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Classic shirt option: Boden 'Marcia' Midi Dress, 99 / $119.20 Plus size editor's pick: Live Unlimited Shirt Dress, 99 / $190 Maternity dress editor's pick: New Look Maternity Midi Dress, 17 Wrap dress editor's pick: Phase Eight Julissa Midi Dress, 129 / $275 Demure: Karen Millen Structured Midi Dress, 199 / $351.20 Glamorous: Club L London 'Andromeda' Black Dress, 95 / $160 How we chose funeral-appropriate black dresses Ok, this might be an obvious one

Have the fuller, a-line skirt for the ceremony and formal photographs, and then remove it for the reception

Start with a pair of black tights and a simple blouse

The all-black in particular, is a dressy take on the Higgins

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Ralph Lauren (Ralph by Ralph Lauren) Somehow Ralph appears on every list I make so it should be no surprise that Ralph Lauren Collection in the 90s is my absolute most favorite era of Ralph Lauren