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A vibrant red or a deep burgundy on your nails can offer a subtle yet impactful pop of color against your all-black ensemble

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If I look at the brighter part, which is on the right side, and cover up the other side, it looks like a lighter color. By the way, Lystad sees the dress as a gray-blue color with gold stripes

The 1926 garment would go on to become a fashion staple, so well-known that it is often referred to simply by the acronym LBD. Its a mythic origin story, Georgina Ripley, a curator of modern and contemporary design at the National Museum of Scotland, tells BBC News Pauline McLean