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Why it works
One black dress with a slit that does all the talking — the cut is the drama, so everything else stays quiet. The save is the red heel: a color you wear eight nights a year should never cost four figures, and the high-street pair reads just as loud across the room. Spend where the hand goes — the bag and the blazer are what dinner actually inspects.
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