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She changed that relationship between the garment and the body, says Danielle Whitfield, senior curator of fashion and textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria (Australia), dressing the female form in a different way, liberating femininity. The American market was the most enthusiastic about the little black dress and how accessible it seemed to be, following the introduction of the Ford dress in Vogue