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This self-sufficiency makes a short sleeve cocktail dress practical as well as elegant, ready for an event without the need to plan a separate cover-up, and it means one fewer thing to carry and keep track of through the night

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The double-breasted suit reinforces the most sophisticated part of the cocktail dress for men, while the shirt breaks with the most predictable combinations and updates the ensemble with a subtle but very effective gesture