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That being said, there's been an influx of swishy black dresses flying off the shelves despite the ridiculously high temperatures we've been facing lately

Sure, some Y2K artefacts like the wraparound aviators have resurfaced, and the seemingly eternal winters have brought back the mob wife aesthetic along with some '80s nostalgia, but it's 1990s fashion that seems to be returning with a vengeance

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The idea really came to me after the gala in September last year

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