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staud dresses beaded Le Sable Dress Ivory Colorful changing room on Color:BLACK001 A fully hand crochet sundress

Colorful changing room on sunny summer day at Centrums Badstrand sand beach in Hanko, Finland Stock Photo - Alamy

But Chanel was neither the first nor the only designer to embrace the style in the 1920s

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While getting decked out for a black-tie event can be relatively simple (buy it or rent it, you’ll never go wrong with a well-tailored black tux) the “cocktail” dress code is an altogether more intimidating proposition, requiring more interpretation and finesse

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