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Wear under your summer slip dress You can still wear your summer dresses in the winter by adding some extra layers

And while its true that literally any of the other colors (like say, a classic Navy, bright Cornflower Blue, or punchy Vermilion Red) would have been more seasonably appropriate than a full swath of black in the middle of the summer, I just wasnt drawn to them the way I was drawn to the more mysterious black version

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