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With its plunging V-neck, razor-sharp tailoring, and a fluid skirt that skimmed the body, the archival piece was decidedly modern to the eye, despite its vintage bonafides

The top drawers worked okay-ish, although one of them had started to eat into the divider frame, generally not a good thing

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