The little black dress stars in Tullie House exhibition

Every woman is meant to have one - a little black dress to suit those special occasions.

The LBD, as it has become affectionately known, has been worn by a variety of women, in a variety of styles over the past hundred years.

Now Tullie House in Carlisle is paying homage to the little black dress in a new exhibition.

Appropriately dressed, Alison Freeman went to covet some couture.