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By Britt Middleton The Just Keke host is the picture of glamour in her custom Rubin Singer ball gown finished with Chopard diamonds and a jewel-encrusted clutch

Lace communicates through all of those qualities and adds a dimensional pattern layer that changes the visual character of the dress from every distance and in every lighting condition

A big part of how you see the dress has to do with a process called colour constancy Before any studies had been published, psychologists and vision experts were quick to explain that the #thedress illusion is related to a process called "colour constancy" whereby your brain takes environmental lighting effects (which are ambiguous in #thedress photo), and your own past experiences, into account when interpreting the precise wavelengths it believes are being reflected off a surface

The monochrome palette brings a bold gothic aesthetic, making it ideal for formal events, evening galas, black-tie occasions, and gothic-inspired styling