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A velvet formal dress in burgundy or deep emerald for an October event is doing multiple things simultaneously: it keeps you warmer than satin would, it photographs richly under falls warm light, and it looks intentional rather than just I wore a formal dress to fall. The nap direction thing: velvet looks different depending on which way you run your hand across it, and quality velvet accounts for this in the cutting process
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