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Its trajectory from couture commission to repeated public wearings, to its inclusion in the landmark 1997 charity auction, and finally to its acquisition by Historic Royal Palaces illustrates how a single garment can move through several distinct phases of cultural value

Jess Morris, Corra Corr, Charlotte Tilbury, Lucie de la Falaise, and Tish Weinstock all stuck to Mosss tried-and-tested partywear advice: Black, always black. And despite the models protestations that she never likes having her picture taken as herself, finding it much easier to embody a character in front of the lens, she looked every inch the glamorous hostess

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