black and blue dress explained The return of the Black/Blue illusion more The actual dress was black

You can either choose from a fly-front placket, a pique bib front placket, or a pleated front placket

Bend to one side to find the crease on your side -that will be your natural waist Wrap the the tape around the narrowest part and keep the tape parallel to the floor and slightly loose to allow for breathing room Stand straight with your feet together and pull the tape around the widest part of your hips and rear

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"In actuality, there were plenty of black dresses before that date, including many by Chanel herself, and black was already a fashionable colour but there's something about this moment and the way it embodies the modernising spirit of the 1920s." That moment is how the new show begins the largest fashion exhibition the National Museum of Scotland has ever staged - a simple crepe de chine dress made by Chanel in 1926, borrowed from the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin

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The It couple of the time went for full-on denim and blinged out accessories in a look that could only belong to the early 2000s