Her standard outfit is a jacket with baggy trousers or calf-length skirt and flat-heeled, clodhopper shoes.

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Your casual dresses should include bias-cut floor-length sundresses and skirts with cotton gauze tops, worn with flat or low-wedge strappy sandals or espadrilles.

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