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Any dress junkie worth their salt has to enter ModCloth’s site with extreme caution, because they know that resistance to the store's plethora of adorable pockets, buttons and straps is futile. The label's latest ouevre, the All About Rye Dress, is flirty, retro and as unique as the woman it was named for, Los Angeles-based comedian Rye Silverman, whose personal brand of comedy often touches on her experiences as a transgender woman.

Silverman began talking about being transgender in her stand-up five years ago, at the age of 27. "Basically that’s how old I was when I finally faced my fears about it, and knew I couldn’t carry the secret of it, and was tired of feeling ashamed about it," she explained to MTV News. "My act had already started getting much more personal and honest, and so coming out onstage seemed an obvious and necessary step."

That kind of vulnerability informs not only Rye's comedy, but her fashion choices as well. "I think my fashion sensibility is very correlated to my comedy because in both I try to be as honest and open about who I am as possible," said Rye. "Coming out onstage as a comic in 2009 was the culmination of a few years of really bringing myself to the stage and not playing a stage character or just being a disassociated joke maker. My fashion journey since then has been the same, exploring styles that really feel like me and putting that out in the world."

When it came to selecting the dress that would be her namesake, Rye says she was smitten at first sight. "It really grabbed me immediately. ... The second I saw that plaid with the pockets and the flared out skirt looking back at me, I was in love."

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The All About Rye Dress is the first ModCloth dress to be named after a transgender woman. On Style Gallery, ModCloth's community blog, the company says it's "always adore[d] seeing Rye's photos, but it's her inspiring perspective that really had us floored."

For more of Rye's fresh and candid perspective, check out her blog, Chick Like Me, and look out for her album, "Intimate Apparel," which is set to drop digitally on April 28th.