The trailing excess of fabric that gives formal dresses their sweep — and their snag risk. The flowing panels of Kate Middleton’s Elie Saab behaved like a train at the Oman banquet, drifting beneath her chair as she sat. Designers build the drama in; wearers supply the poise; occasionally, as Windsor proved, the furniture supplies the plot twist.
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