A Very Slight Fashion Footnote: The 'Supremes Effect' & The 'Little Black Dress'

**Methuselah2** · 02-12-2016, 09:14 AM

Sorry--Couldn't resist.
But it sure said 'Supremes' to me.

[[Hope the subject heading provided enough about what this was about--i.e., not music.)

Diana, Mary, & Florence:

http://rbk.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/14/51/...upremes-s2.jpg

And Susan Sarandon:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...15_634x883.jpg

**Sharpmoves** · 02-12-2016, 02:59 PM

Nice try Methuselah, but I think it was Audrey Hepburn, not the Supremes, that set the trend.
http://thefashionfoot.com/2012/09/10...e-black-dress/

**jobucats** · 02-12-2016, 03:31 PM

That picture of the Supremes was the first visual I ever had regarding what these awesome ladies looked like. I thought Diana looked so much older than Mary and Florence in this picture [[and not in a bad way.) Great memory!

**Methuselah2** · 02-12-2016, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Sharpmoves

Nice try Methuselah, but I think it was Audrey Hepburn, not the Supremes, that set the trend.
http://thefashionfoot.com/2012/09/10...e-black-dress/

No problem there, Sharpmoves. No intent to take anything away from Hepburn's impact on the 'little black dress' popularity. I was merely surprised when I came across the photo of Sarandon and saw what looked like a dress that could possibly--only possibly, and only her dress specifically--owe something to the one The Supremes had worn years earlier--in reference to the shoulder treatment. I was just 'connecting the dots' . . . admittedly dots that might not have ever been there.

**Methuselah2** · 02-12-2016, 04:12 PM

Enjoyed the article you attached, Sharpmoves. And Jobucats, your recollection about seeing that early Supremes photo, as well. Thanks both for posting.

**blueskies** · 02-12-2016, 05:52 PM

This was the first pic I ever saw of The Supremes. It was love at first sight and has been ever since. The 'little black dress' never looked better....regardless of who set the trend!