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"If you imagine your eyes and brain are like a camera, it might set to the setting of outdoor and then it processes the visual information in one way - or it might be set to indoor and then it processes information in a different way," explains Marie Rogers, who researches cognition and colour perception at the University of Sussex

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Its graceful cowl neckline drapes softly across the dcolletage, while delicate spaghetti straps lend a refined, feminine silhouette

Textile and cut are key here

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