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Unlike a traditional black tie dress code, no colors are off limits (except white, of course), so choose something that reflects the wedding and makes you feel your best

Andrew Stockman, a professor of investigative eye research at University College in London, tried to recreate the "dress effect" in the diagram below

In junior sizes, this short black cocktail dress has a square-neck bodice with sturdy shoulder straps that lead to the horizontal band that ties at the open back

And it's the more feminine version of the trucker hat if that feels like too much

Monroes hair was styled that night by Kenneth Battelle and her makeup was done by Marie Irvine