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This duality, between the desire for luxury and the necessity of practicality, continues to define fashion today

Yes, a midi is entirely appropriate, especially for semi-formal, daytime, garden, and outdoor weddings

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Alexandra Ilyashov is the former interim Fashion Features Director at Cosmopolitan and a longtime freelance editor and writer, covering the fashion, food, lifestyle, cannabis, and wellness industries for over a dozen years for outlets like New York Magazine, Glamour, InStyle, Fashionista, Eater, WSJ

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