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Embed from Getty Images Christian Dior who designed clothes in this silhouette used boned corsets and bustier type bodices and petticoats and lots of fabric to create a voluminous skirt that flares down from the waist along with even hip padding to give the look of a very curvy figure he termed it the Aline collection

(Depending on how the length works on you, this dress would even be appropriate for somber occasions, such as a funeral.) The stretch wool fabric is both polished and practical

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