red dress with polka dots Sorority Rush | Adrina Ruffle Mini Dress and sunlight Women's Red Print Hayley Mini

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In an age where we feel like we know celebrities because of their Instagram accounts, where fresh gossip is brought to us by the hour online, and fashion trends trickle down from the red carpet to Forever21 within weeks, the Naked Dress is so firmly and irrevocably out of reach, that we can actually just finally relax and admire the daring and celebritydom that brought it into existence from afar

The earring is made by hand at the Maria Elena Headpieces atelier in Miami, FL

By 2000, the event had grown to over 500 participants, and by 2010, more than 2,500 people were donning red dresses annually