one even includes her [[IconicItem N7 logo.]]
183%%** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Commander Shepard gets a leather one that squeaks in Kasumi Goto's Loyalty Mission. Once finished, the dress becomes available as casual wear aboard the Normandy.
184* Aya wears one when AtTheOperaTonight in the first ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''.
185* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}:
186** Green/Leaf from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. She never got to wear it outside of official art though due to her not appearing until ''Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green'' 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.
187** Meloetta from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is a humanoid legendary that resembles a small girl wearing one and changes depending on which form it's in.
188%%** Elite Four Karen in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''.
189%%** One of the girls' clothing options in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''.
190* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'':
191** Luste Teuber wears little black underwear, fingerless elbow gloves, and ZettaiRyouiki.
192** [[NaughtyNuns Lecht and Rink]] wear black nun attire.
193%%* The Boss can get one in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''. Appropriate for a tasteful evening cruising downtown..in a sewage truck and firing a filth cannon.
194* Carmelita Fox from ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' has one that she wears when not suffering from LimitedWardrobe syndrome, most noticeably in [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves the second game]] when attending a lavish party, and during the ending cutscene of [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves the third game]].
195%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'': [[spoiler:Elaine gets one when she willingly becomes [=LeChuck=]'s [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette demon bride]] in Chapter 5, and this black bridal dress has all the elements of a PimpedOutDress.]]
196%%* Lara Croft wears a very {{Fanservice}}y one of these during the Japan mission of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend.''
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199[[folder:Webcomics]]
200* In ''Webcomic/TheChapelChronicles'', the main character, [[http://chapelchronicles.com Chapel Smith]], wears a little black dress in almost every strip. It’s one of her fundamental characteristics.
201* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', during the Grace's Birthday arc, Nanase gives Ellen a little black dress to wear. It's the first time Ellen, an OppositeSexClone of Elliot, has ever worn anything remotely feminine, and she's quite embarrassed by the ordeal.
202* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' is a SexComedy with a fair amount of {{Fanservice}}, so most of the female cast are good-looking. They sometimes wear [=LBDs=] on moderately special occasions, with some effect. These tend to be the overtly sexy, bust-flaunting type.
203** [=DiDi=] [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/c-monnn wears a little black dress]] for her date with Sandra, and later for [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-perfect-evening a date with Matt]].
204** Wannabe FemmeFatale Sonya carefully chooses her dress for a contest of sex appeal with the more girlish Yuki. [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-real-woman The effect is pretty much weapons-grade.]]
205** Porn star Chanelle [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/i-am-not-picky wears one for a night out on the town.]]
206%%* In ''Webcomic/OutThere'', The little black dress is a favorite of both [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100828.html Miriam]] and [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20081225.html Sherry]].
207* 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 [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sticky-dilly-buns/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 killer legs, does indeed make a short-skirted LBD look very good.)
208* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', putting one on buxom Monica [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/09242001/ results]] in a DistractedByTheSexy effect on an innocent bystander.
209* In ''{{Webcomic/Rhapsodies}}'', "[[StatuesqueStunner Blossom]]'' [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/a-very-little-dress/ wears an especially small one to a party]]. (Apparently she found it in a bargain bin, one size fits all) Her friends wonder which end of it will have a [[WardrobeMalfunction wardrobe malfunction]] first.
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213* While usually not her style, in [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe's]] second episode of "Hotel Awesome", WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick wore a cleavage-happy, nicely fitting black dress to flirt with him. [[labelnote:Actually...]][[ManipulativeBitch ...to lull him into cleaning her toilet.]][[/labelnote]]
214* This term is [[https://ppc.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Black_Dress used]] in ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' to mean LauncherOfAThousandShips, the reasoning being that a little black dress is easy to coordinate with and "goes with everything".
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218* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' is iconic for her little black dress, though the Technicolor cartoons dyed it red.
219%%* Donna from ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' wear this occasionally.
220* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'':
221** Several in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', given that Bruce hangs out around affluent people. Even Barbara Gordon has a mini one.
222** In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', in order to get acquainted with society, Franchise/WonderWoman decides to attend a formal ball, wearing a new, nice, black dress.
223** 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.
224-->'''Terry:''' (''after a long pan up of her in the dress'') Never seen you in a dress before. (''grins'') You look good.
225* 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").
226* Jez on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' wears one at all times as part of her LimitedWardrobe.
227* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' wore one of these in "Emotion Sickness", to show that she's feeling a bit saucy towards Ron.
228* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E24TheManeAttraction The Mane Attraction]]," pop star Rara ends up wearing a simple black dress for her concert, contrasting the gaudy outfit her [[TheSvengali Svengali]] of a manager previously dressed her in.
229* As of the website's first update in over a year and a half, ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom'''s heavily-expanded wardrobe (which originally consisted of a medium-sized black dress, which actually seems to have been pushed out of the picture entirely) includes such a dress.
230* Drew Saturday in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' episode "Guess Who's Going To Be Dinner" when she and Doc go on an anniversary date.
231* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Queen Wrathmelior Lucitor, Tom Lucitor's mother, wears a black dress while attending the Silver Bell Ball. It's much simpler and saucier than the Elizabethean-style dresses worn by the Butterfly Queens and the Queens of other queendoms in attendance.
232* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Lard of the Dance", Lisa dons one to get a date for the dance.
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235* The "revenge Dress," as worn by Princess Diana, is probably one of the most famous examples.
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