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On October 17, Biel turned heads in a black velvet evening dress with a surprise twist at the Academy Museum Gala.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
18 Oct. 2026 Looks include a 1924 evening dress in almond-green moiré fabric with a silver ribbon.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2026 Jennifer Lopez, arriving with designers Dolce and Gabbana, took a turn in a black evening dress.—ABC News,
22 Sep. 2026 The black Christina Stambolian evening dress the late Diana, Princess of Wales, famously wore to a fundraising dinner at London’s Serpentine Gallery in June 1994 will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s this December.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evening dress