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If you have two halloween parties to go to this weekend, you could double up on this dress and easily wear it with black tights or knee highs, antennas and wings to be a lady bug (shop the $10 set here)

I imagined the dress would be relatively straightforward to sew but the challenge would be sewing it in silk

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Todays eye makeup is a little different from the traditional black smokey eyes

An open back also showed off some skin with strappy chevron-shaped cutouts

The addition of a jacket enhances the formality and structure of the look, making it suitable for winter weddings or indoor venues