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London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1968

This outfit suits a birthday dinner at a charming French bistro, a garden restaurant, or a daytime-to-evening celebration where you want to strike the balance between spirited and sophisticated

Betty Boop is iconic for her little black dress, though the Technicolor cartoons dyed it red

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One dining room is covered in taxidermied birds, another has huge windows looking out over leafy green trees and others are filled with statues and glitzy wallpaper