Social Calendar Starting To Fill Up? These Are The Outfits To See You Through, Whatever The Occasion

After Super Saturday, where pubs, restaurants and bars opened for the first time since lockdown started, ‘event dressing’ is very much a thing again. And while it’s not the same as the circuit of festivals and weddings that might be on your usual high-summer calendar, there’s still plenty to be excited about.

Take wearing heels, for example. They might once have been saved for a date or cocktail party, but in the new normal, a casual drink at your local deserves your snazziest shoes. And what about dressy dresses? We’ve all been wafting around the park in smocks and tent-shaped frocks, but now that (two household) dinner parties are back in business, it’s the right moment to dig out something with a touch more drama.

So, you’d probably usually never wear heels to the pub, but it feels like an appropriate form of celebration now that your local boozer is government sanctioned. A gingham blouse and barrel-leg jeans will provide a balance to dressier shoes.

Next up, the park. Ah, the park. We’re not bored, per se, but we do want to shake things up a little, starting with a sharp printed shirt dress and some slingback espadrilles. Warning: the latter will need breaking in so a long walk on their first outing is best avoided.

Garden Parties have also made a welcome return and what better way to style it out then with a summery twist on a classic suit? Count this as a cool alternative to a summer dress. We like them with a helping of playful, splashy retro prints or bright shirts worn under more sober-toned blazers and matching shorts.

Finally, dinner parties. Class this as the new going out out. The mood calls for something suitably glamorous. Think silky, jewel-toned and almost kaftan-like in silhouette or dresses oozing in drama – and don’t be stingy with the accessories.

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