Behind nearly every item in the feminine wardrobe there is a first of its kind that has spawned countless others. While the definitive example--often created by a single--has achieved icon status, its various reinterpretations, season after season, have become fashion staples. Take Coco Chanel's short, simple black dress first published in American Vogue in 1926, for instance. Vogue predicted that the LBD would become 'a sort of uniform for all women...