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The dress has short adjustable sleeves, 4 pockets and a matching belt

I remember making one, but for the life of me I cant picture what colour I made it

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Contrast: 50% Cotton, 40% Polyester, & 10% Viscose

More likely they just wanted to project a little subliminal assurance: We are still pure and uncorrupted, still the young woman who wore white both to wed and to bed you

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