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Functional side seam pockets complete the design, making this version well suited for autumn styling

A matching pearl-beaded bow at the waist adds to the vintage vibe of this black semi-formal dress, while more pearls are scattered across the flowing a-line tulle skirt that ends below the knees

It wasn't that a woman of Gautreau's station in society would not pose as a model (after all, no scandal was attached to her later posing for two other artists), it was that Sargent was seen as having openly defied convention by flaunting the woman's immoral lifestyle