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A bubble hem keeps things playful while dazzling sequins give main character energy

Right: Cotton knit maxi with striated navy and white lines has an underwear neckline in a Wallace Beery mood, by Knitique, $28

After looking at such crazy prints and so much color and logos for years, a black dress in your feed now feels soothing. (This is probably also why so many shoppers are drawn to quiet luxury brands.) Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology and author of The Black Dress, agrees: After being deluged by color, people are rediscovering the appeal of black. In fact, Steele observes, theres a parallel between the moment of peak color saturation when the little black dress first came into being and our own

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