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Dress
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WONDER The rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary:
Vaquera's autumn/winter 2019 collection explored notions of home and domesticity. The design trio-known for their campy sensibility and fashion-outsider status played with exaggerated volumes and the relationships between interiors and dress. Named ''The Big Pretty" by the designers, this dress of purple and white silk taffeta with an outsize replica of a stick-on bow at the shoulder represents a housewarming gift. Its tiered flounces and triangular silhouette recall the extreme proportions of mid-nineteenth century crinolines and the shapes of youthful baby doll dresses.
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