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These gowns would often show no cleavage in the front, yet plunge darlingly in the back

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The magazine's editors predicted the dress would "become sort of a uniform for all women of taste." The outlet notes that little black dresses were already linked to the working class and those in mourning, but as it found its way into magazines and showrooms, the dress became popular for upper-class women as well