Your summer calendar is packed with weddings, but figuring out what to wear for each one can be daunting.Your summer calendar is packed with weddings, but figuring out what to wear for each one can be daunting. Whether it’s traditional black tie or an out-there theme, you want to look good but not upstage the bride. What’s a girl to do (and wear)? “The invitation is the first look into the wedding and can be more telling than you think, even if it doesn’t specify a dress code,” says Amanda Savory, owner and principal event planner of Bespoke Moments. The location is another good tip-off for how to calibrate your style. Tracey Lomrantz Lester, senior brand director of Intermix, explains, “In New York and the Northeast, formal and cocktail attire still seem to reign, but we’ve seen some more creative dress codes elsewhere.” For example, a West Coast wedding is likely to be less formal overall than an East Coast or Southern bash. Make sure to check if there are multiple events in the evening that you need separate outfits for (like Pippa Middleton’s recent request for a change of outfit). At their core, the dress codes are there to help you feel appropriate within the overall formality and vibe of the event. But there are some baseline principles to adhere to, regardless of what’s printed on the invite. Han Chong, founder and creative director of Self-Portrait, counsels, “Finding the right dress for a wedding requires the right balance. It should be sexy, but not vulgar, classic but not boring. You want attention but not to steal focus away from the bride.”
POST: 2024-04-26