audrey hepburn givenchy black dress Hepburn, photographed in 1991, at Maison Givenchy, Paris The Little Black Dress Goes

For instance, wearing a satin navy dress with a matching navy shoe, or a matte dress and a shiny satin shoe

Wear yours with chunky boots or heeled sandals and one of our colorful mini paniers

Black dress by Who What Wear | sneakers by Steve Madden | bag by Staud | Lack of Color hat c/o Le Fleur | Quay Australia sunglasses Photography by Matt Thompson

A simple candid photograph of a dress ended up revealing differences in the way people perceive colours, with many unable to see the dress in its original black and blue

The hammer fell at Juliens Auctions on 17 November 2016, when the stunning garment, made of a seamless silk gauze showered in rhinestones, was purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not