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When Browne was first developing the new collection, Bolton shared with him a time-honored rule of couture: garments should look heavy and feel light. The pigeon outfit consisted of a fitted turtleneck minidress made of a paillette fabric developed for Browne in Switzerland, and covered with hundreds of hand-tipped gray, green, and purple feathers

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