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Karl Lagerfeld for Jean Patou 1950s cocktail dress. Little Black Dress

Painting orgianlly titled " A Nair Lady" shows a women wearing a mundu sari but only covering her bottom as covering her torso was considered not of her class. Her bare breasts was indicative of her class and caste status.
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