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Back in the West, American and European women wore trousers with dresses to costume parties for many years before suffragists adopted the combo for their everyday wardrobes

Most notably, this dress has a 6-by-2-inch triangular cutout beneath the bra line

Now, they are a freelance copywriter who occasionally writes for Insider while attending school for baking and pastry arts

On my 5-foot-6 frame, the waist of the size M dress sat 2 inches below my natural waistline, and the low neckline felt a little risqu though not unwearable

Fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen and author of Dress Your Best Life has coined a term called "fashion situational code switching," which describes how people alternate between different styles depending on the context and social setting