black dress stars Womens Lipsy Sequin Star Velvet Long Sleeve Mini US 2 The presence of beautifully embroidered stars and a crescent moon adds an ethereal touch to the dress Aria Starry Dress– Teuta Matoshi

As we all know, black can be a great base to use as a backdrop to play with colour and texture, whether you opt for a vibrant hue shoe or bag, or lean into the summer mood by introducing raffia accessories

And where better to glean inspiration than the 90s

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It wasn't that a woman of Gautreau's station in society would not pose as a model (after all, no scandal was attached to her later posing for two other artists), it was that Sargent was seen as having openly defied convention by flaunting the woman's immoral lifestyle