Fashion

It's Official: "LBD" is in the Dictionary!

Published on August 19, 2010

The little black dress has been a style staple for decades, but only today has its abbreviation, LBD (one of our favorites!), become an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Celebrate by nabbing a super chic LBD for under $150!

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