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Cocktail attire was first popularised in the 1920s as women in the US moved into the public social sphere and sought to find more individuality and shed the more confining gender stereotypes of the Edwardian era, Michelle Gabriel, graduate programme director of Glasgow Caledonian New York College says

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It fits snugly at the bodice and gradually flares out, creating a graceful shape that suits all body types

While it could never be business formal, its a situation that brings business formal closer to business casual

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