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Apr 23, 2022
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This piece is one I wrote back when I first started this newsletter in 2020. It is the first of a three-part series I did on formal wear and dress codes. Since I originally published it on Ghost, most of Oxford Dawn’s new members won’t have seen it, which is why I’m republishing it today.

Photos taken by Cynthia Holman

Here I am in my half blue blazer. T…

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