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Even fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker ditched tradition and wore black for her 1997 wedding to Matthew Broderick

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Gen X women in the early 2000s pulled it forward from the '90s and gave it sex appeal, and it's still showing up on the runways now." Ochs underscores its enduring relevance, noting, "Sleek and elongating