Duncan McGlynn / National Museum of Scotland Almost a century ago, Coco Chanel unveiled the original little black dress. The 1926 garment would go on to become a fashion staple, so well-known ...

"It was a democratisation and modernisation of women’s clothing," says Georgina Ripley, the principal curator of a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland that explores the evolution ...

Well that's the story anyway. And one of many told in Beyond The Little Black Dress, a new exhibition which opens at the National Museums of Scotland, external this weekend. "It's a mythic origin ...

Beyond The Little Black Dress, which launches at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh next month, will bring together more than 60 looks from collections and designers around the world.

But for National Museum of Scotland curator ­Georgina Ripley ... Borrowing the yellow felt Zandra Rhodes dress to wear to a 70s party is strictly forbidden. There is so much to wonder at in ...

A new exhibition at the National Museums of Scotland look back at the myth of the little black dress. The 700-year-old Declaration of Arbroath continues to inspire the country's independence movement.

An exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland adds costume jewelry to its display of the classic wardrobe staple. By Susanne Fowler Even the perfect little black dress occasionally needs a bit ...

It has been considered a staple of any fashionable wardrobe for almost a century, but the roots of the little black dress are nestled in the radical. That is made clear in the latest commission ...

Black satin dress, owned by Joanna Lumley, Jane & Jane by Jean Muir, 1964 This is one of the pieces chosen by curator Georgina Ripley from the National Museum of Scotland’s huge archive of Jean ...

A unique new dress incorporating nettles and horsehair sourced from the private residence of the King will go on display at the National Museum of Scotland next month. Created by fashion designers ...