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Dior was extremely enamoured with the British aristocracy and the royal family, with their wardrobes packed with tweeds and ballgowns, says Kate Strasdin, senior lecturer in fashion history and cultural studies at Falmouth University

Indeed, their only competitor in the ubiquity stakes was animal print, as seen at Cavalli, Versace and Bottega Veneta, to name a few

She favored pinafore and smock top gowns and dresses with ruffled hemlines

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