Although a 21st-century success, House of CB looks to the silhouettes of decades past for inspiration behind its sultry designs. Take the Charmaine dress, for instance: Laced with a romantic cowl neckline, its floor-skimming skirt is shaped into a figure-hugging bias cut, echoing those worn by Hollywood starlets of the 1930s. Spun from the label's signature gleaming satin, it's held by dainty straps before falling to a Victorian-inspired waist-cinching corseted bodice. House of CB satin midi…
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