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Tip #6: Ask Yourself, Is It Appropriate for the Occasion? As I alluded to in the introduction, an all-black outfit isnt the right choice for every occasion

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Off-duty, on edge

With a square neckline and short puffy pearl sleeves for a touch of sophistication

"Just look at the movies: only the bitches wear black...when it's seen on women, black's symbolically charged intimations of power, sexual knowing, and reversals of traditional passivity make it the color of choice for all those women the movies think we should be worried about," Wasson writes