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The dress was a reworked version of a dress that Madonna had earlier appeared in for a Vanity Fair cover shoot with photographer Steven Meisel

If your midi dress has edgy elements like the zip on the COS dress (below), it will work well with edgier shoe choices like chunky sandals

See in the picture how the lines are parallel to each other until the flare starts

If you need to use fashion tape to make it work, thats probably a good sign the dress is a no

And its a good dress, but it definitely needed that belt, non

Ruching creates a defined waist illusion with textural interest, while draping offers smooth, flowing coverage