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"In actuality, there were plenty of black dresses before that date, including many by Chanel herself, and black was already a fashionable colour but there's something about this moment and the way it embodies the modernising spirit of the 1920s." That moment is how the new show begins the largest fashion exhibition the National Museum of Scotland has ever staged - a simple crepe de chine dress made by Chanel in 1926, borrowed from the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin

Design:Square neckline with spaghetti straps

Black tie dresses are also different from other types of formal dresses in their length, with most styles featuring a floor-length hemline that adds to their sense of grandeur

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Shortlist three styles, try them on at home for a full day, note any slip or pinch, and keep the one that feels best