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Here, LIFE.com not only offers a glimpse back at a seminal moment in fashion history, but presents picturessome that appeared in the magazine, many that were never publishedby some of LIFEs finest photographers, taken at a Dior show in Paris in 1948, when the New Look was all the rage and a timid, middle-aged, insignificant-looking little Frenchman astonished and thrilled the couture world

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Its lightweight, easy to wear in the heat, and the straps are wide enough to comfortably wear with a regular bra

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