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Its effortless California cool at its best

Whisper satin fabric offers a luminous finish to this glam gown

Can I wear blush pink to a formal evening event

Cut shorter than a mini for a breezy, throw-on-and-go feel, its finished with mother-of-pearl buttons at the center front

I used a black felt tip pen (click here for my blog post about the BEST PENS for this stuff!!) for the black stripes, a slightly dry-brushed white gouache for the horizontal stripes, and gouache for the orange (I could have used quality colored pencils or pastel pencils for that, too.) Using the paint and brush to create the contour is one way