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<\/p>\nA breakfast event pops up for tomorrow. What\u2019s a failsafe outfit you might turn to for an early morning occasion when you want to feel polished?<\/p>\n
Probably a beautifully cut trouser, some kind of masculine shirting situation, and a long coat draped over my shoulders. I love monochromatic dressing because it feels calm, chic, and it\u2019s not trying too hard. I\u2019m usually in a block heel, and my hair is almost always exactly the same: straight, down, middle part. I don\u2019t even own a curling iron; that feels too overdone on me.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Huy Luong<\/p>\n
What type of dress code fills you with dread? And what\u2019s your workaround for that?<\/p>\n
Unpopular opinion: but rigid, no-stretch jeans fill me with dread. Any dress code that somehow requires suffering through a tight waistband for six straight hours feels deeply unreasonable to me. I own them, and I’ll wear them reluctantly, but only if the event really calls for it.<\/p>\n
A luncheon is on the calendar. How might you approach putting together a look for that?<\/p>\n
Lunch-time dressing is really about polish in daylight, so I think about absolute quality first and foremost. A beautiful skirt with a knit, or a sculptural dress. I also sometimes think about how something will look after being seated at a table for an hour or two. Anything that wrinkles badly should be saved for a cocktail party where you\u2019ll mostly be standing.<\/p>\n
What are your thoughts on costume parties? All in with the DIY, or politely decline?<\/p>\n
I always admire people who fully commit, as it takes a lot of effort to do that well. I\u2019m usually panic-ordering something from Amazon the day before. I wish I were a crafty DIY person, but sadly I\u2019m not. That said, I would\u00a0never\u00a0decline an invite just because I didn\u2019t have a something to wear\u2014that\u2019s not my style. In fact, it feels a bit lame to me! If I\u2019m in a bind, I\u2019ll usually lean into something chic and slightly abstract instead of showing up in a full, literal costume. Think: vaguely thematic woman in a good outfit\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A breakfast event pops up for tomorrow. What\u2019s a failsafe outfit you might turn to for an early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60,25225],"class_list":["post-577594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-vogue-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}