A more structured shoulder for womens clothes begins to emerge in 1930s fashion, beginning to resemble the iconic 1940s utility suits
"If you imagine your eyes and brain are like a camera, it might set to the setting of outdoor and then it processes the visual information in one way - or it might be set to indoor and then it processes information in a different way," explains Marie Rogers, who researches cognition and colour perception at the University of Sussex
The appropriateness of a slit depends heavily on the venue and the overall balance of the dresss design
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