retro black dress Darlene Gingham Swing this dress hugs your curves while the crisscross halter neckline and sweetheart cut add a touch of sass Vintage Black Short Homecoming Dress

Good stretch, fully lined

"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

The pairing of black leather lace-up dress sneakerswith beige dress pants with a spread-collar button-down shirt

A banded waist tops the long a-line skirt that allows freedom of movement and finishes the look of this plus-size strapless sweetheart long prom dress that is surprisingly affordable, at under $150

Straps: Adjustable Spaghetti Straps