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Beach Wedding While picking out a bright, colorful dress may seem like the obvious option, there's something very elegant about wearing black to a beach weddingso long as the dress is flowy

Completed with a ribbon in the inner collar, this classic silhouette will fit perfectly into any wardrobe

Cassells Household Guide , which billed itself as an encyclopedia of domestic and social economy, summed up the problem like this, circa 1880: As a general rule, ladies do not like to see their maids dressed in the clothes they themselves have wornthe difference in the social scale of mistress and maid renders this unpleasing. But Cassells made one exception: a black or a dark-colored silk. Previously, a simple black dress meant a wealthy woman was dressing down. But by the 19th century, the black dress had become a staple of the lower and middle classes

Dress it up with a pair of white block heels, or keep things casual with a comfy set of kicks

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