How to choose a dress for an event?

5 tips especially for the upcoming event

The season of weddings and events has begun. What do you wear? which color? What cut? Many clients come to me right before an event, when they have the important decision of what they should wear. Many of them come after they have already purchased a dress or two, and suddenly felt regret and felt that it was not enough or simply not suitable for the upcoming event.

How to choose a dress for an event

So if you are also faced with the decision of what you should wear to the upcoming event, here are especially for you 5 tips for choosing a winning look for the next event:

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1. What do you like on a daily basis?

There is no need to reinvent the wheel every time: what is beautiful to you in everyday life will also be beautiful to you at the event.

Cuts that you know flatter you, colors that you wear every day and feel good in them are parameters that will also help you in choosing an outfit for the event. what do you usually wear Which color best compliments your hair tone? An event outfit should continue to flow with your normal clothing line.

Which color suits you best? On the right: a blue collared dress, for details / on the left: a green collared dress, for details

Which color suits you best? On the right: a blue collared dress / on the left: a green collared dress

The most important thing is that you don't feel "dressed up", and that the clothes you choose to wear are ones you feel comfortable in and flatter you. Go for the familiar and known only with minor upgrades. If the A cut is the most flattering for you on a daily basis, look for clothes in such cuts even when you measure items for the evening. Is green your color? Even in an evening dress it will compliment you very much.

I always say to every client who comes to me: try to sit with the dress on. Move with her, bend down, raise your hands, walk. When you buy a new garment, it is important that it allows you to move easily and that you are comfortable in it. You really don't have to suffer to be beautiful.


2. What is the type of event and what is its dress code?

Each event has its own dress code: lighter and more pastel colored dresses are suitable for an afternoon event, while evening events usually require a more formal and dark dress code. Is the event a wedding? alliance? Bar Mitzvah? A different style of garment is suitable for each of these.
Image without description A lighter color would be suitable for a lunch event. Right: Khaki dress, available here / Left: Photo from a lunch event at Cassiopeia in Herzliya
A lighter color will suit a lunchtime event. Right: khaki dress, available here / Left: photo from a lunch event at Cassiopeia in Herzliya
Image without description A more formal and dark dress code for an evening event. Right: Collar dress, available here / Left: Photo from an evening event at Cassiopeia in Herzliya
A more formal and dark dress code for an evening event. Right: Collar dress, available here / Left: Photo from an evening event at Cassiopeia in Herzliya
3. How close are you to the owner of the event?

Is it your sister getting married or your sister-in-law? Are you a close friend of the owner of the event or even the mother of the bar mitzvah groom?
Your level of closeness to the husband or wife of the event is significant in choosing your dress. For example, a friend of the bride will often prefer a dress that is not white, and in contrast, the mother of a Bar Mitzvah groom will actually look for a dress in a festive white color. It is important to know what your proximity is to those who are happy so that you do not end up shamed in an excessive way, but also not the other way around: too simple.
Right: flattering white dress, available here / Left: blue chain dress, available here
Right: flattering white dress, available here / Left: blue chain dress, available here
4. Did you buy a dress? Nice, now I want to buy underwear

An extremely important section. A painful and very important point: the cut of the dress can be amazing on you, but if your underwear is not good or does not flatter you, the dress simply will not flatter you. After you bought a dress, you immediately want to buy underwear to go with it. The underwear will usually be higher than the ones you wear everyday, the bra must match the dress both in terms of the width and position of the straps and the way it sits on you.
"After you bought a dress, you immediately want to buy underwear to go with it." On the right: a set of Petit Pois, available here, on the left: a picture of a customer set from here
"After you bought a dress, you immediately want to buy underwear to go with it." On the right: a set of Petit Pois, available here , on the left: a picture of a customer set from here
I recommend to many of my clients that they take the dress with them to the lingerie store, and measure the dress on the bra they plan to purchase. This is very important and can totally jumpstart any dress you buy.

5. And what about the styling?

LAST BUT NOT LEAST. Proper styling is always key. Choosing the shoes, the bag, the jewelry and even the color of the nail polish. God is in the little details.

For dresses in shades of blue, silver or moving shades will suit, for shades of green, golden and black shades will suit, and for items in shades of purple, both silver and gold colors will be very flattering. A black dress should be accessorized with an item of some contrasting color and a red dress should be balanced with shoes in neutral or beige tones so as not to overload the overall look.
Proper styling is always key. A look at the new cases that will soon be uploaded to the website
Proper styling is always key. A look at the new cases that will soon be uploaded to the site
Here too (and as always) I qualify the issue of comfort and say: only what is comfortable for you, only what makes you feel good about yourself. If you are tall and it is not comfortable for you to walk in heels because you are constantly bending over - do not wear heels. If you are short and feel insecure in flat shoes - only wear shoes that make you feel good.

When you are comfortable, you radiate it outward and radiate confidence and ease - which is the most important thing.
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