THE STORY OF: Coco Chanel's Little Black Dress 29Secrets Pictured at the showing of the Coco Chanel Spring and Summer 1966 collection is this lacquered black silk diamond weave short evening dress with the skirt slit in the front revealing a Evening dress, Chanel, 1925 Silk satin, lace, crystal beads Phoenix Art Museum (1968.C.648) This 1925 evening dress by Coco Chanel reflects the shift of the decadeaway from structure and toward ease. House of Chanel Evening dress French The Metropolitan Museum of Art Long dress Silk, black Fashion CHANEL Little black dress phenomenon explored in new exhibition The Independent