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A casual maxi dress offers effortless elegance with its flowy silhouette

Sharon Stone Opera-length gloves may be trending right now, but this pair on Sharon Stone from 1993 proves that they were *always* a good idea

The outfit you choose to wear on this day becomes a part of that memory, immortalized in family photo albums and social media posts

However, if your dress is sleek and deliberately minimalistsuch as a smooth, unadorned crepe sheath or a 90s-inspired minimalist silk slipan embellished shoe is the absolute perfect, ingenious way to inject bold personality, rich texture, and high-octane glamour into the look