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Consider the timeless little black dress, which can traverse cocktail hour and a formal soire with equal success

If your outfit is already a bit varied with colors and prints, consider toning down to jewelry to balance your lookout

It is perfect for styling at garden parties and elevated events with free-spirited sandals

Dorothy Dandridge became the first Black woman nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (for Carmen Jones , 1954), in a red wrap skirt and black top that became iconic

You will get so much use out of it, and its under $30

Channel Steve Jobs and dawn a turtleneck Late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was the champion of the black turtleneck, a look later adopted by Theranos' infamous founder Elizabeth Holmes (via Yahoo)