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Courtney Baldwin Courtney Arrington-Baldwin is the co-author of GROOMS: A Professional Stylists Guide to Wedding Planning for Every Budget

But we see them as wildly different colors because were adjusting for the light around them: The dress is an accidental example of an illusion So that brings us to the photo of the famous dress, which Williams says may be an accidental example of such an illusion. Lets look at it again: The key feature of the photo is that its very hard to tell how the dress is being lit

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On the 'gram, we got to peep the trend IRL thanks to street style favourites like Emili Sindlev tapping in early

Velvet, especially in jewel tones and black, looks rich and deep