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DOLCE & GABBANAdress in black, corset design, faux-patent leather, strapless, open back, zip & hook eye closure, logo jacquard satin lining, fitted

The sequins, beads, and crystals are sewn into the mesh fabric on this dress to not-so-subtly shimmer in the light

Photo by Hannah Blackmore Photography

I dont like to use fabric softener on my laundry and Ive been wearing it with cotton tights, so that could be why too, but I fought with it for this whole photo shoot

It not only shows us an immaculately recreated world hitherto ignored by the movies (the black neighbourhoods of late '40s LA), but locates race, alongside more familiar elements like money and power, as a central motivating force for the various characters' actions