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Cedar Riener, associate professor of psychology at Randolph-Macon College, explained to Virginia Hughes of BuzzFeed News that the differences in colour perception are probably related to how our brains are interpreting the "quantity of light that comes into our retina." "Some people are deciding that there is a fair amount of illumination on a blue and black (or less reflective) dress," Riener says

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Sweet yet statement-making, a flowy A-line skirt is capped off with a breathtaking bow-back train

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