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Snip the seam allowance at the curve and trim away the corners so the collar can flip right-side out

Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris , for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation

And so I leave

After seeing the following outfits from It girls like Anna Wintour, Iman and Sarah Jessica Parker, you'll realise that so many of the It trends they were wearing to parties are eerily similar to today's (think bold-shouldered frocks and a healthy dose of sequins)