women's black belt for dress Belts Lauren Ralph Lauren Women's Pebbled

As for Okerulu, she doesn't shy away from a ball gown and a pair of sneakers

Getty Images On rare occasions, Ive spotted women wearing sleek sneakers with true maxi dresses and really pulling it off, but the vast majority of the time I find not allowing any skin to peek out between the two winds up dragging your whole outfit down, making it feel bottom heavy and dowdy

I avoid too much gather right at the sleeve head, because it creates puff shoulder, not bishop sleeve

Asymmetrical wrap V-neckline

However, the mental processing involved in colour perception does leave room for interpretation and ambiguity, especially when the nature of the background illumination is unclear as is the case with the photo of the dress (another illusion that hacks the limitations of this aspect of our visual system is the checker shadow illusion)

Formal is slightly more ambiguous but generally sits just below black tie