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Hollywood launched several memorable fashions of the Thirties, including Plunketts barbecue dress for Vivien Leighs Scarlette OHara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and most famously Joan Crawfords ruffled organdie dress from Letty Lynton (1932). It was estimated that over a half of a million copies of this dress sold as women of all ages fell for this dress, as Vogue noted in 1938: Every little girl in the country, within two weeks of the release of () Letty Lynton felt she would die if she couldnt have a dress like that. With the result that the country was flooded with Little Joan Crawfords. (Fiell, 2021) Old Hollywood actresses jumped on this train

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I drizzle it over salads, roasted vegetables, grain bowls, and just about anything that needs a little lift

Thinly sliced red onions work too, see tip below