According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the first published use of the saying came in a 1719 poem Epistle to Ramsay by William Hamilton: The bonny Lines therein thou sent me, / How to the nines they did content me. The exact phrasing appeared in 1837 in The New York Herald : One evening a smart young mechanic, dressed to the nines, might have been seen wending his way along Broadway. Today, to the nines commonly describes a situation where someone has gone all out, clothing-related or otherwise
Style with strappy heels and statement gold jewellery as shown for formal events like weddings or graduation ceremonies
If attending a wedding, choose deep champagne, tan, taupe, or mushroom rather than pale cream
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