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The old teddy coat, still getting lots of wear

This image from Life shows a standard black day frock with knee length hem which may have sufficed as an evening outfit as well when worn with an appropriate hat

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This was a world that hadn't yet lived through the GFC, or followed live updates of Kim Kardashian's 2016 Paris robbery, or been slowly forced to come to terms with the environmental and social impacts of the fast fashion we were at that point only newly obsessed with

The kindergarten was exactly like any other, but with stunning murals on the wallsscenes of the lake, forests, and animals, painted by local Gloriavale artists