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It was surely a fashion risk to wear the dcolletage-bearing strapless number, a frock very different from the quarter sleeve Temperley dresses Kate Middleton favors

The retailer has a wide variety of styles to offer, from casual options to petite formal dresses perfect for older ladies

Here's the thing, though

Last year I wore it non stop and for this year I wanted to find a piece that had that extra detail

Its a case of a stunning couture look and chic styling overwhelming or outright ignoring character and story in order to trick an audience into rooting for the type of character it would normally pity if not denounce