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These days, thankfully, our ankles get a little bit of a break (love ya, flatforms) but be on the lookout for huge, colorful heels and '90s-beloved wooden clogs to be your new everyday shoes

Oh, and ask the hotel if you can slip into the room ahead of time and go all out with the decorations.

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and low-cut jeans, all-things-sequins and UGGs for the 2000s-inspired bachelorette party

(I had 97 percent of the data from the original run within a month of the dress release and could have published right then and there.) This brings me to the final reason why the dress is important: Its been over two years since the dress, but this paper and another one that just came out represent the first truly rigorous studies on the dress effect

Plus, all the bachelorette guests will love getting involved and coming up with their own spin on the theme