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Queen Victoria's wedding dress, trimmed with Honiton lace, was no exception

As a runner up (as a higher quality and higher priced pick), Stridewises #2 boot is the Oak Street Bootmakers Trench Boot

Former Secretary of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a regular at the event, wore a burgundy evening gown last year embroidered with the names of women who have marked milestones in US history, from Black activist Harriet Tubman to Eleanor Roosevelt and Madeleine Albright

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As popular culture favors traditional milkmaid dresses that cover-up women's bodies and celebrity women get backlash for showing skin, this sets the stage for young girls to face judgement no matter what they wear