White embroidery curved across the shoulders, while rows of wavy trim followed the skirt’s seams.
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Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
23 July 2026
To the casual observer, which is to say virtually everyone, a guardrail is just a long wavy strip of steel, about a foot wide, set thirty inches or so off the ground, which keeps a car from going off the road.
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