It’s been called the always-fashionable classic and the indispensable wardrobe staple. This month until June, the National Museum pays tribute to the Little Black Dress by showcasing 16 black dresses collected from the 1950s to 2000s, with displays from superstars of the fashion world.

Viona Wang posts a review of the exhibition on Rock The Trend:

It is amazing how designers use different black materials to being out different shades of black in these dresses, and improvise designs using embroidery, sequins, prints, jewels and diamonds. The curator’s favourite piece, created by Rei Wawakubo for Comme des Garçons, uses a structured black wool jacket and a collared silk dress to juxtapose feminine versus masculine.

While we can certainly go on further describing every piece of treasure this exhibition displays, but getting up close and personal with these dresses designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chloe (when was the head of design at the French house), Dries Van Noten, Hubert de Givenchy, Lanvin pre-Alber Elbaz, Christian Dior, Azzedine Alaia, Thierry Mugler and Benny Ong, and traditional Cheongsams kindly donated by Mdm Zhuo Yu Chun, is a chance not to be missed.

Read her full review here. Beauty in Black: A Display of 16 Dresses from 1950s to 2000s is exhibiting now at the National Museum of Singapore until June 13.