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The Courtly Renaissance Dress is made from high-quality dark blue velvet and gold baroque damask

If you add minced pickles/relish to Russian dressing, youll push it closer to Thousand Island (still delicious, just a slightly different lane)

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Polo shirts, short-sleeve tops, and unlined blazers are ideal

The key is to gauge the event's toneleaning towards more formal attire for professional settings and embracing a smart-casual vibe for social occasions

Im a sucker for anything made from lace and I love that the back is open and tied with a ribbon a very lovely touch. My only peeve was that the skirt was probably that little too poofy for my liking, but left to hang for a couple of days and itd probably drop a little