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Ahead, see how Instagram users and content creators worked a lace-trimmed mini into Karen from "Mean Girls," a fringed silhouette into a '20s flapper with elbow-length gloves and a knotted strand of ivory pearls, a floor-sweeping maxi into a dead bride, and a velvet, off-the-shoulder skater dress into a cat

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Just look at that shine

Whether you go with a shorter cocktail dress or a floor-length gown, a formal dress code usually calls for dresses made of fabrics with shine or structure