I have alot of clients and friends ask me for styling, clothing and outfit advice when it comes to evening events. Events such as your work Christmas party, drinks with the Mums from school, dinner with old friends, couple’s night out or New Year’s Eve party. These evening do’s can be a minefield of what to wear and how to wear it.
Let’s start with your confidence, every single article of clothing you wear says everything about you and it also impacts how you feel. So we need to do some prep work in advance of these upcoming events to ensure that you turn up not just looking great but feeling amazing too. Take some time out to look at your wardrobe, a kind of eveningwear detox. Pull out everything that you own that you would wear on an evening out and try it on, make sure it fits, see how it feels when you put it on. Some items you might not of worn for months, years even so it’s good to get a real picture of what looks and feels good on your body. Set aside the pieces you love, that fit and that would work for your evenings out, then start trying to build some outfits from the other pieces in your wardrobe. If you are finding there are gaps then you need to get out a pen and start making a list of what is missing, for example -
Evening top to go with culottes
Jacket for the evening - blazer or leather biker
Skirt to go with sparkly sweater - faux leather or pleated
Hairband to add some style to my navy jumpsuit
New pair of heels in a bright colour to go with my skinny jeans
It needs to be clear and concise for you to be able to build a picture of what you need to make up these outfits.
I think alot of us worry about dress codes at these events, whilst there are some cases that have ‘black tie’ on the invite, mostly it is how appropriate we feel in what we are wearing for the event and the venue. Mostly this is down to our confidence, if we feel good in what we are wearing it shouldn’t matter what anyone else is wearing, who is there and where the venue is, it’s about owning your own personal style and feeling confident in it.
We can also loose our way in our styling for evening because perhaps we don’t go out as much as we used to, or the landscape of evening events has changed or for the rest of the year we live in jeans. Breaking out of the jeans for evening can be hard when you don’t have any inspiration on what else is out there to consider wearing. So I have pulled together 5 outfits to inspire you to break away from jeans with a nice top and boots for your upcoming evening events, try something more stylish, be more confident in wearing it and if you are still struggling then contact me for a consultation and fashion fix to find the items that are missing from your evening wardrobe.
