long black coat dress crêpe tailored featuring crystal embroidery length sleeves NELSON - Black long-line button

If Im feeling in a rut, I like to look back to outfits these women wore in the 1990s and put my own spin on them

The dress is more of my dabbling in Elizabethan, so its testing concepts rather than being 100% period accurate, and its also meant to be all from stash

Plus, the dress doesnt show dirt as easily if youre having a particularly adventurous day, and you can wear it again for all the same reasons listed above with colorful dress options

Keep it sleek and simple with a pair of silver strappy sandals or pumps, and youll instantly elevate your outfit to new heights, and the fashion gods will approve

Chantilly lace Coralie cage mini dress, $2,700, by Ricco Sposa Couture

"Consider the neckline of the dress for necklaces and hairstyle for earrings," advises Del Russo