Too Dressed Up
September 24th 2009 00:08
Is there such a thing as too dressed up? The obvious answer is yes, but what if the other option is not dressed up enough? Which is actually worse? I have been pondering this question for quite a while now, and most recently due to a couple of work related outings at which the dress code didn’t end up matching the ensembles of those in attendance.
Being over dressed or under dressed is a concern that plagues many of us, particularly when an “occasion” arises, and particularly when said occasion provides a somewhat ambiguous dress code. Actually, even when there’s no dress code stated, a day and a venue is enough to imply one and sometimes even that can end up with people flummoxed.
Take for example, a Friday night not all that long ago when I was asked to meet my boyfriend at a pub in a very trendy suburb. I deliberated a little because it was a pub, but it was also still a Friday night, and in a suburb where fashion is paramount. So I opted for skinny jeans, a red top and boots, which even as I type doesn’t sound that absurd a choice for a Friday night in a good location but oh, was I overdressed. I think the point where I definitely realised it was when, after having been to the bar to get a drink, I ended up standing next to a girl in a Ninja Turtles t-shirt and sand shoes. At that point I actually had to wonder which one of us had got it more wrong.
I have a friend who thinks this type of scenario is actually fine. She is, more often than not, overdressed. She even managed to overdress for a girls’ picnic that I organised on a patch of grass at the end of my street. A patch of grass which certainly stretches the definition of the title “park” that ‘s been bestowed on it, and yet she tottered on along in her 3 inch heels and Wheels & Doll baby get-up.
Her opinion is better overdressed than under dressed and there’s nothing wrong with being remembered for being the best-dressed person anywhere you go. Hmmm…I wonder. I mean granted, it’s probably better that I was in my boots and red top at a pub than be in jeans when everyone else opted for ball gowns, but really we all just want to be dressed right for the occasion all the time. That’s not to say you can’t still aim to be the best dressed person there, but you want to stand out for your fashion, not because you got it so very wrong.
And for my lovely handful of readers who are just dying to know about the work functions and dress codes that got all muddled, I’ll blog about that tomorrow!
Being over dressed or under dressed is a concern that plagues many of us, particularly when an “occasion” arises, and particularly when said occasion provides a somewhat ambiguous dress code. Actually, even when there’s no dress code stated, a day and a venue is enough to imply one and sometimes even that can end up with people flummoxed.
Take for example, a Friday night not all that long ago when I was asked to meet my boyfriend at a pub in a very trendy suburb. I deliberated a little because it was a pub, but it was also still a Friday night, and in a suburb where fashion is paramount. So I opted for skinny jeans, a red top and boots, which even as I type doesn’t sound that absurd a choice for a Friday night in a good location but oh, was I overdressed. I think the point where I definitely realised it was when, after having been to the bar to get a drink, I ended up standing next to a girl in a Ninja Turtles t-shirt and sand shoes. At that point I actually had to wonder which one of us had got it more wrong.
I have a friend who thinks this type of scenario is actually fine. She is, more often than not, overdressed. She even managed to overdress for a girls’ picnic that I organised on a patch of grass at the end of my street. A patch of grass which certainly stretches the definition of the title “park” that ‘s been bestowed on it, and yet she tottered on along in her 3 inch heels and Wheels & Doll baby get-up.
Her opinion is better overdressed than under dressed and there’s nothing wrong with being remembered for being the best-dressed person anywhere you go. Hmmm…I wonder. I mean granted, it’s probably better that I was in my boots and red top at a pub than be in jeans when everyone else opted for ball gowns, but really we all just want to be dressed right for the occasion all the time. That’s not to say you can’t still aim to be the best dressed person there, but you want to stand out for your fashion, not because you got it so very wrong.
And for my lovely handful of readers who are just dying to know about the work functions and dress codes that got all muddled, I’ll blog about that tomorrow!
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