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Care Instructions: Machine Wash, Tumble Dry Low

In her Instagram video for Check Please, the Grammy winner is wearing a black backless mini dress that has a hood on it, and the tattoos on her back are a colorful floral arrangement

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It was there that she learned to sew as well as appreciate the classic pairing of black and white as worn by the nuns