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If you choose to wear a long dress, the secret to making it work perfectly for a civil ceremony is to focus intensely on the sleekness of the silhouette rather than the width of the volume

I am five-foot-one, usually wear a size 18, and have incredibly short legs

This blue and white shift dress was a favorite last summer

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Last month Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, married his long-term partner, Priscilla Chan, who wore a simple lace slip design by Claire Pettibone (in a surprise ceremony that guests initially thought was a party to celebrate Chan's graduation)

And to make things even easier I swung by the deli counter and had them slice me a thick piece of Boars Head low sodium chicken breast