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Perennially popular among the haute couture crowd, the little black dress celebrated a resurgence of sorts in 2006, the 80th anniversary of Chanel's design. In December, perhaps the best-known version of the dress, the little black Givenchy that Audrey Hepburn wore in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," was sold at auction for more than $800,000.

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"You can wear high heels or ballerina shoes, tights or bare leg, huge bags or evening clutches. You have all these options for re- creating," said Sasha Charnin Morrison, fashion director at US Weekly magazine, which recently did a spread on the little black dress. "You can show up at a party and a girl is wearing Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Twin Barrels MB-28 same little black dress, but it is how you make it yours. It is what makes you stand out in a sea of little black dresses.

It's a license to wear those funky paisley pumps that don't match anything else and can turn almost any look into a work of art. It flirts and flounces and flatters, hiding and hugging all the right places.

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"You can't go wrong with a little black dress," said Peters, a connoisseur of the fashion icon. "No matter the occasion, you can always pull one out."

Peters will don one of her favorite frocks at Thursday's opening of "The Little Black Dress," a collection she has gathered over four decades that chronicles the evolution of the famed dress throughout the 20th Century.

Held in honor of Women's History Month, the exhibition will run through March 31 at the Nehring Gallery in DeKalb, sponsored by several departments at Northern Illinois University. It is one of a number of exhibitions in this country, including one recently at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Twin Barrels MB-30 have paid homage to the little black dress.

Spanning 100 years of haute and not-so-haute couture, the DeKalb exhibition uses garments from each decade to tell the story of how the simple dress became intertwined with the history of the women who wore it.

Before World War I, what came to be called the little black dress had a complicated code, fashion experts say. It was considered unseemly for a young, unmarried woman to be caught wearing one unless she was in mourning.

But married high-society women, who typically changed outfits four or five times a day, often wore a black afternoon dress or evening gown. The dresses were restrictive, weighing as much as 5 pounds, with mounds of fabric and a fortress of heavy undergarments.

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Fifteen-year-old Larry Banks of Booker T. Washington High, an artist and youth vendor, couldn't get the smile to leave his face. Kristian Moore of Overton held a dance trophy high above her head. Emcee Amber Brewer of Kirby had three dress changes while Samantha Cooper of Central and Suzi Wheeler of Jaeger leCoultre Skeleton Mechanical JLC-31 showed that they could "rock with it and lean with it" on the runway. Afterwards, one student sent the show producer a text message saying, "Thank you for making one of my dreams come true."

Such were the memories made at this year's Prom Show Expo held Sunday, March 4, at the Holiday Inn on Mt. Moriah. Nearly 400 students, parents, grandparents, exhibitors and volunteers commandeered the site for the Mid-South's No. 1 Prom Show. Without a doubt, the fashion shows, sponsored by Unique Boutique, Guy's Tuxedos, David's Bridal and AfterHours Formal Wear, were the biggest hit.

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In addition to dance contest winner Kristian Moore, there were other contest winners, including Kirby High Teens for Peace, winner of the Step Show Contest, and Justin Hart, winner of the Talent Contest.

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Antonio "2 Shay" Parkinson, chairman of the Memphis Music Commission and founder of A Better Memphis, brought professional artists to perform.

Special thanks to Lex G, Gutta Boy, Nitty Gritty, Kinfolk Thugs and Kristyle, a student at Central High who made it plan that his grades came second to performing.

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The Prom Show 2007 was coordinated by public relations specialist Florence Howard. Photos from the show will be posted on the website at www.promshowexpo and on the TNT Photography website.

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Shares of Tiffany closed Monday at $45.63, up 0.3 percent, in trading Monday on the Big Board, with 3.2 million shares changing hands versus a three-month average trading volume of 1.5 million.

The Junior League of Tulsa Inc. is a nonprofit corporation comprised of nearly 1,000 women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the action and leadership of trained volunteers.

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Those coordinating the weekend include Belinda Hedgecock, Amy Greene, Regan Leake and Brooke Hamilton.

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American Girl committee members are Tiffany Culver, Jennifer White, Pamela Martens, Tracie Kutmas, Robin Crouch, Heather Reynolds, Kathleen Jones, Charlotte Cook, Sarah Rehm, Amy Kantor, Tanya Dillingham, Stephanie Brown, Glenis Davis, Jennifer Wailing, Jennifer Andrade and Kathie Moss

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Its new "Chic Boutique," a one-of-a-kind retail market, will feature fabulous vendors from across the region.

"The Junior League decided to add Chic Boutique in order to provide a unique spring shopping event for Tulsa. It is important to offer a wide variety of items not normally seen in Tulsa. With Easter, Mother's Day, graduations, and other upcoming special occasions, we thought it would be a perfect complement to our American Girl Fashion Show," said Janna Roberson, Junior League of Tulsa president.

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Tickets to the patron party are $55, and individual show tickets are $35. Tickets to American Girl include a three-day shopping pass to Chic Boutique.

Chic Boutique shoppers can choose from the wares of merchants such as the Posh Spot, Jingo Creek, Company's Comin', Marissa's Room, Red River Gourmet, Brushes and Bows, and many more.

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Chic Boutique begins at 6 p.m. March 29, with a Ladies Night preview party. A Boutique Brunch is scheduled from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. March 30.

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COLOR CODE: Benetton Group will introduce its first prescription glasses under the new licensing agreement with Allison SpA, inked last December, as a fun and colorful project called Dress Your Face.

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The line comprises six models featuring three different metallic styles each in golden, silver or gunmetal, with flexible temples. Three light rings can be superimposed to the frame, either covering its entire structure or circling only the lenses or their top half, for a total of 18 frames and 87 different bands.

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Photographer David Sims was tapped to shoot an ad campaign to promote the line. In August, the companies will unveil a full eyewear collection, including sunglasses. Benetton and Allison said they expected the license to generate annual sales of about 35 million euros, or $46 million at current exchange rates. The agreement runs through 2013.

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IN THE BAG: Handbag designer Anthony Luciano will host a two-day event on March 29 and 30 at Neiman Marcus in Atlanta. Luciano began selling to the exclusive department store in September 2006 and in the audience will be the 60 women who have each purchased a handbag since his debut.

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TOP DESIGN: Move over, Todd Oldham - there's a new design contest in town. The National Parks Conservation Association, Van Alen Institute and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation launched an international public design competition for the Gateway National Recreation Area, a 26,600-acre national park in the metropolitan area.

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