maxi dress linen with Pockets and side pockets Kerra Smocked Linen Maxi Dress

Even this one dress has a fascinating connection to Mackie's own story: it was on display in the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge in 2016, and sold by Julien's Auction to Ripley's Believe It Or Not for $4.81 million

Surveying 13,000 people, some of whom I found via my writing about the dress on Slate, I found that peoples assumptions about the light source strongly affected the colors they saw

OUTSMART THE SUN WITH SUNSMART CLOTHING Stay outside longer with our sun-busting gear that blocks 97.5% of the sun's UV rays, about 10 times more than a white cotton tee

It feels very West Coast casual summer to me

Fabrics to avoid for empire: heavy brocade (overwhelms the high seam), stiff taffeta (defeats the release-from-seam quality), and unstructured rayon (slumps below the seam)

The dress, which is in fact blue and black, sparked intense discussion when some insisted, they saw the colors as white and gold