The inside story of the 'white dress, blue dress' drama that divided a planet

In a telephone conversation with Business Insider on Thursday evening, McNeill explained that the dress in the picture was worn to her friends' wedding. Some people see the dress as it appears in the photo as white and 

Social media was abuzz Thursday night about what would appear to be an everyday photo of a two-tone dress.

Debate rages over color of dress photographed in rare light. Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press. Updated 10:49 am, Saturday, February 28, 2015. print_article|article-6105504|article-share-redesign|7 

Los Angeles sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says the dress found Friday afternoon at a West Hollywood hotel "greatly resembles" the pearl-adorned Calvin Klein Collection by Francisco Costa dress Nyong'o wore to Sunday's Academy Awards.

Debate rages over color of dress photographed in rare light. Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press. Updated 10:49 am, Saturday, February 28, 2015. print_article|article-6105504|article-share-redesign|7